# How do root level links work?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-root-level-links-work/399520
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 29, 2026, 3:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-root-level-links-work/399520 "2026-03-29T15:54:27Z")
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### Author: ![Lilly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lilly/32/575047_2.png) [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2026, 11:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-root-level-links-work/399520/3 "2026-03-29T23:36:51Z")

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> [@itsbhanusharma](#):
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> If your goal is just to have a few additional static pages and don’t care much about the url, You can use [Page Publishing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/page-publishing/151971) which lets you set topics as static pages which you can also make visible to anonymous users.

in addition to using page publishing, you can also create virtual routes by using permalinks (`admin/config/permalinks`):

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/6/a/5/6a5131b5e05b73fe6de303377a8eb0766206fdc6.png)

will make `https://your-forum.com/perma-link` go to the published page

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