: Will the number of categories in a WordPress custom post type URL affect SEO? I am just creating a new post type "BOOKS" and got stuck on a decision whether to make the post type hierarchical

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I am just creating a new post type "BOOKS" and got stuck on a decision whether to make the post type hierarchical or not.

I will be dividing the books into different custom taxonomies such as - GENRE, AUTHOR

I am thinking to make this post type hierarchical and then create parent post pages for books and genres, so the end permalink would look like :

example.com > books > drama > edgar-allan-poe > the-raven


Or should I go for much simpler setup such as :

example.com > books > the-raven-by-edgar-allan-poe


And then have a link on each post to "genres" and "authors" archives with filtering system on it?

What's a better setup for SEO?

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