Wordpress - How to Enable SEO Friendly URL's

In Wordpress, you will need to add rewrite instruction to the function.php file.

• Log in to the WordPress Admin interface
• In the left sidebar, hover over Appearances, then click Theme Editor In the right sidebar, click functions.php
  
• Add the following Code to function.php after include statements as per instruction in the code.

<code data-v-37477c6a="" id="script_tag">/* add to function.php under */
/* Location: apperance->themes->theme editor */
/* Change [website-page-slug-url] to  your page slug url*/
/* change page id value 1234 to your page_id, will be visible on inspect element or page source code */

function custom_rewrite_rule() {
add_rewrite_rule('^[website-page-slug-url]/([^/]*)/?','index.php?page_id=11234&state1=$matches[1]','top');
    add_rewrite_rule('^[website-page-slug-url]/([^/]*)/([^/]*)/?','index.php?page_id=1234&state1=$matches[1]&state2=$matches[2]','top');
add_rewrite_rule('^[website-page-slug-url]/([^/]*)/([^/]*)/([^/]*)/?','index.php?page_id=1234&state1=$matches[1]&state2=$matches[2]&state2=$matches[3]','top');
  }

add_action('init', 'custom_rewrite_rule', 10, 0);
/* code ends here */

• Save/Update Permalink Settings
  WordPress permalink settings can be found in the main settings menu of the WordPress admin area (i.e. https://www.yourwebsite.com/wp-admin/options-permalink.php).
  Select 'Post name'
  Save Changes. (Note: save setting even if 'Post name' is already selected.)
  
• Clear Cache on 'WP Engine'
  Click on the 'WP Engine' menu item in the admin bar and then under ‘General’ settings click on purge all caches button.
  Note: This cache clearing approach will only work for sites that are built using 'WP Engine' or you can use any WordPress trustworthy plugin to clear the cache.
  
• Your store locator should now feature SEO friendly URL's when visiting store pages. 

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TROUBLESHOOTING

The general rule is to map everything after slash on the store page to the store page itself, i.e.: www.mywebsite.com/store-locator/anything → www.mywebsite.com/store-locator

Specific configuration depends on your server:

• In Apache, you will need to enable mod_rewrite and specify rewrite urls in .htaccess file See
  https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/rewrite/remapping.html
• In Nginx, you will need to add rewrite instruction to the config file. See
  https://www.nginx.com/blog/creating-nginx-rewrite-rules/

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