[Resolved] Custom permalink structure for a custom post type

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[Saul Baizman]

Hi there,

I created a custom post type named "Artist of the Month."

Our permalink structure in the Dashboard > Settings is defined as follows:

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I'd like to create a permalink structure exclusively for the "Artist of the Month" custom posts with the following format:

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(Basically, it's supposed to mirror the typical URL structure for Posts.)

Under the custom post type definition I looked at the Options metabox, and the "Rewrite" section looked promising. (See attached.) But when I filled in the "custom URL format," it didn't work. The URL just inserted the format string into it, and the placeholders were not substituted with the correct values. An example is below.

Here's the new format: dateless_event/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%
And here's what a link to an Artist of the Month page looks like: hidden link

Is this possible to do?

Thank you.

Saul

[Minesh]

Hello. Thank you for contacting the Toolset support.

Toolset offers limited feature to build such custom permalinks. With the "Rewrite" section you mention that will not facilitate the use of placeholders like %year% etc..etc.

I suggest you should try any of the following plugin to build the permalinks as required:
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-better-permalinks/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/permalink-manager/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-permalinks/

[Saul Baizman]

Thank you, Minesh! I appreciate your guidance.

Saul