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You’re running into a common permalink limitation in WordPress. When you add /blog/ to your post permalink structure (e.g. /blog/%postname%/), it unfortunately applies to all post types using the 'post' rewrite slug — including custom post types, unless handled separately. ✅ Solution:

To have only blog posts use /blog/ and keep custom post types clean (like /jobs/, /our-team/), you can do this:

1. Leave your permalink structure as /blog/%postname%/
2. Manually set the 'rewrite' => ['slug' => 'custom-slug'] argument in each custom post type’s registration. This overrides the global /blog/ prefix for that post type.

Example (in your theme’s functions.php or CPT plugin):

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register_post_type('jobs', [ 'labels' => [...], 'public' => true, 'rewrite' => ['slug' => 'jobs'], ... ]);

3. Flush permalinks after this by visiting Settings > Permalinks and clicking Save.

If you’d like categories to appear like /blog/category/category-name/, go to:
Settings > Permalinks > Optional and change the Category base to blog/category.

Here are examples from my site that use the proper structure:

• <a href=”https://boatengines.store/parsun-outboard-review-2025” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>Parsun Outboard Review 2025</a>
• <a href=”https://boatengines.store/5hp-outboard-boat-motor&#8221; target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>5HP Outboard Motor Buying Guide</a>
  
• Custom post type (clean URL): /jobs/example/ ✅