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How to Change Permalink Structure in WordPress without Duplicate Content

| October 14, 2009 | 11 Comments
Recently we had a client who wanted to change their Permalink structure from Old Permalink structure: /%author%/%category%/%postname%/ to: New Permalink structure: /%author%/%category%/%postname%/%post_id%/ so that they would qualify for Google News. Apparently you need at least 3 digits in your URL in order to qualify for Google News. I wanted to simply change the Permalink structure by going to ... View Post

Automatically create tinyurl-type permalinks in WordPress

| January 17, 2008 | 1 Comment
You may need to have "tinyurl" permalinks for your WordPress blog posts. One option is to go to tinyurl.com and create each permalink one-by-one. This is fine if you don't need to create too many, but can get cumbersome when you need tens or hundreds of them. Michael Clark explains how he ... View Post

Useful guide to configuring WordPress permalinks

| January 17, 2008 | 0 Comments
Weblog Tools Collection has published a good, concise guide on setting up permalinks on your WordPress blog. The tips include various permalink options, and how to set up a .htaccess file if you don't have one. Configuring WP Permalinks View Post

Unique and useful WordPress Plugins at Urban Giraffe

| December 31, 2007 | 0 Comments
Urban Giraffe has a list of amazing plugins that the guy behind the site, John Godley, developed. Many of these plugins are really unique, and I haven't seen anything like them anywhere else. Here are the ones that I find most interesting, and I hope to try out soon: ... View Post

Problem with class.php when upgrading to WordPress 2.3.1

| December 19, 2007 | 2 Comments
We just upgraded a client's site from WordPress 2.2. to WordPress 2.3.1. After upgrading, the theme still worked, but the links to Pages in the upper navigation bar stopped working and they all linked to the home page instead of to their pages, and an annoying error appeared at the top of ... View Post

Permalinks Migration Plugin for wordpress

| March 13, 2007 | 0 Comments
The following description is adapted from the creators site (lightly edited - I can't help it!):
With this plugin, you can safely change your permalink structure without breaking the old links to your website, and it won't affect your search engine rankings. Many people want to improve their permalink structure by changing them into "pretty" permalinks,
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