Media Settings & Permalink settings in WordPress

 Media Settings & Permalink settings in WordPress

In this chapter, we will study Media Settings in WordPress. It is used to set the height and width of the images which you're going to use on your website.

Step (1) − Click on Settings → Media option in WordPress.

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Step (2) − The Media Settings page is displayed as seen in the following screenshot.

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Following are the details of the fields on Media settings −

·      Thumbnail size − Set the size of the thumbnail.

·      Medium size − Set the height and width of medium size images.

·      Large size − Set width and height of larger images.

·      Uploading files − After checking this checkbox, the uploaded image will be arranged into a year and month-based folder.

Step (3) − After setting the dimension in pixels, click on the Save Changes button. It saves your media setting information.

Permalink settings in WordPress

In this chapter, we will learn about Permalink settings in WordPress. Permalink is a permanent link to a particular blog post or category. It allows setting the default permalink structure. These settings are used to add permalinks to your posts in WordPress. Following are the steps to access permalink settings.

Step (1) − Click on Settings → Permalinks option from the left navigation menu.

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Step (2) − When you click on Permalinks, the following page appears on the screen.

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Here are a few settings you can make −

·      Common settings −

Check any of the radio buttons to choose your permalink structure for your blogs

o   Default − It sets the default URL structure in WordPress.

o   Day and name − It sets URL structure according to the date and name in your posts.

o   Month and name − It sets the URL structure according to the month and name in your post.

o   Numeric − It sets numbers in the URL structure in your post.

o   Post name − It sets the post name in the URL structure in your post.

o   Custom Structure − It sets the URL structure of your choice by writing the desired name in the given text box.

·      Optional

These are optional. You can add a custom structure for the main category or tag URL. If your text box is empty then default settings are used. Here you have two options.

o   Category Base − Add custom prefix for your category URL.

o   Tag Base − Add a custom prefix to your Tags URL.

Step (3) − Once you are done with changes, click on the Save Changes button to save the permalink settings.

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