: What is the best WordPress permalink structure for a website with daily new posts and updates? I have a WordPress website where users contribute a lot of posts and comments. I am now using

@Berryessa370

This is a very complex question, it depends on the length of your domain name and the length of your post titles. Generally I recommend /%postname%/ because the length of your post name could be long. If it is too long it will loose both SEO value and user experience value...

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@Gretchen104

I don't believe having the date in the slug generates any real algorithmic penalty. It pushes the stuff of real value (keywords) to the right a bit and also instantly dates the content so you may find your older stuff isn't generating as many clicks as users prefer the "latest and greatest"

If it were up to me, I would replace the date with the post category if feasible as those extra keywords would make a small difference. But if the choice is date/postname or just postname then you should go with just postname for the reasons above. The post date should be a part of the post template anyway and Google will pick it up from there...it's just not needed in the URL.

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