Chris A. a11n

<p>Backwards Compatible Permalinks helps prevent 404 errors when switching between permalink structures.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<h4>Example</h4>
<p>Let’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 <code>https://example.com/2019/03/i-love-wordpress/</code>.</p>
<p>But what if you wanted to switch to the “Post name” permalink structure and have your post live at <code>https://example.com/i-love-wordpress/</code> instead?</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>With Backwards Compatible Permalinks installed your post would be accessible at both the old and new permalink structures:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>https://example.com/2019/03/i-love-wordpress/</code></li>
<li><code>https://example.com/i-love-wordpress/</code></li>
</ul>
<h4>Caveats</h4>
<ul>
<li>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.</li>
<li>Currently only standard posts are supported.</li>
<li>Backwards compatibility is not supported between certain permalink structure updates. This is due to a clash between permalink structure regex matching.</li>
<li>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.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Deactivate or uninstall</h4>
<p>After deactivating or uninstalling this plugin please ensure you visit Settings > Permalinks in the WordPress admin area to flush your rewrite rules.</p>
<h4>Contributing</h4>
<p>Contributions are <a href="https://github.com/aprea/backwards-compatible-permalinks" rel="nofollow ugc">welcomed on GitHub</a>.</p>
<h3>From within WordPress</h3>
<ol>
<li>Visit ‘Plugins > Add New’.</li>
<li>Search for ‘Backwards Compatible Permalinks’.</li>
<li>Activate Backwards Compatible Permalinks from your Plugins page.</li>
</ol>
<h3>Manually</h3>
<ol>
<li>Upload the <code>backwards-compatible-permalinks</code> folder to the <code>/wp-content/plugins/</code> directory.</li>
<li>Activate the Backwards Compatible Permalinks plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.</li>
</ol>


Backwards Compatible Permalinks

Provides a degree of backwards compatibility when switching between permalink structures.

Sami Ahmed Siddiqui

Aliya Yasir

<p>This powerful plugin simplifies website maintenance by automatically converting absolute paths (URLs) for resources like links, scripts, stylesheets, and images to relative paths. This ensures your website functions flawlessly regardless of its location on a server or domain.</p>
<h3>Enhanced Efficiency and Flexibility</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Seamless Relocation:</strong> Move your website with confidence, knowing all paths will adjust accordingly, preventing broken links and preserving a seamless user – experience.</li>
<li><strong>Centralized Control:</strong> Update paths once in a central location, eliminating the need for tedious, site-wide modifications.</li>
<li><strong>Potential Performance Boost:</strong> Relative paths can, in some cases, improve website loading times.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Whitelist Your Domains (Optional)</h3>
<p>For extra control, you can specify a list of domains that will always be converted to relative paths. This ensures internal links are always optimized while allowing external resources to function properly.</p>
<h3>Embrace a Streamlined Approach</h3>
<p>This plugin empowers you to focus on creating exceptional content while eliminating the burden of managing absolute paths. Take control, optimize your workflow, and ensure your website’s continued success!</p>
<h3>Filters</h3>
<p>If you want to make plugin works and all the paths relative without going to check/visit Settings Page so, just add this line in your theme’s <code>functions.php</code>.</p>
<pre><code>add_filter( 'make_paths_relative_activate_all', '__return_true' );
</code></pre>
<p><strong>Note</strong>: Make sure to check the settings Page.</p>
<h3>Bug reports</h3>
<p>Bug reports for <strong>Make Paths Relative</strong> are <a href="https://github.com/yasglobal/make-paths-relative/issues/" rel="nofollow ugc">welcomed on GitHub</a>. Please note GitHub is not a support forum, and issues that aren’t properly qualified as bugs will be closed.</p>


Make Paths Relative

Convert Absolute URLs to be relative in your fingertip.

Backwards Compatible Permalinks vs Make Paths Relative