How do I get my URL rewritten so humans can read it instead of ?cat=7

  • I have seen wordpress setups where the topic of the title is the URL, and was wondering how to get that to work on my wordpress install.

    For instance, If the title of the post was:
    I like to eat sweet candy
    the URL would be:
    hxxp://mysite.com/blog/i-like-to-eat-sweet-candy/

    On my blog when I make a post it comes out like this:
    hxxp://mysite.com.com//blog/?cat=7

    I installed a SEO plugin, but that did not rewrite the URL, it only made it so the post was seen once by a search engine.

    How can I make it so my URL is displayed as mentioned above?

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  • And what did you find when you checked ALL the tabs in your admin interface? Just to learn about the tool you are using… e.g. Options > Permalinks?

    Thread Starter bimple

    (@bimple)

    I tried that, but when I chose a custom permalink:
    /%postname%/
    I received an error at the top of each page:

    WordPress database error: [Table ‘user_wordpress.wp_categories’ doesn’t exist]
    SELECT cat_ID FROM wp_categories WHERE category_nicename = ‘topics/foo_bar’

    The URL was rewritte, but every page had that error.

    I even tried:
    /%category%/%postname%/

    and still got the error mentioned above

    and I am using the classic theme

    1. That’s not enough.
    2. You are using a theme that is not compatible with 2.3

    Thread Starter bimple

    (@bimple)

    What do you mean it isn’t enough? I also added:

    /%category%/%postname%/

    and still got the error. I also tried checking “Date and name based” and still received the error.

    Also, if it isn’t compatible with 2.3 why is it included with the 2.3 install?

    Postname (without some numeric tag like ID or date) is not enough to identify a post.
    more: Using_Permalinks

    The error you quoted let me think there is some code in the theme you are using that is NOT for WP 2.3.
    Was this s brand new install or an upgrade?

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