Wordpress category url problem.
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I have set up wordpress categories but the permalinks are showing as www.mydomain.com/?cat=12 as opposed to the category name. The child categories though work fine and show as www.mydomain.com/category/chidcatgegory
I've obviously got my permalink settings wrong somewhere. How do I fix this?
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I would suggest you implement the plugin SEO by Yoast and then follow all the configuration steps. It will help you solve all your permalink options while providing information on which will be the best option.
Hope that helps!
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Hi Samuel,
To change your permalink structure, you need to log in as an admin and go to Settings->Permalinks.
Under Common Settings, select Custom and enter the following text into the text field:
/%category%/%postname%/
This should set your permalinks structure to domain.com/category-name/blog-post-title
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what settings should I select in there to make it work?
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Did you try settings --- permalinks --- then either common settings or optional?
Under optional is says
If you like, you may enter custom structures for your category and tag <abbr title="Universal Resource Locator">URL</abbr>s here. For example, using
topicsas your category base would make your category links likehttp://example.org/topics/uncategorized/. If you leave these blank the defaults will be used.
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