Limit WordPress URL length

[Johnnyb]

Hey all,

I’m working on a rebuild of a site and trying to keep the new URL’s the same as the old ones. The old ones just use the post name but they appear to be limited to a certain number of characters, for example:
www.example.com/news/boston-meets-with-life-sciences-economic-development-organization-from-

The new URL generated by WordPress looks like this:
www.example.com/news/boston-meets-with-life-sciences-economic-development-organization-from-europe/

I know I can edit the permalink manually via the post editor, but as there are a lot of posts involved then I’m wondering if there’s a way to limit the URL (to 100 characters for example) automatically?

Any nudge in the right direction would be much appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

[Johnnyb]

Anyone have any ideas?

[TheDoc]

I did a quick search for you the other day but didn’t find anything so I didn’t bother replying. I’m sure it can be done, but I think it might involve so rather tricky coding.

[Johnnyb]

Thanks Doc, appreciate it. I’m assuming it will have to be done with the .htaccess file, I’ll keep on Googling and let you know if I find a solution. Thanks again!

[Simon]

Did you ever find a way of doing this? I’ve just run into the same problem. Cheers!

[Author]

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