How to Change a WordPress Page Slug

A WordPress page slug refers to a specific page on a website and is the last part of a page’s URL. For example, in the URL www.coverdeals.com/rock-albums, rock-albums is the slug. You can change your WordPress page slug in two ways. Here’s how.

Change a Page Slug from Pages View

You can change a page’s slug from page view by following these steps:

1. Go to the admin dashboard.
2. Select Pages from the menu sidebar.
3. From the Pages list, hover the mouse over the page you’d like to change the title for and click Quick Edit.
4. With the Quick Edit panel open, use the slug box to update the slug. Click Update once complete.

Change a Page Slug from Page Draft

You can change a page slug from the draft view by following these steps:

1. Go to the admin dashboard.
2. Select Pages from the menu sidebar.
3. From the Pages list, hover the mouse over the page you’d like to change the title for and click Edit.
4. Once in the page draft or edit view, select the URL from the settings page panel on the right. This mkaes the URL permalink pop-up. From here, you’ll be able to change the page slug.

5. Click Update to save any changes.

Note: When you change your page slug, you’re changing your page URL.

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