{"id":1896449,"date":"2019-10-18T13:19:07","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T17:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/permalinks-best-practices-2\/"},"modified":"2022-03-16T11:38:59","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T15:38:59","slug":"permalinks-best-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/permalinks-best-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"Event Permalinks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Permalinks. That little setting buried at the bottom of your WordPress Settings options. It seems like such an insignificant thing, but it can have a lot of impact on the functionality of your site and The Events Calendar plugin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For full functionality, you must use pretty permalinks with The Events Calendar and Event Tickets<\/strong>. Without getting too technical, some of the functionality of the plugins depends on these more-readable URLs in order to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What&#8217;s the difference between pretty and ugly (aka plain) permalinks? There is\u00a0a nice breakdown of the differences in the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/using-permalinks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WordPress Codex<\/a>, but you can see the difference right away in the following examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Ugly:<\/strong>&nbsp;http:\/\/example.com\/?p=N<\/li><li><strong>Pretty:<\/strong> http:\/\/example.com\/post-name<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Isn&#8217;t the URL much nicer in the second example? That&#8217;s because it&#8217;s a lot easier to read. Any permalink setting besides the Default one is considered pretty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition&nbsp;to looking nice, the pretty permalinks are helpful for ensuring The Events Calendar plugin functions properly. Though any pretty permalink option will work, selecting the &#8220;Post Name&#8221; option is typically your best bet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.theeventscalendar.com\/kb\/uploads\/2014\/10\/kb-permalinks-settings.png\" alt=\"kb-permalinks-settings\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s also worth noting that permalinks are helpful for troubleshooting issues with the plugin as well. For example, let say you head over to your calendar page and&#8211;what?&#8211;nothing is there! A common fix is to flush your permalinks by going to Settings > Permalinks and simply clicking the Save Changes button. If you run into trouble, resaving your permalinks is one of the first troubleshooting steps to take.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Permalinks. That little setting buried at the bottom of your WordPress Settings options. 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