[WP]Does using default permalink structure hurt SEO a lot?

[Kaiser_Soze]

I've searched around, but couldn't find an answer accurate enough. Yoast recommends %post name%, but since WordPress won't allow me using another without getting an error, I have no option. I've read around, but it seems that I can not change the settings to %post name. So, how bad it is for my SEO?

 

[SmileAtmyWins]

Yes you can. Go to your back end dashboard panel. Scroll down to Settings and in the drop drown choose "permalinks". Then choose option number number 6: Custom Structure and after you save it will have updated your permalinks. Hope this helps.

 

[zoyaraymonds]

do like this...

 

[Kaiser_Soze]

Before you post more tips, guys on how to use the panel (I am not that noob), I will say that the links are broken and the only option that works is the custom one.
I have tried the .htaccess method, the mod_rewrite method, but none of them helped. When I change the option to %postname the pages are messed up and unavailable by the webserver.

 

[SmartMan]

So, how bad it is for my SEO?

I guess your page URLs are like ?pageid=xxx. If yes, You lose some On-Site SEO benefits without using "inurl" on your page url.

 

[Kaiser_Soze]

I guess your page URLs are like ?pageid=xxx. If yes, You lose some On-Site SEO benefits without using "inurl" on your page url.

Yep. The default is ID. I will appreciate someone helping me with the issue then. The things I have tried do not resolve the dumb "page not found" problem. It is both focked up on my site and on my local machine, where I test stuff with WordPress. Activating the rewrite_module does not change anything.

 

[twistedtrick]

Is your .htaccess writeable? I had this problem once and that was the issue.

 

[Kaiser_Soze]

Is your .htaccess writeable? I had this problem once and that was the issue.

Yep, it is totally writeable. Could you share the content of your .htaccess file?

 

[thetraveller]

Yep, it is totally writeable. Could you share the content of your .htaccess file?

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>


# END WordPress

 

[Hootz]

Very strange, could it be your hosts settings somewhere? Have you tried enabling the custom permalink and then updating a post on the site manually afterwards?

 

[Kaiser_Soze]

I confirm my .htaccess is the same as thetraveller's. I tried adding a new post and even a new page after changing to /%postname/, but it is still screwed up and 'notfound'.

 

[eddie_v]

http://www. shoutmeloud.com/how-to-change-your-wordpress-permalink-without-using-traffic-permalinks-migration-plugin.html