Post slug?

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  aegialia · Member · Jan 16, 2006 at 12:03 am

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  What is a post slug? How do I use it?

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  helpdesk · Member · Jan 16, 2006 at 12:30 am

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  If you want to permelink something a post slug will make the reference URL shorter. It’s like nicknaming your posts!

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  marc · Member · Jan 16, 2006 at 12:33 am

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  The slug that is produced when you publish a post defines what the permalink will look like.

  Example: Blog url: myblog.wordpress.com, post title/slug: “My First Blog”

  The permalink ends up like this:

  “myblog.wordpress.com/2006/01/16/my-first-blog/”

  EDIT: and yes what “helpdesk” said.

  If the post title is very long (and even longer for the trackback url) it results in a very long permalink so the slug can be changed for brevity. Just be sure the slug is in the same format: no capital letters and words-separated-like-this.