Moving the slug on one of my pages

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    kristinag227 · Member ·

    Hi there. I asked a WordPress expert on how, if possible, to shift the ‘slug’ (the title for the permalink on one of my pages) to the top center of the page, as opposed to left. Right now, I can’t get it to move or go away. Here is my site’s address: kristinagulczewski.wordpress.com

  • kokkieh · Staff ·

    Hi there,

    I’m not clear on what exactly you want to move: The site title, “kristina marie gulczewski”, or the post title, “Excerpt from “In the Poppy Field My Mother Waits”?

    Changing the position or hiding either of those will require custom CSS to override your theme’s styling, and that is only possible on the Premium Plan or higher.

    https://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-css/

    A slug is something completely different. The slug refers to the last part of a post or page’s URL, for example, in https://kristinagulczewski.wordpress.com/2020/03/26/excerpt-from-in-the-poppy-field-my-mother-waits/, the slug is excerpt-from-in-the-poppy-field-my-mother-waits and in https://kristinagulczewski.wordpress.com/about-me/, the slug is about-me.

    The slug should never appear visible on your site itself – it is part of a link, and by default it’s generated from the post or page title, but can be changed to something different from within the editor.

    https://en.support.wordpress.com/slugs/

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    kristinag227 · Member ·

    Hi kokkieh,

    Thanks for your reply. I’m trying to move the slugs on each of my pages – not the « kristina marie gulczewski » or the title of my post. When I edit my « about me » page, for example, there’s an « about me » at the top that I can’t shift. It’s stuck in the same place. When I hover over it it tells me it’s a permalink. There seems to be no option in the customizer to move it.

  • staff-doublebassd · Staff ·

    Hi there,

    To clarify, when you say slug, you are referring to this?:

    If so, as @kokkieh mentions, that is not the slug, but the page title. The slug is the about-me within the address. If you want to move the title over, that would require CSS, which is a feature that is a part of the Premium and Business Plans:

    http://wordpress.com/plans

    Please let me know if this is what you are referring to. If not, create a screenshot and upload it to your media library, and we can take a look.

    Thanks!

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