Want control over post url and want them to be like pages.

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    shubrank · Member ·

    I want to have an Archives ‘page’ that lists ONLY the date and the title of the posts. When one clicks on the post title, it opens in new tab with URL like blogname.wp.com/post-title.

    So basically, I want the each post to be like a page, but without the hassle of creating a new page each time I post something and updating the Archives page. It should be automattic.

    The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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    houstonweaver · Member ·

    There are a couple of options to create a list of your posts using shortcodes which can be entered into a post, a page or even a widget.

    I like the configurability of the Display Posts shortcode described here:
    https://en.support.wordpress.com/display-posts-shortcode/

    Her’s a sample but you can configure in many different ways:
    [display-posts include_date="true" posts_per_page="100"]

    This lists the posts in the default order and includes the date in the default format and will show up to 100 posts.

    And there is an Archives shortcode documented here:

    https://en.support.wordpress.com/archives-shortcode/

    Here is the basic archives shortcode, but it can be configured also.
    [archives]

    Note: Sites on WordPress.com use the following Permalink structure for posts.

    http://example.com/2014/10/21/sample-post/

  • Unknown's avatar
    shubrank · Member ·

    [archives]

    Worked! Thanks.

    Is there a way to change permalink structure
    from example.com/2014/10/21/short-post-title
    to example.com/short-post-title

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    houstonweaver · Member ·

    Unfortunately at worpdress.com you cannot change the Permalink structure.

    You would need your site hosted elsewhere using the WordPress.org version of software to be able to change your Permalink structure.

    See WordPress.com and org to see more about the two different worlds of WordPress:
    https://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

    When providing post addresses to third parties you may use shortlinks using the wp URL shortener but I don’t see any way to incorporate them into you automated archives list.

    See the shortlinks article here:

    Shorten a WordPress.com URL

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