permalink doubt

  • Resolved pressvibes

    (@pressvibes)


    8 months ago

    Hello everyone,
    I have a doubt about permalinks:
    I set up this path: https://www.mywebsite.com/post-title, and it works perfectly; but I also see it creates something like: https://www.mywebsite.com/?p=1666 (just as example), and of course it brings to a 404.
    it creates an id permalink for whatever I do: a post, an image upload, adraft ect…
    This wordpress behavior did bring to the point that after a month that the website is online I have:
    2230 urls
    Of course I did setup no follow and no index, to avoid to be recognized as spam, but I am trying to understand why this behavior… it should not create them at all.


    AM I wrong?

    Ofc I checked: all plugins work good, no conflicts, all updated etc…

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  • Faisal Ahammad

    (@faisalahammad)

    Hey,

    It’s the default permalink structure in WordPress. If you prefer to use pretty permalinks, go to Settings → Permalinks and select Post Name in the Permalink Structure, as shown in the screenshot below. This should resolve the issue. However, the default permalink will still work in the background.

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    Give it a try, and let me know how that goes! ??

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Just to add, the default ?p=[post-id] will always work, no matter which permalink structure you choose. WordPress will ensure that your preferred permalink structure is reported to search engines as the canonical URL.

    The default structure should definitely not 404 though. Try re-saving your permalink structure at Settings > Permalinks in your Dashboard. If WordPress cannot automatically edit the .htaccess file, it will provide manual instructions after saving.

    Thread Starter pressvibes

    (@pressvibes)

    Thank you for your replies.

    Actually it is working exacly as I want: if you try to open a ?p8428 it will bring you to a 404 page on my website, and the /post-title is working perfectly.

    I just realized that I have hundreds of ?p*** (revisions, drafts, media, etc), that are noindex and nofollow as I sat up with seo options.

    But as you confirmed that default structure with ?p-id will anyway be created, then you solved my doubt.

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