Category name instead of number in url

[babaggeii]

Just thinking for SEO purposes, wouldn't it be better to have the category name instead of a number? E.g. forum.com/category/general-discussion/this-is-a-post.

[Netto Hikari]

@babaggeii But what if you rename the category? Would possibly break the URL and lead to 404.

[babaggeii]

@Netto-Hikari Yes I suppose so. You'd have to redirect old urls to the new ones. I just think that, especially for our use of the forum, it's ideal to have the category name (which isn't going to change, in our case).

[Netto Hikari]

@babaggeii IMHO, fail-safe is more important than SEO. But maybe you could implement an option whether to use IDs or category names.

[babaggeii]

@Netto-Hikari said:

fail-safe is more important than SEO

I agree with you there. It may be plugin territory too.