How to edit/rename "project" link on Wordpress website?

Question

I'd like to rename projects link. By default WordPress makes them appear: http://www.example.com/project/specific-project-name/

I would like to customize the projects URL so that they appear under that ex: http://www.example.com/my-custom-name/specific-project-name/

Does anyone know how to make WordPress to change/display the project page so that the URL would appear as above?

Any input would be great! Thank you

Answer 1

You can do this just using two steps.

1. Rename your current directory to the new desired directory.
   Example: In your case it is from "project" to "my-custom-name"

2. Go to your database, search "siteurl" and "home" under the wordpress options(wp_options) table and change the respective URLs.
   Example: In your case it is from "http://www.example.com/project/specific-project-name" to "http://www.example.com/my-custom-name/specific-project-name". Make sure there is no forward slash(/) at the end of the URLs.