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Wordpress base category name change / permalink for only one category

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I have a theme called MediPlus. There is a services section within the menu. Within the services I can create posts or categories. No matter what though, the base url / permalink is always https://example.com/services/post

I would like to change the permalink only for the services to something else. I tried several plugins and permalink settings, but couldn't manage to only change it for the services.

Any advice is very welcome.

Solution

  • If it's part of the theme, you'd have to create a template override. This should be done by creating a child theme.

    If creating a child theme, and making the necessary modifications to the pre-established system isn't an option, then as you noted in your comment, you would have to look at moving them to a post category.

    UPDATE

    If going the route of implementing different permalink structures for individual categories (to avoid theme modifications), you could look at using a 3rd party plugin to accomplish this. I haven't tried any of these, myself, but from the looks of them, these ones should do the trick.

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-permalinks/

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/permalinks-customizer/