Title: Permalinks structure Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # Permalinks structure * [keepingitril](https://wordpress.org/support/users/youthgas/) * (@youthgas) * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-structure-1/) * Hi everyone, * Got a question about the use of permalinks. I was looking over the relevant page in the codex and it says it’s best to start with a numeric field and end with postname. * I was wondering if it was possible to use [http://www.site.com/postname](http://www.site.com/postname), where postname is actually only numbers, in this case the date. Is it the numeric field itself that is important or would only numbers in the postname field itself suffice? * I am currently using [http://www.site.com/year/postname](http://www.site.com/year/postname), but would love to get rid of the year. On a side note, I tried this already and it cut off my ability to display comments, so there might not be much I can do about it anyway. * Thanks in advance, Richard Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-structure-1/#post-1431249) * Why not use `/%post_id%/%postname%/`? * Thread Starter [keepingitril](https://wordpress.org/support/users/youthgas/) * (@youthgas) * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-structure-1/#post-1431253) * I hadn’t tried that. Thanks for the idea. * Would love to just have postname, but eh… * [Gary Bairead](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gary-barrett/) * (@gary-barrett) * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-structure-1/#post-1431261) * > Would love to just have postname, but eh… * /%postname%/ will also work if thats what you want. * If you are changing your url structure, watch out for 404 errors and set up redirects if necessary * [shvidky](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shvidky/) * (@shvidky) * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-structure-1/#post-1431264) * Gary, how do i fix that? Every time i change my permalinks to something else but default, I get 404 error. Anywhere I can read up on it? Thanks! * Thread Starter [keepingitril](https://wordpress.org/support/users/youthgas/) * (@youthgas) * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-structure-1/#post-1431265) * Thanks Gary. * I would like to, but the codex suggests there could be performance issues, but more so, using only postname doesn’t display the comments page. * [Gary Bairead](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gary-barrett/) * (@gary-barrett) * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-structure-1/#post-1431274) * [@youthgas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/youthgas/): The performance issue with /%postname%/, according to the Codex: ” has been changed and is ok to do since ver. 2.0″. The comments problem seems a bit wierd. * [@shvidky](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shvidky/): By 404 errors, I ment people coming from search engines might be sent to old urls, rather than the new structure. Your problem seems to be related to the .htaccess file in you root. * Create a text file called .htaccess with the following code, and upload it to your root * > # BEGIN WordPress > RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / > RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule./ > index.php [L] # END WordPress * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks#Where.27s_my_.htaccess_file.3F](http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks#Where.27s_my_.htaccess_file.3F) * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-structure-1/#post-1431277) * > The performance issue with /%postname%/, according to the Codex: ” has been > changed and is ok to do since ver. 2.0 * **No – it hasn’t!** In fact I checked into this again only recently. The potential performance issue still exists. I’ve now placed a strikethrough on that line of the relevant Codex page. * Thread Starter [keepingitril](https://wordpress.org/support/users/youthgas/) * (@youthgas) * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-structure-1/#post-1431278) * Was going to try going back, but now won’t. * [Gary Bairead](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gary-barrett/) * (@gary-barrett) * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-structure-1/#post-1431280) * [@esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/): Cheers, for updating the Codex. Any links to more info on the subject? * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-structure-1/#post-1431285) * If you can cope with the tech-speak, there’s a good discussion on the subject in the [wp_tester’s list archive](http://comox.textdrive.com/pipermail/wp-testers/2009-January/011097.html). Look out for the posts by Otto. I spoke to him some weeks ago about this very subject and he confirmed that it’s still an issue – especially if you’re creating Pages as well as Posts. * I do know that about 90% of the cases that I’ve seen where custom permalinks have been a problem, it’s been in situations where people have been using /%postname%/ or /%category%/%postname%/ * [Gary Bairead](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gary-barrett/) * (@gary-barrett) * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-structure-1/#post-1431289) * Thanks, I’ll take a look. 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