How to Optimize Your WordPress Properly with Permalinks
By default, WordPress offers permalinks like this:
https://www.yourdomain.com/?p=123
This type of permalink is not search engine friendly, so most newbie bloggers just starting with WordPress fail to create a site that is optimizing WordPress permalinks for SEO because they are using the default permalinks.
Here's the best Permalinks setup for optimal SEO result:
Login to WordPress Dashboard and click on Settings > Permalinks.
![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/0e35a1b5-ce97-4d12-a27e-1bbafd0ae641/befefde1-6654-4330-916e-a1ae57067e4e.png)
Under custom structure, choose or type %postname% as shown in the screenshot below:
![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/0e35a1b5-ce97-4d12-a27e-1bbafd0ae641/55648322-8d82-40ab-8aac-43ab567e3e96.png)
Press Save Changes button.
https://www.yourdomain.com/?p=123
This type of permalink is not search engine friendly, so most newbie bloggers just starting with WordPress fail to create a site that is optimizing WordPress permalinks for SEO because they are using the default permalinks.
Here's the best Permalinks setup for optimal SEO result:
Login to WordPress Dashboard and click on Settings > Permalinks.
![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/0e35a1b5-ce97-4d12-a27e-1bbafd0ae641/befefde1-6654-4330-916e-a1ae57067e4e.png)
Under custom structure, choose or type %postname% as shown in the screenshot below:
![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/0e35a1b5-ce97-4d12-a27e-1bbafd0ae641/55648322-8d82-40ab-8aac-43ab567e3e96.png)
Press Save Changes button.
Updated on: 07/01/2019
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