How to change a URL in WordPress without screwing up

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. 👍Did you enjoy this video? Don’t forget to click the like button! #changeURL #editWordPressSlug #WordPress #WordPressTutorial #Yoast #YoastSEOacademy #WordPressForBeginners ► 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 ► Yoast The mission of Yoast is 'SEO for Everyone'. We want to give everyone the opportunity to rank in the search engines. Our SEO plugin, blog posts, and online courses should enable both large companies as well as small websites to attract the traffic they desire. ‣ Visit Yoast: https://yoast.com/ ► Yoast SEO academy 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 yo