WordPress Tutorials – How to Change Your Permalinks Structure

Get 30 FREE WP Tutorials: influentialwebmarketing.com “WordPress Tutorials” “How To Change Your Permalinks Structure” One very simple, but very effective way to simplify your blogs’ URL and make it user and search-engine friendly is often over-looked. By changing the Permalink Structure on your blog it will make it easier for your readers to know where they are on your site, but can also help greatly with your SEO efforts. For New Installations If you have a new installation of WordPress or are planning your next installation follow these simple steps to changing your Permalink structure: Once you have installed WordPress login and you should arrive at the Dashboard. On the left hand side of the Dashboard you will see a list of menu tabs. When you hover your mouse over the different menus, an arrow appears at the end. Hover over the Settings Menu and click on the arrow. A drop down menu should now appear. Click on the ‘Permalinks’ link. You should now be at the ‘Permalinks Settings’ page. You will now see that you have 5 options and on a new installation of WordPress it will be set to the Default option. As you can see from the example it gives, for each post you make it assigns a page number which isn’t really ideal. You now need to click the ‘Custom Structure’ option and enter the following text into the box along side: /%category%/%postname% Now click the blue box ‘Save Changes’. That’s it – all done, now when you make a post you will see the category name you posted …