Title: Primary Category
Last modified: April 12, 2019

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# Primary Category

 *  Resolved [wordpressguy0101](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpressguy0101/)
 * (@wordpressguy0101)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/primary-category-8/)
 * Hi,
 * If my permalinks are not set to contain the category name, and I swap my primary
   and secondary categories for a post, will this impact my SEO in any way?
 * Thank you!
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fprimary-category-8%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [Pcosta88](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pcosta88/)
 * (@pcosta88)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/primary-category-8/#post-11458477)
 * Unfortunately, your question is a bit outside the scope of our support. Giving
   SEO advice, in most cases, requires a deep analysis of your site to provide accurate
   advice for your specific setup, even for what may seem to be a simple question.
   We love to help you with all questions related to our products, but in this specific
   case, it’s really SEO advice you are looking for.
 * At Yoast, we want to help people improve their site and to make SEO attainable
   for everyone. So we offer Yoast Academy courses here: [https://yoast.com/academy/](https://yoast.com/academy/)
   on all aspects of SEO, several great plugins, and a comprehensive SEO blog here:
   [https://yoast.com/seo-blog/. ](https://yoast.com/seo-blog/. )
 * We understand that not everyone has the interest or time to learn SEO. Our main
   advice at this point would be to check for a local SEO company and see if they
   can help out. If you are using a web development agency, you could ask them, 
   as most agencies have at least a basic understanding of SEO as well – the good
   ones do. Alternatively, on the Yoast Partners page: [https://yoast.com/yoast-partners/, you](https://yoast.com/yoast-partners/, you)
   will find companies we trust and a description of the kind of projects these 
   companies can take on.
 * We wish you all the best in optimizing your website! Let us know if there’s anything
   else we can assist you with; we’re happy to help!
 *  [devnihil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devnihil/)
 * (@devnihil)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/primary-category-8/#post-11485878)
 * We are going ahead and marking this issue as resolved due to inactivity. If you
   require any further assistance please create a new issue.

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