Pretty Permalinks Went Ugly
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My blog posts have always showed pretty permalinks but the permalinks for the last two posts are ugly, showing a date and number instead of the post title. I haven’t made any changes to the way I post and I don’t see a permalink option in my dashboard settings menu. Any idea how I can fix this?
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Hi booksicantshutupabout,
The URL for those posts can be changed from the editor by clicking on the link icon next to the title. I’ve made a screenshot of the option for you:
https://cloudup.com/cjR98ByOiN2
I hope this helps!
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Hi @gemmacevans- if the user changes those links, then what happens when someone clicks on the links that have already been shared via Publicize or in the Recent Posts widget? Thanks!
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Hi @justjennifer,
That’s a good point — I just tested this and visiting the previous post URL redirects me to the new one, so there shouldn’t be any issues there.
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Thanks Gemma, I was able to edit the links. I’m still wondering, why they would automatically be pretty for earlier posts then suddenly change format? Any thoughts? Is there some setting I need to revisit?
Thank you!
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That’s great to hear! This usually happens when a draft post is saved without a title — there are no characters so numbers are used instead. Adding a title afterwards doesn’t automatically update the URL so it needs to be done manually.
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That’s exactly what happened. I just wrote a new post with a title and the permalink did have the title, no numbers. Thanks so much for the help!
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