How to Set Up Parent and Child Pages in WordPress

Below are all the correct ways to create a parent URL in WordPress, step-by-step

Method 1: Create Parent & Child Pages (Most Common)

Step 1: Create Parent Page

1. Go to WordPress Dashboard

2. Click Pages → Add New

3. Enter page title (example: Services)

4. Click Publish

Parent URL created:

Step 2: Create Child Page

1. Go to Pages → Add New

2. Enter title (example: SEO Services)

3. On the right sidebar, find Page Attributes

4. Under Parent Page, select Services

5. Click Publish

 Child URL becomes:

✔ This is the correct & SEO-friendly way

 Method 2: Set Parent Page for an Existing Page

If page already exists:

1. Go to Pages → All Pages

2. Hover on the page → Click Edit

3. In Page Attributes, choose Parent Page

4. Click Update

Method 3: Change URL Using Permalink Slug

1. Edit the page

2. Click on Permalink

3. Add slug like:

Not recommended unless you understand URL hierarchy
Better to use Parent Page option

Method 4: Parent Category URL (For Blog Posts)

For posts (not pages):

Create Parent Category

1. Go to Posts → Categories

2. Add category (example: Digital Marketing)

Create Child Category

1. Add new category (example: SEO)

2. Select Parent Category → Digital Marketing

 URL:

Method 5: Parent URL in Custom Post Type (Advanced)

If using CPT (like services):

1. Register CPT with rewrite

2. Enable hierarchical => true

Example: