Sorry if this has been discussed before.

The bbPress topics on my site have part of the topic descriptions as the URLs. Is it possible to change it (just for bbPress) to maybe use topic ID or something so that the URL links were not as verbose?

Just curious?

[@robin-w Moderator 4 years ago]

Coding to do ID’s is possible I suspect, but I have no idea how to do that 🙂

This article suggests that urls are used for seo ranking

https://moz.com/learn/seo/url

and says

A well-crafted URL provides both humans and search engines an easy-to-understand indication of what the destination page will be about.

Although URLs can include ID numbers and codes, the best practice is to use words that people can comprehend.

Just a thought.

[@ajtruckle Participant 4 years ago]

Interesting observation. Thanks!