Replacement Pages, how to update links?

  • Hello,

    I’m using the Permalink Setting of https://website.org/?p=123. I do this because it is a blog. But what if I want to create an entirely new contact or about us page.

    How do I delete and publish the new one keeping the links intact? In the menu I see that is uses the page name, so I think (am I correct) that the menus would still work. But what if I have buttons etc?

    Thank you for any help,

    • This topic was modified 3 years, 2 months ago by Jan Dembowski. Reason: Moved to Fixing WordPress, this is not an Everything else WordPress topic
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  • Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

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    You can’t, with that format. If you create a new page, it gets a new ID. The menus will point to the old page because a menu is just text strings associated with links.

    Thread Starter klngroup

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    ??

    Ouch, that makes things a little more complicated I suppose. Especially if even the menus would not longer work.

    No good solution I guess?

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

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    You could use one of the “pretty permalink” patterns. Your old ?p=xxxx links will always continue to work, regardless of permalink settings.

    Thread Starter klngroup

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    Just so I understand, I can change the Permalink settings now after the site has been up for a few weeks? That will help a lot. A couple of questions.

    A) What is the most common for blogs?
    B) If I don’t change the permalink settings, can I use the slug as part of the url when creating buttons?

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

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    A) Date or title

    B) you can use whatever works as a link.

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