Title: edit permalink structure without breaking links
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# edit permalink structure without breaking links

 *  [estephe1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/estephe1/)
 * (@estephe1)
 * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-permalink-structure-without-breaking-links/)
 * I started with the default permalink structure e.g. mydomain.com/?p=273 Now I
   want to edit my permalink structure to be more search engine friendly e.g. mydomain.
   com/archives/%post_id% However, I already have 273 posts and can’t afford to 
   break all the links to my old posts. How can I update my permalink structure 
   without breaking my old links? I feel that there should be a way to update the
   permalink structure and have it apply only to all future posts. What are my options?
   I’ve searched all over and haven’t found anything helpful. Thanks so much!

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 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-permalink-structure-without-breaking-links/#post-368467)
 * 1. The “nice” permalinks are not more SE-friendly than the default. They are 
   just _human eyes_-friendly.
    2. There is no way to change the permalink structure
   only for the future posts, sorry. 3. Maybe a good coder can offer some special.
   htaccess rules to help you to redirect from the old URIs to the new ones.

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 * [structure](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/structure/)

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 * Last activity: [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-permalink-structure-without-breaking-links/#post-368467)
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