How To Modify WordPress Permanent Link Structures
Not many people know about the importance of WordPress permanent link structures. Basically, the wordpress permalinks or permanent links are LINKS to the individual wordpress pages. WordPress permalinks is very important for search engine optimization. In fact, the first thing you must modify after installing wordpress is the permalinks.
Below is an example of search-engine-friendly permalinks,
http://online-business-journey.com/blog/seo-tips/power-of-links-for-your-website/
If you don’t modify your pemalinks, by default it will look like this…
http://online-business-journey.com/?p=123
Which one do you think is more optimized for the search engines? The answer is very obvious.
So how to modify your WordPress Permalinks?
Here are the steps…
1. Log on to your wordpress dashboard.
For example, in my case, I go to http://online-business-journey.com/blog/wp-admin
2. Once you’ve successfully logged on to your wordpress dashboard, click on “Options” (see the red arrow)
3. Now, click on “Permalinks”
4. In the Custom options, select the 4th option “Custom, specify below”
5. Now, type in “/%category%/%postname%/” (without the quotes) in the field and click “Update Permalink Structure”.
6. DONE!
The permalink structure “/%category%/%postname%/” will display both your category and post name which is very search-engine-friendly.
For more information on how to optimize your WordPress blog, go to “WordPress Adsense System“.
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