Especially for the aspect of search engine optimization the transformation of the permalinks is vital. The permalinks can be changed under Wordpress here:
Settings>Permalinks>Custom Structure
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You should exchange them into: /% category% /% post-name% /
Of course you could also just use the postname in order to get shorter URLs. I recommend using this permalink structure. If you chose a excellent keyword optimated category previous to, the optimization boosts your ranking and you’ll increase your traffic.
When using the permalinks the following should be considered: * The directory structure should not be too deep, this may have a negative impression * The. Htaccess file must be present and writable. * Each link can only be in the right place to a precise post only * If Google, for instance, get a map, then you should also inform the search engine about the new link structure. The crawler will notice this. * The link structure should not be changed, once they exist.I evenly see blogs with a hideous structer. No wonder about their ranking… You changed them within a few minutes and now you can leave them as they are.
If you have pingbacks, trackbacks and all the socialbookmarking? Then you should download the plugin called “Permalink Migration” plugin. Install it and go to the admin center of the new plugin. Then set the old, default permalink structure of your site in the form. Now go to Your admin panel Settings–>Permalinks. Now exchange it to – /