[wp-hackers] URIs ending like p=20090118

[Eric Marden]

> jidanni at jidanni.org wrote:
>> So my question is can I force WordPress to assign "p"
>> numbers like I choose?
>
> That direction is fraught with peril. My suggestion: bite the bullet  
> and use .htaccess; it's really not that complex.
>
> -Mike Schinkel


By default the 'p' param is already assigned to the post/page id, and  
will correspond to the database record and not the date.

Your host probably already has all the necessary stuff in place to  
make it work, so go ahead and dive into using .htaccess or learn to  
like the default ?p=123


-e