Changing Permalinks from Default to Post Name

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  karineskoog · Member · Mar 15, 2017 at 10:31 am

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  When I change my permalinks setting from default to post name, it breaks all of the links for my pre-existing blog posts.

  Do I have to manually change my blog links to the post name format, or is there an easy way to automatically change my links to the name format?

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  dave2swords · Member · Mar 15, 2017 at 11:11 am

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  following

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  galois · Member · Mar 15, 2017 at 11:45 am

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  @karineskoog: what is the URL (https://…) of your site hosted by WordPress.com?
  https://karineskoog.wordpress.com/ is no longer available & was deleted.

  Re: permalinks
  Permalink structure cannot be changed on sites hosted by WordPress.COM. They can only be changed on wordpress.ORG software installs. See: Moving to self hosted WordPress http://move.wordpress.com

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  galois · Member · Mar 15, 2017 at 11:47 am

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  Re: about WordPress.org & these forums

  These forums are only for blogs/sites hosted by WordPress.com

  WordPress.COM and WordPress.ORG are completely separate and different http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  And you should ask in the WordPress.org forums.
  http://wordpress.org/support/

  If you don’t have a username on the ORG forums, you’ll need to register one there.

  Cheers

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  karineskoog · Member · Mar 15, 2017 at 11:51 am

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  Thanks for the info! It is for a different website, and you’re correct, it is using WordPress.org. I didn’t realize there was a difference. I’ll check in on the .org support site.

  Thanks again!

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  galois · Member · Mar 15, 2017 at 11:52 am

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  You’re welcome & best wishes. 👍