Should I Change My Blog Permalinks to Remove The Date

[DigitalProgress]

Hi All

Thank you in advance for any help.

Last year a website was moved to multisite and the permalinks for the blog posts were changed to include a category, the year, the month and day.

As a result most of the page URL's are flagged as too long.

A number of the pages are receiving good traffic, so my question is whether just to leave them as they are or to change the permalinks?

My gut feeling is to take the short term hit and change the permalinks, but I thought I'd take the advice of the forum before doing so.

Many Thanks

[Lawyer254]

If you’re considering changing your permalinks, it’s important to keep them concise yet functional. For an example of clean and effective permalink structure, you can check out.

[DigitalProgress]

Hi All, just to check in on this question?

[xoximog80]

Hi @DigitalProgress ,

If the current URLs are performing well in terms of traffic and rankings, it's generally better to leave them as they are. Changing permalinks can cause a temporary drop in traffic unless proper 301 redirects are implemented for every affected page.

If the URLs are truly problematic (e.g., causing issues with SEO or user experience), ensure you map out redirects carefully to minimise the impact. Ultimately, if the structure works and there's no major issue, sticking with it might be the safer option.

[jaymekuphal]

@DigitalProgress In my opinion, you need to change the url of your articles and removed dates from it and than redirect your old URL to new one