# Possible to change "/t" in url to something else?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-change-t-in-url-to-something-else/85262
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [13 באפריל, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-change-t-in-url-to-something-else/85262 "2018-04-13T16:27:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@Mihir](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mihir)
#### Post date: [13 באפריל, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-change-t-in-url-to-something-else/85262/1 "2018-04-13T16:27:05Z")
Is it possible to change the default slug used by discourse “/t” and “/c” to something else?
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [13 באפריל, 2018, 4:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-change-t-in-url-to-something-else/85262/2 "2018-04-13T16:50:31Z")
This is a time when describing what you’re actually trying to do rather than your solution to the problem would probably help.
One solution to what might be your problem is /admin/customize/permalinks and the permalink\_normalization site setting.
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### Author:  [@Mihir](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mihir)
#### Post date: [13 באפריל, 2018, 5:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-change-t-in-url-to-something-else/85262/3 "2018-04-13T17:19:51Z")
I am trying to do exactly that. I want to use “/thread” in all urls instead of “/t” (not exactly “/thread” but another keyword). I am trying to stuff a keyword in all thread URLs.
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### Author:  [@traceymoko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/traceymoko)
#### Post date: [14 באפריל, 2018, 4:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-change-t-in-url-to-something-else/85262/4 "2018-04-14T04:18:55Z")
Oh there was a discussion about why /t and /c are abbreviated rather than full keyword:
> [@Design choice behind /t, /c, and /users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/design-choice-behind-t-c-and-users/55434):
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> What was the design choice behind going with abbreviated URIs for topics (/t), and categories (/c), but using the full form for accessing user pages (/users)?
(Not sure if it helps with your problem..but some info😊)
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### Author:  [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)
#### Post date: [14 באפריל, 2018, 11:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-change-t-in-url-to-something-else/85262/5 "2018-04-14T11:19:07Z")
User pages aren’t full form anymore though…
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### Author:  [@schungx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/schungx)
#### Post date: [14 באפריל, 2018, 2:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-change-t-in-url-to-something-else/85262/6 "2018-04-14T14:04:08Z")
Esp the time when you want to put a URL into a QR code, shortness really helps
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### Author:  [@Mihir](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mihir)
#### Post date: [14 באפריל, 2018, 3:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-change-t-in-url-to-something-else/85262/7 "2018-04-14T15:21:22Z")
I understand why it might have been configured like that. But I would still like to change “/t” to “/something” if that is possible.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [14 באפריל, 2018, 3:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-change-t-in-url-to-something-else/85262/8 "2018-04-14T15:31:03Z")
I don’t understand how having `/t` intead of `/some-keyword` is a problem. /Why/ do you want to change it? Do you think that this will increase your SEO somehow?
Changing the path will not be easy to do and will likely make it difficult to upgrade.
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### Author:  [@Mihir](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mihir)
#### Post date: [14 באפריל, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-change-t-in-url-to-something-else/85262/9 "2018-04-14T15:55:59Z")
Yes, it’s for SEO purpose. My entire forum is about a third party product. I can not include the keyword in the domain, so having it in the URL would be very helpful.
I have already tried subdirectory setup but it is running into issues.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [14 באפריל, 2018, 4:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-change-t-in-url-to-something-else/85262/10 "2018-04-14T16:04:56Z")
If having the URL be `http://bad.domain.name/fantastic-keyword/t/slug/123` would be as good a solution to your problem as having it be `http://bad.domain.name/fantastic-keyword/slug/123`, then the latter will be a zillion times easier.
If you’re having trouble configuring a subdirectory setup, I promise that changing ‘t’ to something else will be much, much, more difficult. Solving the issues with the subdir is going to be the easier path.
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### Author:  [@Mihir](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mihir)
#### Post date: [15 באפריל, 2018, 3:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-change-t-in-url-to-something-else/85262/11 "2018-04-15T15:26:01Z")
Thanks. I will stick to the subdirectory setup then.