Title: Changing permalink structure for posts
Last modified: April 23, 2020

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# Changing permalink structure for posts

 *  [austinw123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/austinw123/)
 * (@austinw123)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-permalink-structure-for-posts/)
 * I run a community news website on WordPress version 4.8.12. I am wanting to change
   the permalink structure of my posts without affecting the permalinks for every
   single post I have already posted (there are thousands of them as the site has
   been around since 2012). So I only want to change the permalink structure for
   any new posts that get created from here on out on my site.
 * Currently the permalink structure is set up to include the year, month and name
   of the post. I want to change the structure of the permalinks to include the 
   full date of the post (year, month, and day) and then the post name. So like 
   this for example: _[ redundant link removed ]_
 * I have tried changing the permalink structure under Settings in the WP Dashboard,
   but it changes the url of every single post and ends up breaking the links to
   those posts that we have shared on social media. Is there a more efficient way
   to do it to where it will redirect to a new permalink, not have any negative 
   affect on SEO and not break links to any of my old posts?
    -  This topic was modified 6 years, 1 month ago by [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/).
      Reason: Moved to Fixing WordPress, this is not an Developing with WordPress
      topic
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fchanging-permalink-structure-for-posts%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-permalink-structure-for-posts/#post-12721497)
 * No, there is only one permalink structure. You would have to custom code something
   in your .htaccess file, or code that checks the date of the post before applying
   the permalink structure (and that filter might not exist).

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 * [Permalink structure](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/permalink-structure/)
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 * Last reply from: [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-permalink-structure-for-posts/#post-12721497)
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