[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #6481: Fancy permalinks should be enabled on new sites

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#6481: Fancy permalinks should be enabled on new sites
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 Reporter:  Denis-de-Bernardy  |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement        |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:  4.2
Component:  Permalinks         |     Version:  2.7
 Severity:  normal             |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch          |     Focuses:
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Comment (by joostdevalk):

 Replying to [comment:83 ericlewis]:
 > Replying to [comment:82 joostdevalk]:
 > > I would disagree on that rationale, switching to just `%%postname%%`
 makes much more sense to me... Every SEO guide on the planet tells you to
 do this for all the right reasons...
 >
 > Care to expand on the right reasons?

 From a usability perspective, good URLs should be short and memorable,
 including the date automatically makes them longer and harder to remember,
 without adding much. We only need postname, why include more? The date is
 meta data, no more important than say the author, we don't include that in
 the permalink either.

 Also, if you decide to re-publish a piece because you've updated it (after
 all, that's what a Content ''Management'' System is for) and change the
 date publication date, the URL would change.

 Going for date / postname assumes far too much about the type of news
 posts people write. If the general feeling is towards adding dates, we
 could also make this a question during the installation process?

 "Do you want to include the date in the URLs for your posts? Yes / No"

 My personal choice would be to go for just `%%postname%%` by default
 though.

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