Editing Wordpress htaccess URL Structure ->_

Hello,
I want the current / normal htaccess rewrite rule :
From - http://www.mysite.com/post-name.html
To - http://www.mysite.com/post_name.html

Can you show me a edited code.

Didnt get any reply from wordpress support on this.

 

first of all, why you need to? as hyphen '-' is preferred over underscore for SEO ?

 

Its because my current website has Underscores and they rank very high in the serps.
So i dont want to change the URL's now.

 

In that case why dont you try a 301 redirect first from post_name.html to post-name.html , and then use wordpress?

The change in wordpress need to be in the code and not in htaccess.

When it creates a post, if you had given a post slug "my seo services" , wordpress converts it to "my-seo-services" and saves in DB. So you have to edit wordpress code in case you want uderscores for your pages than hyphens.

 

http://codex.wordpress.org/Importing_from_Movable_Type_to_WordPress
http://www.coldforged.org/archives/2005/06/17/permalink-conversion-from-movable-type-to-wordpress/

 

Thanks .me from those link i did find the best solution @ http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/Underscore_Permalinks
Reps added to both of you.Trying out now coding these things.
Amit

 

Great advice! And great question, now i dont have to ask it!