Using Permalinks

Permalinks are the permanent URLs of your blog posts or pages on your WordPress site.

1. Go to Settings > Permalinks.
2. Select one of the available formats:
   • Plain: http://www.yourwebsite.com/?p=123
   • Day and name: http://www.yourwebsite.com/2008/03/31/sample-post/
   • Month and name: http://www.yourwebsite.com/2008/03/sample-post/
   • Numeric: http://www.yourwebsite.com/archives/123
   • Post name: http://www.yourwebsite.com/sample-post
   • Custom structure in the box enters the custom structure you want to use. For example: /archives/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/
3. In the Optional section you’ll find 2 prefixes used in URLs for category and tag archives:
   • Category base box enters the custom prefix for your category URLs.
   • Tags base write the custom prefix for your tag URLs
4. Don’t forget to click the Save Changes button
   • After, you should receive two messages regarding your .htaccess
   • In case your .htaccess is writeable you will receive this message: Permalink structure updated
   • In case you .htaccess is not writeable you will get this message: You should update your .htaccess