WordPress For Beginners – How to change a URL in WordPress without screwing up

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WordPress For Beginners – How to change a URL in WordPress without screwing up

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In this video tutorial, you’ll learn how to change your URL in WordPress. We’ve also written an article about it on yoast.com: https://yoa.st/3u-

► About this video
Coming up with a clear and catchy URL can be quite hard. Sometimes, you might think of a better URL after you’ve published your post or page. But how can you change a URL that already exists? If you are not careful, you might mess up your SEO with 404 errors. Need some help? In this video, we’ll tell you exactly how to edit the last part of your URL – your slug – in WordPress. And in addition, we’ll give you some tips on how to optimize your slug for SEO.

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► Items discussed in this video
0:00 – Introduction
0:28 – What is a slug?
0:52 – Reasons to change your slug
1:22 – Change your slug via quick edit
2:10 – Change your slug via the sidebar
2:47 – What makes a good slug?

► What should you watch next?
In the Permalink Settings, you can choose what your URL structure will look like. Check out this video: https://youtu.be/ybaSl97OcL4

Or watch one of our videos about:
‣ Keywords: https://youtu.be/Xb-DXstOD2E
‣ The WordPress Customizer: https://youtu.be/sDvn5IYyC88
‣ WordPress themes: https://youtu.be/0pC3p-EcMec

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Yoast SEO academy is the online learning platform for SEO by Yoast. Our online SEO training courses teach you vital SEO skills you can apply at once. Because our mission is ‘SEO for everyone’, we want to share as much knowledge as we can. That’s why we offer three free courses on SEO, how to create your own WordPress website, and how to get the most out of the Yoast SEO plugin.

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‣ WordPress for beginners training: https://yoa.st/3sp
‣ Yoast SEO for WordPress plugin training: https://yoa.st/3f-

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