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How to change permalinks wordpress

Last updated on February 18, 2017
Posted on March 24, 2010

A Video how to change default ugly permalinks wordpress to search engines friendly permalinks.

I actually didn’t attempt to make this screencast, but I have noticed in many forums or new blogs, there are still people who still don’t find how to clean permalinks for SEO purpose.

You should back up all your blog, so you may want to see this video on how to back up your wordpress. Your database and wp-content folder are important.

It is possible that your wordpress custom permalinks is not working, means you will have “404 page not found” page or blank, this never happened to me but if this happens to you, switch back to your default permalink and ask for a help in wordpress.org forums. Remember, always backup.


At the end of this article, you will be able to change your wordpress’s site permalink, you can use any permalinks you want, but be sure to read this guideΒ  from wordpress using permalinks.

I would recommend change your permalink setting to be search engine friendly from day one you started your website, should be done doing these steps::
1. Go to admin page.
2. Scroll down until you find “Settings” click this.
3. Choose “Permalinks”
4. Choose anything you like, but not default.
Most of people choose this permalink: /%postname%/
5. Last but most important, click “save changes”.
Here is the screencast:

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Comments

  1. cah ndeso says

    March 24, 2010 at 11:55 am

    Yups, with beautiful permalink, will make it easier to index google blog. That Master SEO said. And if I may add, such as:

    /%postname%.html
    /%category%/%postname%/

    and so on.

    • Kimi says

      March 24, 2010 at 1:20 pm

      @cah ndeso, great tips, Thank you!

  2. Linn says

    March 24, 2010 at 7:42 pm

    What clean and nice page you have! Like it!

    • Kimi says

      March 25, 2010 at 7:47 am

      Good morning from Germany Linn. Thank you for coming by and i am glad you like the page πŸ™‚ good luck with your guitar class. See you around.

  3. T.N says

    March 27, 2010 at 7:14 pm

    Great, I’m consider to give your blog address to some of my friends, who sometimes asking me about wordpress πŸ™‚

    • Kimi says

      March 27, 2010 at 7:38 pm

      Hey T.N
      You have a good idea LOL as it’s obviously good for me πŸ˜€ i assume you lost patience to newbies? haha just kidding. Greetings from Germany

  4. T.N says

    March 28, 2010 at 9:21 am

    πŸ˜€ maybe you right, I started for over 5 years ago πŸ˜›

    • Kimi says

      March 28, 2010 at 11:10 am

      Haha okay, so i understand, 5 years is not short time, you’re a cool Blogger πŸ˜‰

  5. Keith Davis says

    April 2, 2010 at 11:05 am

    Hi Kimi
    Great video… very professional.
    Default permalink looks terrible.
    Customising looks much better and as you say, good for SEO.

    More videos please.

    • Kimi says

      April 2, 2010 at 5:04 pm

      Hey Keith,

      Thanks for coming by and leaving comment, yes, i will come with more videos πŸ™‚ stay in touch.

  6. Michael Aulia says

    April 6, 2010 at 7:37 am

    It’s amazing how some people actually still use the default as the
    permalink on their WordPress blog πŸ˜€

    • Kimi says

      April 6, 2010 at 8:30 am

      Hey Michael,
      Thanks for coming by and leaving a note. Yes, indeed i have seen lots poeple still using it.

  7. Simon Smith says

    November 12, 2010 at 8:51 pm

    Very helpful, thank you

    • Kimi says

      November 14, 2010 at 6:03 am

      Most welcome!

  8. anna says

    May 13, 2011 at 9:09 pm

    Wow! I tried this on my WordPress and now I don’t have an about us page. When I click on the catagory About us, the page comes back with and error message saying, The requested document was not found on this server. Page not found. Ok I am in big trouble now. Help!

    • Kimi says

      May 13, 2011 at 9:42 pm

      Hi Anna,

      In some webhosts this happened. Change back the permalink to the default one, and contact your host for a help.

      I hope this helps..

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