Title: Backwards Compatible Permalinks
Author: Chris A. a11n
Published: <strong>Ẹrẹ́nà 11, 2019</strong>
Last modified: Ẹrẹ́nà 11, 2019

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Ṣàwárí àwọn plugin

![](https://ps.w.org/backwards-compatible-permalinks/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev
=2048062)

Plugin yìí **kò tíì ṣe àyẹ̀wò pẹ̀lú àwọn ìtújáde mẹ́ta pàtàkì tó kẹ́yìn ti WordPress**.
Ó lè jẹ́ pé a kò tọ́jú tàbí ṣe àtìlẹ́yìn fún un mọ́, ó sì lè ní àwọn ọ̀ràn ìbámu
nígbà tí a bá lò ó pẹ̀lú àwọn ẹ̀yà WordPress tuntun.

![](https://ps.w.org/backwards-compatible-permalinks/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev
=2048062)

# Backwards Compatible Permalinks

 Láti ọwọ́ [Chris A. a11n](https://profiles.wordpress.org/aprea/)

[Ṣe ìgbàsílẹ̀](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/backwards-compatible-permalinks.zip)

 * [Àwọn àlàyé](https://yor.wordpress.org/plugins/backwards-compatible-permalinks/#description)
 * [Àwọn àgbéyẹ̀wò](https://yor.wordpress.org/plugins/backwards-compatible-permalinks/#reviews)
 * [Ìdàgbàsókè](https://yor.wordpress.org/plugins/backwards-compatible-permalinks/#developers)

 [Ìrànlọ́wọ́](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/backwards-compatible-permalinks/)

## Àpèjúwe

Backwards Compatible Permalinks helps prevent 404 errors when switching between 
permalink structures.

It achieves this by appending a set of backwards compatible post rewrite rules. 
This ensures posts are still accessible at their previous permalink after the permalink
structure is updated.

#### Example

LetÌtumọ̀ Yorùbá: ’s say your permalink structure is set to “Month and name” and
you have a post titled “I Love WordPress.” That particular post would live at `https://
example.com/2019/03/i-love-wordpress/`.

But what if you wanted to switch to the “Post name” permalink structure and have
your post live at `https://example.com/i-love-wordpress/` instead?

You could but this would result in the existing post permalink 404ing when visited.
Which is problematic if the previous URL was bookmarked or shared on social media.

With Backwards Compatible Permalinks installed your post would be accessible at 
both the old and new permalink structures:

 * `https://example.com/2019/03/i-love-wordpress/`
 * `https://example.com/i-love-wordpress/`

#### Caveats

 * This plugin does not work retroactively. i.e. you must have the plugin installed
   and activated prior to switching permalink structures before backwards compatibility
   will work.
 * Currently only standard posts are supported.
 * Backwards compatibility is not supported between certain permalink structure 
   updates. This is due to a clash between permalink structure regex matching.
 * Backwards compatibility is only provided between the most recent permalink structure
   update. i.e. you cannot change your permalink structure 3 times and have backwards
   compatibility across all 3 structures.

#### Deactivate or uninstall

After deactivating or uninstalling this plugin please ensure you visit Settings 
> Permalinks in the WordPress admin area to flush your rewrite rules.

#### Contributing

Contributions are [welcomed on GitHub](https://github.com/aprea/backwards-compatible-permalinks).

### From within WordPress

 1. Visit ‘Plugins > Add New’.
 2. Search for ‘Backwards Compatible Permalinks’.
 3. Activate Backwards Compatible Permalinks from your Plugins page.

### Manually

 1. Upload the `backwards-compatible-permalinks` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/`
    directory.
 2. Activate the Backwards Compatible Permalinks plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu 
    in WordPress.

## FAQ

  Why is my old post URL not redirecting to the new URL?

This is currently not supported, the post will be accessible at both URLs. I agree
that this isnÌtumọ̀ Yorùbá: ’t the ideal behaviour but it was too tricky to support
redirects while also ensuring query parameters and “/page/xx” and “/comment-page-
xx” modifiers were respected during the redirect. The good news is that the canonical
tag will always point to the new URL so there shouldnÌtumọ̀ Yorùbá: ’t be any SEO
ramifications.

  Does this plugin provide access to any actions/filters?

A single filter is available. You may use the `aprea_back_compat_permalink_structure`
filter to provide a backwards compatible permalink structure, e.g. `/%year%/%monthnum%/%
day%/%postname%/`.

This is helpful if you updated the permalink structure prior to installing this 
plugin.

  The plugin is not working for me!

IÌtumọ̀ Yorùbá: ’m terribly sorry! You may want to check the caveats section to 
see if any apply to your situation. Otherwise feel free to post in the support forums.

## Àwọn àgbéyẹ̀wò

Kò sí àwọn àgbéyẹ̀wò fún plugin yìí.

## Àwọn Olùkópa & Olùgbéejáde

“Backwards Compatible Permalinks” jẹ́ ètò ìṣàmúlò orísun ṣíṣí sílẹ̀. Àwọn ènìyàn
wọ̀nyí ti ṣe ìkópa sí plugin yìí.

Àwọn Olùkópa

 *   [ Chris A. a11n ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/aprea/)

[Túmọ̀ “Backwards Compatible Permalinks” sí èdè rẹ.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/backwards-compatible-permalinks)

### Ṣe o nífẹ̀ẹ́ sí ìdàgbàsókè?

[Ṣàwárí koodu](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/backwards-compatible-permalinks/),
ṣàyẹ̀wò [ibi ìpamọ́ SVN](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/backwards-compatible-permalinks/),
tàbí ṣe àgbékalẹ̀ sí [àkọsílẹ̀ ìdàgbàsókè](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/backwards-compatible-permalinks/)
nípasẹ̀ [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/backwards-compatible-permalinks/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Àkọsílẹ̀ àwọn àyípadà

#### 0.1.0

Initial release.

## Àkójọpọ̀ Meta

 *  Ẹ̀yà **0.1.0**
 *  Ìgbàgbọ́hùn tó kẹ́yìn **ọdún 7 sẹ́yìn**
 *  Àwọn ìgbéwọlẹ̀ tó ṣiṣẹ́ **Tó kéré sí 10**
 *  Ẹ̀yà WordPress ** 4.8 tàbí ju bẹ́ẹ̀ lọ **
 *  Dánwò dé **5.1.24**
 *  Ẹ̀yà PHP ** 5.6 tàbí ju bẹ́ẹ̀ lọ **
 *  Èdè
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/backwards-compatible-permalinks/)
 * Àwọn àmì
 * [permalink](https://yor.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/permalink/)[permalinks](https://yor.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/permalinks/)
   [url](https://yor.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/url/)[urls](https://yor.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/urls/)
 *  [Ìwòye Tó Péye](https://yor.wordpress.org/plugins/backwards-compatible-permalinks/advanced/)

## Àwọn ìbò

Kò sí ìwádìí tí a tíì fi ránṣẹ́.

[Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/backwards-compatible-permalinks/reviews/#new-post)

[Wo gbogbo àwọn àgbéyẹ̀wò](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/backwards-compatible-permalinks/reviews/)

## Àwọn Olùkópa

 *   [ Chris A. a11n ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/aprea/)

## Ìrànlọ́wọ́

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 [Wo àpéjọ ìrànlọ́wọ́](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/backwards-compatible-permalinks/)