Title: Using 'Numeric' Permalinks Question
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Using 'Numeric' Permalinks Question

 *  [cfisher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cfisher/)
 * (@cfisher)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-numeric-permalinks-question/)
 * I have used the ‘numeric’ permalinks for years. So all of my posts appear like
   this: [http://www.bmedreport.com/archives/15639](http://www.bmedreport.com/archives/15639)
 * Does this mean that all posts are “archives” now (since it has archives in the
   URL)? I ask because I have in Google XML sitemap set to not index archives (to
   avoid duplicate content). Does this mean it won’t index posts too (since their
   is the archives in the URL)?
 * I noticed when I peruse posts by archives the links changes to this: [http://www.bmedreport.com/archives/date/2010/07](http://www.bmedreport.com/archives/date/2010/07).
   Perhaps this is enough to distinguish between an “archive” and a “post” for the
   sake of bots?
 * I hope I am making sense here. Any help is appreciated.
 * Thanks!
    Chris

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 *  [Darrell Schauss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darrellonsite/)
 * (@darrellonsite)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-numeric-permalinks-question/#post-1606762)
 * Im sure the plugin would grab the posts urls based on database record information
   which would say it is a post or not. Or use built in wordpress functions that
   do the same. But I haven’t looked at the plugin code.
    The permalinks structure
   is just a meaningless word you typed into the structure options.
 * Your sitemap.xml is full of your posts though right now.
 *  Thread Starter [cfisher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cfisher/)
 * (@cfisher)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-numeric-permalinks-question/#post-1606800)
 * Ok. I didn’t realize that there was a way to detect a post versus archive built-
   in. It sounds like I am OK then. Thanks for the feedback. I really appreciate
   it.

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