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Okay. Thanks a lot.

Awesome. Thanks for your help.

I can not mark this thread “resolved” just yet, since I have not yet moved the site. For now I can say to future readers of this thread that it appears that the:

/index.php/%postname%/

in Settings>Permalinks is going to work.

It looks like I edited while you were writing.

I made a temporary page to use the “/index.php/%postname%/”
on the future host, and… it worked. So, thanks, but I will still need to redirect them to the “prettier” URLS without upsetting my SEO.

Yes, I will need the “original” structure at the new webhost first.

I was looking up plugins earlier. Do you think this one will do?

https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/change-permalink-helper/

I agree with the “prettier” URLS, as WordPress calls them.

Edit:

I made a temporary page to use the “/index.php/%postname%/”
on the future host, and… it worked. So, thanks, but I will still need to redirect them to the “prettier” URLS without upsetting my SEO.

If you think this will work:

https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/change-permalink-helper/

please let me know.

I did the straight copy and paste as well. As far as errors go, there is not an actual error. Everything works fine, but the new (next) webhost has different URL structure, destroying the backlinks to the site.

I have been reading here:

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Using_Permalinks#Structure_Tags

There will be some studying involved with this. I am
also thinking there may be a plugin to upload after
I have changed webhosts.

That did not work. I tried adding the “/index.php/%postname%/”

in the permalinks section and the links no longer work. That is at the Bluehost webhost.