Comments on: Reader Question: WordPress Permalinks

By: Garri

Garri — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:46:51 +0000

That plugin is great if you’re changing your URL structure within the same blogging platform but would you do if you were moving from say Textpattern to WordPress and in turn changing your URL structure?

I guess that permalink migration plugin wouldn’t work in this case?

By: brian meagher

brian meagher — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:41:33 +0000

Thanks, Jeff! Great post.

I’m glad you approve of the Permalinks Migration plugin. I just ran across it while researching this question, but was hesitant.

@Glenn – I thought about using category, but decided against it. I tend to add and delete categories from time to time to keep things simpler. I haven’t made the move yet, but plan to just use /%postname%/

By: Margaret Etikettendrucker

Margaret Etikettendrucker — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:12:46 +0000

I think short permalinks are really better, and people will remember them easier anyway, so this plugin is really a big help.

By: Glenn Haggard

Glenn Haggard — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:29:43 +0000

I agree with short permalinks. I have set mine to include category and you have made me think about reducing down to just the post name.

By: ia

ia — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:49:47 +0000

Re: permalink redirects, you guys should read this…WordPress 2.3: Canonical URLs

By: Calvin

Calvin — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:34:55 +0000

Yup I agree, Permalinks Migration plugin is great.