Title: Permalinks issue after migration
Last modified: February 5, 2020

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# Permalinks issue after migration

 *  Resolved [michi1212](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michi1212/)
 * (@michi1212)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-issue-after-migration/)
 * Hi,
 * I’ve recently switched my old website to a new domain and server. But the migration
   was not totally successful: unfortunately most of my link names (not all) on 
   my new website have not been replaced right after migration and still carry the
   link name of the old domain. So the links work, but they just redirect to the
   old site.
 * I found out, those link names that have been replaced automatically and successfully
   during the migration process with the name of the new domain, were the ones that
   I created in my WP dashboard under “posts”. But those sites that I created under“
   portfolio” still link to the old website.
    This most certainly has to do with
   my permalink structure: in my old website I created a permalink for my portfolio
   posts and therefore replaced the link name “portfolio-items” with “destination”
   in order to make my links more attractive. Now it’s exactly those “portfolio”
   sites that still carry the link name of the old website on my new domain after
   the migration.
 * My tries so far:
    1) I thought I can solve it simply by replacing the link names
   in my sql-file. But this option (tried in several different ways) doesn’t work
   and would just always destroy lots of other things on my new website. 2) My WordPress
   version, as well as all other plugins and themes are updated and were also updated
   before the migration. So this shouldn’t be an issue. 3) I’ve read it might be
   an .htaccess error. But my skills for fixing that are too limited.
 * Replacing all those old link names manually would take weeks or months, since
   my site and content is so huge. Besides the fact it’s not throwing light on this
   problem, I’m pretty sure it would also cause errors in the future.
 * So, if anyone here can help me, your expertise and (paid) support is highly appreciated.
 * Best,
    Mike
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fpermalinks-issue-after-migration%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [lisa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/contentiskey/)
 * (@contentiskey)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-issue-after-migration/#post-12403785)
 * please do not offer to pay for support on this volunteer support forum.
    (use
   [https://jobs.wordpress.net/](https://jobs.wordpress.net/) for hiring)
 * are you using a search + replace plugin or trying to manually replace in database?
   
   [https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-search-replace/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-search-replace/)
    -  This reply was modified 6 years, 3 months ago by [lisa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/contentiskey/).
    -  This reply was modified 6 years, 3 months ago by [lisa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/contentiskey/).
 *  Thread Starter [michi1212](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michi1212/)
 * (@michi1212)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-issue-after-migration/#post-12405920)
 * Hello,
 * The plugin didn’t help, I also tried another one before.
    But I managed to solve
   the problem now. In my WP dashboard I had to go to Avada -> Theme Settings ->
   Portfolio -> Portfolio Slug and there I was able to change the permalink structure.
   I’m very glad to have found that function finally, even though I have to change
   the internal links in my posts still manually, but that’s ok.
 * Have a good day!
    Best, Mike

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## Tags

 * [htaccess](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/htaccess/)
 * [Permalink structure](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/permalink-structure/)
 * [permalinks](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/permalinks/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [michi1212](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michi1212/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-issue-after-migration/#post-12405920)
 * Status: resolved

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