Permalinks Structure

  • Hi

    Extreme newbie alert!
    Before I install WordPress I’d like to find the best structure for my permalinks.

    Firstly, does the structure effect anything apart from the permalink address/ url?

    I’d like to keep things as simple and clean as possible, so if I order by date I presume I can structure as
    domain.com/2008/post-name/
    rather than add month and day as well?

    But if my blog is at
    domain.com/blog
    would this mean the permalink would have to be at
    domain.com/blog/2008/post-name/

    The trouble is I may away at times and/ or not post for a while, so are there any alternatives to structuring by date?

    I’ve seen some sites that have the clean structure
    domain.com/post-name/
    what is the disadvantage with this?
    Does it mean every post over the next 10 years will have to have a unique name? Or other problems?

    Many thanks for taking the time to help

    Rob

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  • The cleanest way that surely works is domain.com/post-id/postname. If you remove the id, the site might brake because stylesheets and pages no longer work. I’ve tried it and now I use what I wrote above.
    If you write a post with the same title, WP will add a number automatically, so there are no problems with that (and there wouldn’t be any anyway if the post-id is added).

    Thread Starter rob101

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    Hi Gangleri

    Thanks for your reply and tips.
    IS post-id simply the number of the post i.e. 437?

    I’ve done a quick search and some people are saying that not using the date in the structure messes up the calendar. Have you found this?

    Can you see any problems if I just use the year for the structure?
    domain.com/2008/post-name/

    Many thanks Gangleri

    Rob

    I think using the post-id (unqiue number, if you delete a post that number is also deleted) is a good idea…

    I tend to prefer the post-id permalink instead of the date, as i don’t update the blog too often. If you’re updating it often and daily then you can go for date.

    Thread Starter rob101

    (@rob101)

    Hi Rushhh

    That does sound like a good solution Rushhh and Gangleri.

    If you delete post #249, what happens to post #250?
    I presume it stays at #250 and there is just a gap at post #249 (probably a 404?) or does post #250 now become #249?

    Many thanks

    Rob

    or does post #250 now become #249?

    No, it doesn’t. Once an ID is deleted nothing takes its place. If you have 999 posts and delete them all, your next post will be #1000. That’s the nature of the database: the IDs are incremental.

    Thread Starter rob101

    (@rob101)

    Great, many thanks Moshu.

    I also read that not using the date in the permalinks was only a problem with the calendar in WordPress v1.x.x, so is okay now.

    IS there any disadvantage to using the ‘Post-Id’ instead of ‘date’ in the permalinks?

    Many thanks

    Rob

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