Changing Permalinks

Question

I want to change my permalinks from /%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/ to /%postname%/

but when I added the following to the .htaccess file, posts didn't redirect the way I thought they would:

RedirectMatch 301 /dddd/dd/dd/(.*) /$1

What do I need to put into my .htaccess file to make it work?

My site is http://SweatingTheBigStuff.com

Answer 1

You should use wordpress backend to update the permalinks (and if permissions allow, htaccess) is located here:

http://SweatingTheBigStuff.com/wp-admin/options-permalink.php

and in custom structure put

/%postname%/

Save it and you are done

Answer 2

You don't go into any code to change permalinks; that's changing WP core files, you'll break things and you'll loose your changes on an upgrade. It's much easier than that: go to Wordpress/Dashboard/Setings/Permalinks. If your .htaccess isn't writable, you'll get a warning.

And, using only the postname in permalinks is not recommended for performance reasons: Using only Postname in Permalinks « WordPress Codex

Answer 3

I think everyone is missing the point here - I think @Daniel has changed his permalinks, and now wants to redirect old permalinks.

The problem is your RedirectMatch regex is only matching a literal 'd', not digits.

Personally I would use this instead;

RedirectMatch 301 ^/[0-9]{4}/[0-9]{2}/[0-9]{2}/(.+)$ /$1

However, @songdogtech is right in saying that there are issues with using just the postname.

Answer 4

A relevant answer to TheDeadMedic,

You could use a plugin called Redirection to redirected your old permalinks to new permalinks.

But if you need to change your permalinks from the old version to a new version, then follow songdogtech's advice