Wordpress Permalink Structure for SEO help

maxlinks

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I always set my permalinks to /%category%/%postname%/

And to answer your question, Wordpress is definitely "ok to use for SEO."
 
Of the 3 examples you listed, I personally use the first one.
 
/%category%/%postname%/%post_id%/
This is the structure I have found that is supposed to be SEO friendly.

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I use /%postname%/ too. its seems to be the best. you don't want dates and stuff screwing up your url. and i have had much more success with /%postname%/ rather than other.

i think wordpress is the best for seo besides a custom website.
 
/%postname%/%post_id%69/

I use this and ofc remove the category base
 
Another vote for /%postname%/. If your blog is in a tight niche that's all that's necessary and it's better to keep your pages as close to root as possible.

If your blog is more broadly themed, with multiple categories, then /%category%/%postname%/ but that's as far down as I'd ever want to go.

For the guy who put his %postid% in the permalinks, stop, it's a complete waste of time.
 
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