Permalink – How Does One Guarantee Permanency?

WordPress would never generate a file called /date.html – basically because that simply is not the way the system works.

The only 100% way to create a permalink that never changes is to use it’s page id (which looks like ?p=123 ) or eliminate the date from your permalink structure. Everything you need to know about permalinks can be found here.

For some reason, though, I get the feeling that you may be misunderstanding the concept of a permalink. You, as a blog owner, can’t create a permalink for another site. If you want to link to another site, you basically have to hope that they never change that page. Copying the page to your own site would guarantee that it would always exist, but that comes with making sure the images, CSS files, etc. are all copied as well.

Permalinks for the purpose of WordPress are simply the URLs generated by WP to represent the different information stored in your database.

Sorry for the confusion. The URL I gave was meant to be an example only (and the file was datA, not date).

I read the first paragraphs in the docs about permalinks. If I understand correctly, I make permalinks that point to targets in my blog for others to click and see. Is this right?

And it is my responsibility to see that the target does not move or disappear (i.e. become un-permanent). Or does a permalink update itself if its target is moved?

Thanks for your reply – it has certainly helped me to understand the concept of permalinks.