Title: Changing Permalink without losing current posts
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Changing Permalink without losing current posts

 *  [Kathi Browne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wingspouse/)
 * (@wingspouse)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-permalink-without-losing-current-posts/)
 * I want to change my permalink to a custom string (one that doesn’t show the date).
   I changed it and tested an existing link only to find out my change applied retroactively
   and the link didn’t work. So now I have two questions:
 * 1. If I edited the permalink in the edit post screen, did I lose the link after
   changing it and then changing it back? If so, is there any quick solution to 
   putting it back?
 * 2. Is there a way to customize the peramalink without messing up existing links?
 * Any help would be appreciated.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-permalink-without-losing-current-posts/#post-1548187)
 * 1. I’m not quite sure what the question is…
 * 2. No – custom permalinks are global (ie they affect all posts new & old).
 *  Thread Starter [Kathi Browne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wingspouse/)
 * (@wingspouse)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-permalink-without-losing-current-posts/#post-1548273)
 * Then is there a way to begin using a new permalink format from here on out without
   messing up existing ones?
 * By messing up I mean that articles that have been linked to will no longer work
   on those external sites. That is my concern.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-permalink-without-losing-current-posts/#post-1548322)
 * > Then is there a way to begin using a new permalink format from here on out 
   > without messing up existing ones?
 * No there isn’t.

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 * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-permalink-without-losing-current-posts/#post-1548322)
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