How do I change permalink type but preserve old URLs?

  • Right now my blog uses a custom permalink type:

    /%category%/%postname%/

    I want to change to /?p=[post#] to keep URls shorter, however, I have a large number of existing links and want to preserve those. In the past, switching from /%category%/%postname%/ to /?p=[post#] caused the /%category%/%postname%/ URLs not not work, and resulting in 404 errors for links to that type.

    How can I make the change and still have it so that the previously established URLs still work. I don’t want/don’t care if future URLs use the /%category%/%postname%/ as I won’t be using it any more. I just don’t want to be inundated with 404 errors when people visit the site via already established links.

    Thanks for any help.

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  • From a SEO point-of-view, it’s better to redirect the ole URLs to new format.

    So, your post ‘/category/postname’ would redirect to /p=123′. You can do it by editing your .htaccess file, or using Redirection plugin.

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