Dynamic URLs

Hello,
I discovered that my website has Dynamic URLs like this : http://animal-welfare.org/?p=1000
that redirects to : http://animal-welfare.org/mission-statement-animal-welfare-org/
The setting i have here : http://animal-welfare.org/wp-admin/options-permalink.php
are “post name” to avoid Dynamic URLs that are not SEO friendly.

How can i delete these Dynamic URLs that exist on my site and damage SEO ?

Helps to read up on how WordPress works on the official ‘codex’ on WordPress.org

All ‘posts’ have a unique ID that never changes; this helps WP redirect a story to the right page under circumstances where you change your permalink structure (which are only redirects from ID URL).

So, you can always visit a page from the story ID, regardless of “pretty permalinks” —

However, it causes no issues to have such links as they still “land” (or “resolve”) to the correct post content.

This is one of the reasons the “canonical” tag was invented; to ensure that there is one single “official” URL for your post/page which should be considered the “real one” regardless of any other link version (e.g., an /AMP/ version is also a redirect, but not canonical).

Upshot – nothing to worry about if links still work under the ?=1234 — they should and are supposed to. This is the true “permanent” link for your story regardless of what you change the slug to, the pretty permalink redirects, etc.

The pretty permalink structure is “SEO friendly,” so you’re fine. Make sure your “canonical” tag also shows that pretty permalink (name-of-post) in your meta data. That’s all you need to worry about 🙂

And, of course, the actual content is more important than the URL of the story.

• This reply was modified 9 years by simchris.