WordPress User Guide

This short tutorial will show you how to clean up your WordPress URL’s from the default structure e.g. http://example.com/?p=123 to a more search engine friendly structure. This is a good thing, and Google will reward you for it.

An introduction to Permalinks

Permalinks are links to pages, or posts in a blog that point to the page after it has been moved from the front page. So irrespective of what you do to re-structure the presentation of your WordPress blog, the permalink will always point to the same page.

The type of permalinks most commonly used for SEO purposes are ‘Pretty Permalinks, e.g. http://example.com/blog/my-search-engine-friendly-post-title.

Setting up Permalinks in WordPress

We’re going to set these up on your blog right now. Dive into your WordPress Dashboard (surely you remember how by now. If not, try this) and click on the ‘Settings’ tab. [click to continue…]

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