How to rewrite a page url

Question

I added a page to my WordPress, I wanted to rewrite the url of the page to a more user friendly one .

https://localhost/wordpress/page?name=name+of+the+page

To :

https://localhost/wordpress/page/name+of+the+page

If tried to create a htaccess file in my theme directory

 function custom_rewrite_basic() {
    add_rewrite_rule('^page/([^/]*)/?', 'index.php', 'top');
 }
 add_action('init', 'custom_rewrite_basic');

I tried to redirect it to my index page to see if it works with this link :

https://localhost/wordpress/page/some+random+string

but it renders out the not found page, please help

Answer 1

You can change page URL from the page editor.

If you want to make changes for all the pages. You can go to

settings -> general settings -> permalink

and change it to your desired value.

To change for a single page, modify your .htaccess :

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^phones$ /?page_id=1081 [L]

</IfModule>