Pretty Permalinks help for newbie

  • I am thinking of converting my site to use Pretty Permalinks. I have been running WordPress for a year or so now, so there are plenty of posts in history on my site. How hard will it be to implement? Am I going to have to rebuild my whole site?

    I have read the guides on Permalinks, but I am failing to understand the directions. Is there a more dumbed down version out there somewhere?

    Thanks!
    Tim

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  • if you are on a linux server it will be fine
    if on a windows server you can’t use pretty permalinks
    just choose a permalink structure and implement it
    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Using_Permalinks#Choosing_your_permalink_structure

    Thread Starter timrybak

    (@timrybak)

    Ok, so let me ask this. If I do a drag and drop backup of my public_html folder, and I do a database backup before I do anything, I should be able to get back to where I was if something goes wrong, correct?

    I am on a Linux platform, so I should be good.

    Thank you!
    Tim

    a database back up is always good
    no need to back up files, though, as nothing is done with them

    really if you have a problem it is as simple as deleting the .htaccess and going back to default permalinks
    problems are rare

    Just make an export or a database backup to be sure, but nothing much can go wrong if you don’t try to use the permalink %postname% (i.e. only postname). If you get an error after changing the permalink (under “settings”->”permalinks”), just hit the “back” button and switch back to default. And read the page that Samuel links to.

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