Title: SEO Permalink Structure
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# SEO Permalink Structure

 *  [steadyvibe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steadyvibe/)
 * (@steadyvibe)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/seo-permalink-structure/)
 * Is there a way to change the permalink structure to be more SEO friendly. I was
   hoping for something more like /%post_id%//%postname%/ but that doesnt work on
   my site.
 * I just installed the newest version of wordpress today.

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 *  Thread Starter [steadyvibe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steadyvibe/)
 * (@steadyvibe)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/seo-permalink-structure/#post-860840)
 * I basically just want to be able to remove index.php from the permalink but it
   seems to only work with it in there?
 *  [iridiax](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iridiax/)
 * (@iridiax)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/seo-permalink-structure/#post-860841)
 * [PATHINFO permalinks](http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks#Permalinks_without_mod_rewrite)
   with index.php are used for Windows IIS servers without mod_rewrite.
 *  Thread Starter [steadyvibe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steadyvibe/)
 * (@steadyvibe)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/seo-permalink-structure/#post-861012)
 * Umm.. what does that mean? I am a pretty basic user and dont really understand.
 *  [iridiax](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iridiax/)
 * (@iridiax)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/seo-permalink-structure/#post-861013)
 * It means that if your site is on a Windows IIS server, you may be stuck with 
   having index.php in your permalinks.
 *  Thread Starter [steadyvibe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steadyvibe/)
 * (@steadyvibe)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/seo-permalink-structure/#post-861039)
 * Oh ok. Mine isnt, so what can I do to change the permalinks?
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/seo-permalink-structure/#post-861040)
 * Why this doesn’t work for you? [Using_Permalinks](http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks)
 *  Thread Starter [steadyvibe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steadyvibe/)
 * (@steadyvibe)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/seo-permalink-structure/#post-861045)
 * Hmm that mod-rewrite stuff sounds really complicated?
 *  [renohelper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/renohelper/)
 * (@renohelper)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/seo-permalink-structure/#post-861050)
 * Here is what I did to change the default permalinks to ones which it creates 
   the post date, them post name (I got this info. from the book “WordPress for 
   Dummies” by Lisa Sabin-Wilson, pages 143-146).
    It worked for me!!!
 * Log-on to your Dashboard
    Click Settings (right corner) Click Permalinks Select
   option 2 if you want date and post name or select the custom option if you want
   to write yor own.
 * ***VERY IMPORTANT – make sure to change your permissions to your .htsaccess file!***
 *  Thread Starter [steadyvibe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steadyvibe/)
 * (@steadyvibe)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/seo-permalink-structure/#post-861085)
 * Yeah I did that but it only gives me those options with index.php in them (eg:
   [http://www.steadyvibe.com/new/index.php/2008/09/22/sample-post/](http://www.steadyvibe.com/new/index.php/2008/09/22/sample-post/))
 *  [renohelper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/renohelper/)
 * (@renohelper)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/seo-permalink-structure/#post-861086)
 * Ok, did you try to use (instead of option 2) the custom permalink option>
 *  Thread Starter [steadyvibe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steadyvibe/)
 * (@steadyvibe)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/seo-permalink-structure/#post-861091)
 * Yep. Any time I take out the index.php it doesnt work.

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