Title: Static HTML to WordPress Last modified: May 25, 2024 --- # Static HTML to WordPress * [AJ20152015](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aj20152015/) * (@aj20152015) * [2 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-html-to-wordpress-2/) * Hi, * I have my blog on HTML. All pages end with the extension .html. I am using ShareThis as social sharing widget through embedded codes, and it is calculating the sharing counter data based on the URL structure. I am planning to move everything to WordPress, but, I am in a mess when regarding decision-making. * My pages have very good ranking on SEO. 90% of my posts rank on Page 1. I do not want to lose them. So my questions are: - If I move to WordPress, the URL will not have extension .html. Is it better in this case to use 301 redirect from old URLs to new URLs, and re-submit sitemap OR, it is better to add .html to have same URL structure in permalinks? - If I choose to not have .html anymore, will I lose ranking massively with 301 redirection from old URLs to new URLS or with time, Google will recognize I changed URLs and it will keep my ranking? - If I remove the .html extension, ShareThis social sharing will not give the same sharing counters, as currently, they are counting my links with the . html extension. By removing this extension, it will be like a new link to them, thus, my counter will be zero again. Is there a social share plugin where I can add custom counter number to start? - Overall, based on my case, what you would do to avoid SEO issues and avoid losing page ranking? * Thanks! - This topic was modified 2 years ago by [AJ20152015](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aj20152015/). Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) * Moderator [threadi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threadi/) * (@threadi) * [2 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-html-to-wordpress-2/#post-17780217) * You can also map the previous URLs 1:1 in WordPress. You can define the ending. html in the permalinks, see: [https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/settings-permalinks-screen/](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/settings-permalinks-screen/)– in the structure field, simply enter .html at the end. * Then, of course, you just have to make sure that the pages and posts you create have the same URLs. You can also define these yourself – the path may be different depending on which editor you use, in the block editor it looks like this: [https://www.wpzoom.com/blog/gutenberg-how-to-change-the-url-slug-of-a-post/](https://www.wpzoom.com/blog/gutenberg-how-to-change-the-url-slug-of-a-post/) * This should enable you to map the URLs 1:1. If YOU reach your limits, this plugin can help: [https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/permalink-manager/](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/permalink-manager/) * If you do need redirects from old to new, you can use this plugin: [https://wordpress.org/plugins/redirection/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/redirection/)– but you can also do similar things with many SEO plugins. * Thread Starter [AJ20152015](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aj20152015/) * (@aj20152015) * [2 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-html-to-wordpress-2/#post-17780435) * What is your advise in my case? Change URL and remove .html or I go with it? * WordPress page cannot be .html I guess. Permalinks work with post only. * Moderator [threadi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threadi/) * (@threadi) * [2 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-html-to-wordpress-2/#post-17780446) * Then create the previous HTML pages as posts? Or does that not fit thematically? For pages you can also change the URL as described above. It would be a one-time effort for you for all previous URLs. You can then write new pages with new URLs. * I would try to get away from .html. This has no relevance to SEO and just lengthens the URLs unnecessarily. Of course I see the problem with the previous URLs in your project, which is why I wrote above how you can implement them. This avoids the problem that the URLs are no longer recorded correctly afterwards. * Thread Starter [AJ20152015](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aj20152015/) * (@aj20152015) * [2 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-html-to-wordpress-2/#post-17780462) * I am ready to get away with .html but my sharing plugin will start counting as from zero and I will lose the number of shares on my posts. Is there a plugin you know where I can manually add a value in sharing counter to start? * Moderator [threadi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threadi/) * (@threadi) * [2 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-html-to-wordpress-2/#post-17780466) * I only know ShareThis by name. There is a plugin for this for WordPress: [https://wordpress.org/plugins/sharethis-share-buttons/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/sharethis-share-buttons/)– it’s best to ask there. * Thread Starter [AJ20152015](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aj20152015/) * (@aj20152015) * [2 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-html-to-wordpress-2/#post-17780480) * They do not provide the feature custom counter or URL mapping. If I get such a plugin, I will proceed with 301 redirection. Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) The topic ‘Static HTML to WordPress’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [seo](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/seo/) * [urls](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/urls/) * In: [Everything else WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/miscellaneous/) * 6 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [AJ20152015](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aj20152015/) * Last activity: [2 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-html-to-wordpress-2/#post-17780480) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics