Title: Changing Permalink Structure
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Changing Permalink Structure

 *  [ian2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ian2/)
 * (@ian2)
 * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-permalink-structure/)
 * Hi:
 * I was wondering if there is anyone out there who could perhaps help me with a
   few things.
 * (1) I want to change my current permalinks from url/year/month/date/slug to -
   > url/archives/postnumber
 * However I wanted to create an exact duplicate of the database to keep old permalinks
   for search engines. Or can I just change the perma link structure and the old
   ones will still work for search engines?

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 *  [nearlythere](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nearlythere/)
 * (@nearlythere)
 * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-permalink-structure/#post-275311)
 * ths is not a definitive answer, but i don’t think you have to duplicate your 
   database.
 * you may have to hand-edit your .htaccess file by using 301 redirects. if you 
   have edited your permalinks, you have an .htaccess file in your home directory.
   and you want to add the new redirects ‘outside’ of wordpress’s own redirect rules.
 * see this: [http://www.cre8asiteforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=139141](http://www.cre8asiteforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=139141)
 * yours would be like this:
 * redirect 301 /year/month/date/slug [http://www.you.com/archives/postnumber](http://www.you.com/archives/postnumber)
 * see also: [http://www.tamingthebeast.net/articles3/spiders-301-redirect.htm](http://www.tamingthebeast.net/articles3/spiders-301-redirect.htm)
 * best of luck and pls tell us how you resolve this, since i will have to do this
   at some stage too!

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