Title: Cannot change permalink Last modified: January 29, 2020 --- # Cannot change permalink * [trappeniersmichiel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trappeniersmichiel/) * (@trappeniersmichiel) * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-change-permalink-4/) * Hello everybody, * I am not able to change the permalink of my one page website, it does not mention a EDIT button near the permalink - This topic was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by [trappeniersmichiel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trappeniersmichiel/). * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fcannot-change-permalink-4%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) * [kuckovic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kuckovic/) * (@kuckovic) * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-change-permalink-4/#post-12376129) * Hi [@trappeniersmichiel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trappeniersmichiel/) * How is your permalinks setup in Settings -> Permalinks? Is it set to plain? If so, try changing it to “Post name” – that should do the trick. * Best regards Aris Kuckovic * Thread Starter [trappeniersmichiel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trappeniersmichiel/) * (@trappeniersmichiel) * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-change-permalink-4/#post-12376225) * Dear Aris, * Thanks for your reply, the setting was already at Post name, but that didn’t let the EDIT button appear 🙁 * [kuckovic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kuckovic/) * (@kuckovic) * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-change-permalink-4/#post-12376243) * Hi [@trappeniersmichiel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trappeniersmichiel/) * Okay, that was worth a try. Now – are you using Gutenberg or the classic editor? Also, can you send a printscreen – just so I can check. * Best regards Aris * Thread Starter [trappeniersmichiel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trappeniersmichiel/) * (@trappeniersmichiel) * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-change-permalink-4/#post-12376373) * Dear Aris, * Can I have your email so I can mail the printscreen to you? Apperently I cannot past photo’s in a comment. * I use WPBakery Page Builder * Best regards, Michiel * [kuckovic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kuckovic/) * (@kuckovic) * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-change-permalink-4/#post-12376378) * Hi [@trappeniersmichiel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trappeniersmichiel/) * I would love to give your my email – but it’s in the interest of this forum to keep the dialogue in here, in order to help others having the same issue. * If you could upload your printscreen to [Imgur](https://imgur.com/), then you can paste the link in here 😀 * I hope you understand. * Best regards Aris * [Charlene](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cmspencer99/) * (@cmspencer99) * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-change-permalink-4/#post-12376678) * Hi [@trappeniersmichiel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trappeniersmichiel/) * The page you linked to is your homepage, just to confirm was this the correct page to review? * > The page I need help with: [http://www.smile-4-me.be](http://www.smile-4-me.be) * You cannot change the permalink of this page in the page editing admin area, you can only update the slug of child pages. To edit the main url you need to do this in Setttings > General, or assign a different page to be the homepage and create/update the url of the page you have linked to. * If you can confirm that the url you provided was the right one? * Kind regards, Charlene * Thread Starter [trappeniersmichiel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trappeniersmichiel/) * (@trappeniersmichiel) * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-change-permalink-4/#post-12378471) * Dear Aris, * My excuses for the delay, this is the link of the printscreen: [https://imgur.com/f61COlU](https://imgur.com/f61COlU) * Thread Starter [trappeniersmichiel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trappeniersmichiel/) * (@trappeniersmichiel) * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-change-permalink-4/#post-12378491) * Dear Charlene, * That is indeed the correct page and that is my homepage. * I am really not a pro in WordPress, I would love to add the keyword: Photobooth- huren to the URL to optimize my URL. My website is a one-page website. If I will update the URL of my homepage, under the General settings, do I need to update both the WordPress Address as the Site Address? Will it help for my SEO? * Also what are child pages? Do I have them with a one-page? + Could I change them to improve my SEO? * Appreciate your help, * Michiel * Thread Starter [trappeniersmichiel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trappeniersmichiel/) * (@trappeniersmichiel) * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-change-permalink-4/#post-12378666) * Charlene, * I edited the URL in the General tab, but now my site cannot be loaded and shows this error: * Internal Server Error The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request. * Please contact the server administrator at [webmaster@smile-4-me.be](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-change-permalink-4/webmaster@smile-4-me.be?output_format=md) to inform them of the time this error occurred, and the actions you performed just before this error. * More information about this error may be available in the server error log. * PLEASE help * [Charlene](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cmspencer99/) * (@cmspencer99) * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-change-permalink-4/#post-12380222) * Hi [@trappeniersmichiel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trappeniersmichiel/) * Apologies, I was not advising you change your site name without checking first only trying to confirm the page you needed to change. You will need to edit your wp-config.php file with the following to change it back: * ``` define( 'WP_HOME', 'http://example.com' ); define( 'WP_SITEURL', 'http://example.com' ); ``` * You can do this through an FTP setting, try changing it in the database – if you have no access to this contact your host. * > [Changing The Site URL](https://wordpress.org/support/article/changing-the-site-url/) * Since your site is a 1 page site, you cannot change your home url easily – if you want to add keywords to your site for optimization you will either need to have a different url (buy one) or use SEO settings to improve your site. * Kind regards, Charlene * [kuckovic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kuckovic/) * (@kuckovic) * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-change-permalink-4/#post-12380326) * Hi [@trappeniersmichiel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trappeniersmichiel/) * Can you send a screenshot of the edit-screen when you’re editing your post? It sounds silly that the change permalink button is not there. * Thread Starter [trappeniersmichiel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trappeniersmichiel/) * (@trappeniersmichiel) * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-change-permalink-4/#post-12384139) * Dear [@cmspencer99](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cmspencer99/), * I was able to solve the problem :). * Dear [@kuckovic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kuckovic/), * This is the link to the printscreen: [https://imgur.com/P2DfZ4I](https://imgur.com/P2DfZ4I). * Thanks a lot, * best regards, * Michiel Trappeniers Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) The topic ‘Cannot change permalink’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [edit](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/edit/) * [permalink](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/permalink/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 12 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [trappeniersmichiel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trappeniersmichiel/) * Last activity: [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-change-permalink-4/#post-12384139) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics