Title: Specific permalink structure
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# Specific permalink structure

 *  Resolved [hoogdesignsupport](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hoogdesignsupport/)
 * (@hoogdesignsupport)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/specific-permalink-structure/)
 * Hello,
 * For a client that has some specific wishes in terms of permalink structure we
   require some assistance.
 * This is the wanted structure:
    [https://example-site.com/shop/product-category-1/product-category-2](https://example-site.com/shop/product-category-1/product-category-2)
   In reality we want it to work out to something like: [http://example-site.com/shop/pants/denim](http://example-site.com/shop/pants/denim)
   [http://example-site.com/shop/pants/cargo](http://example-site.com/shop/pants/cargo)
   [http://example-site.com/shop/pants/sports](http://example-site.com/shop/pants/sports)
   But also: [http://example-site.com/shop/jackets/denim](http://example-site.com/shop/jackets/denim)
   [http://example-site.com/shop/jackets/cargo](http://example-site.com/shop/jackets/cargo)
   [http://example-site.com/shop/jackets/sports](http://example-site.com/shop/jackets/sports)
 * However, subcategories only allow for 1 parent, and a ‘primary category’ also
   doesn’t seem to do the trick.
 * I hope my description has been clear enough.
 * Is there a way to do this?
 * Thanks!

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 *  [Jess – a11n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jlundie/)
 * (@jlundie)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/specific-permalink-structure/#post-14543305)
 * Hi [@hoogdesignsupport](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hoogdesignsupport/),
 * Thanks for reaching out on the forums! Your description is super clear, and that
   makes a lot of sense.
 * I’m afraid that it’s not possible to do that with default functionality in WooCommerce
   because of how WordPress handles categories and taxonomy in the core code. If
   you’re interested in this from a technical standpoint, you can [read more about it here](https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/158035/can-a-child-category-have-more-than-one-parent).
 * One option here would be to use tags instead of categories for your denim, cargo,
   sports, etc. Tags can be used to sort and filter products, but are not hierarchical
   in the same way that categories are. You can read more about that here: [https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/managing-product-taxonomies/#section-4](https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/managing-product-taxonomies/#section-4)
 * You can use product tags as part of your permalink setup, so that might be a 
   good option: [https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/permalinks/](https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/permalinks/)
 * Let us know if you have any questions on that!
 *  Plugin Support [Gabriel – a11n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gabrielfuentes/)
 * (@gabrielfuentes)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/specific-permalink-structure/#post-14568825)
 * We haven’t heard back from you in a while, so I’m going to mark this as resolved–
   if you have any further questions, you can start a new thread.

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 * Last reply from: [Gabriel – a11n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gabrielfuentes/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/specific-permalink-structure/#post-14568825)
 * Status: resolved