Do you want to know how to create SEO-Friendly WordPress blog URLs? The setup is pretty simple, and can be done right out of the WP-Admin Section! 

Step 1.

Goto “Customize Permalink Structure” under the Options tab in your Wordpress Admin.

Step 2. 

Select the “Custom Structure” bullet. Now this is where things get tricky. How you want the URL structure to be laid out is up to you. If you would like your URLs to display like ours, you would use the following structure:

 /%category%/%postname%/You can find a complete list of customization options available at Wordpress.org - Using PermalinksAfter you have selected what URL structure best fits your WordPress Blog, proceed to click “Update Permalink Structure”. In most cases, this should lead to the page refreshing; with WordPress letting you know that it worked.

 Step 3.

After you have updated the permalinks on your blog, you should make sure that everything is right. You can do so by clicking “View Site”

  to get to the main page of your blog. Once the page has loaded, click one of the blog titles and check to see if the URLs have structured the way you wanted them to.

If they haven’

 t, the most likely scenario is that the permissions were set too strict for the htaccess file when you updated your blog.  Troubleshooting PermalinksStep 1.

Using an FTP program of your choice, connect to the server where your blog is currently being hosted. After you have connected, then proceed to locate the .htaccess file on your server. Right click this file, then select “properties”

 (or ctrl + o for CHMOD options on popular ftp clients like FlashFXP).  We are trying to make this file writeable. Change the permissions from 644 to 666, then press OK.  (Keep the ftp program open)  Step 2.

Now go back to your WP-Admin panel, and proceed to options > Permalinks. Copy and paste the URL structure that you have selected into the custom structure textbox. Once you have done that, please continue to click on “Update Permalink Structure”

Step 3.Now you can verify to make sure everything is in place, by going back to your site and clicking on a blog post. Once you have confirmed that the link structure is work, go back to your FTP program and change the permissions back from 666 to 664. Click on OK, and you’re finished!