Title: Permalink
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Permalink

 *  [Amanuensis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amanuensis/)
 * (@amanuensis)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-26/)
 * Hi
 * i have designed and finished my wordpress site – it won’t be used as a blog more
   of a CMS – I am wanting to change my permalinks to something more Url friendly.
   
   I know I should have done this before designing the site, but is there a way 
   to change this at this stage – there will be no posting on the site.
 * thank you

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 *  [Phil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/owendevelopment/)
 * (@owendevelopment)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-26/#post-2845822)
 * Go to WordPress admin -> Settings -> Permalinks.
 * Swap Custom Structure to /%postname%/ or whatever you wish and save.
 * Done.
 * Note, you may need to paste in some text to htaccess file – depends on your host
   permissions. Sometimes WordPress will do it for you if it can write itself.
 *  Thread Starter [Amanuensis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amanuensis/)
 * (@amanuensis)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-26/#post-2845833)
 * if it all goes tits up – can i put it back to how it was?
 *  [fonglh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fonglh/)
 * (@fonglh)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-26/#post-2845838)
 * Yes.
 *  [dannymoe34](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dannymoe34/)
 * (@dannymoe34)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-26/#post-2845878)
 * The problem you lose your seo because on wordpress 3.4 has bug that not redirect
   you old permalinks to the new one

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 * 4 replies
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 * Last reply from: [dannymoe34](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dannymoe34/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-26/#post-2845878)
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