WordPress. How to set custom permalinks structure

This tutorial will show how to set custom permalinks structure in WordPress.

WordPress. How to set a custom permalinks structure

1. Log into WordPress Admin Panel. Go to Settings and click on Permalinks:

   

2. Select the Custom Structure and add /%category%/%postname%/ in Custom structure field:

   

3. You can check the list of custom permalinks on WordPress Official source that you can set below:

   %year%
       The year of the post, four digits, for example 2004 
   
    %monthnum%
       Month of the year, for example 05 
   
    %day%
       Day of the month, for example 28 
   
    %hour%
       Hour of the day, for example 15 
   
    %minute%
       Minute of the hour, for example 43 
   
    %second%
       Second of the minute, for example 33 
   
    %post_id%
       The unique ID # of the post, for example 423 
   
    %postname%
       A sanitized version of the title of the post (post slug field on Edit Post/Page panel). So “This Is A Great Post!” becomes this-is-a-great-post in the URL. 
   
    %category%
       A sanitized version of the category name (category slug field on New/Edit Category panel). Nested sub-categories appear as nested directories in the URL. 
   
    %author%
       A sanitized version of the author name. 
   	

4. Go to Posts, select All posts button, click on one of the posts from the list, for example Brand new post.

5. Click to View Post:

   

   to see that the custom permalinks has been set:

   

Feel free to check the detailed video tutorial below:

WordPress. How to set a custom permalinks structure