User Guide

WordPress Blog

Information from the world of WordPress

Other WordPress News

Erm… other WordPress news…

PERMALINKS

By default WordPress will use a parameter to display at the end of the URL. For

example, a page would be accessed with a URL something like

www.example.com/?page_id=8 and a blog might be accessed with a URL

something like www.example.com/?p=127 .

This is not very nice, not optimised for search engines, and not very human. Far

better would be something like www.example.com/contact. Changing

WordPress so that it operates in this way is straightforward.

If your website has been set up by someone else, this may not be relevant as it

may already have been changed. But if not, do the following.

Click on the Permalinks menu:

Menu > Settings > Permalinks

A new window (or tab in your browser) will open up and

you’ll be shown a screen with a number of options with

examples.

Select an option that you prefer, probably “Day and name” and click on Save

Changes.

WordPress 3 User Guide" Chapter 3: Using WordPress