Will URL Rewriting cause existing article links to break? Topic is solved

[kircubbin123]

Apologies if this is a very basic query.

I have just upgraded to J4 and am considering enabling URL Rewriting. I have always used
Search Engine Friendly URLs.

I have a large text-heavy site with lots of internal links to other pages. If I enable URL Rewriting will this mean that al the internal links will break and I will have to redo them and link to the new URLs?

Thank you for considering this basic question.

[SharkyKZ]

No, URLs with index.php will continue to work. But search engines may start complaining about duplicate URLs and your old URLs may lose rankings.

[kircubbin123]

Thank you for your prompt reply. I now have the confidence to implement and I will take on board the potential issues re search engines.

[Ennovative]

Yes, you need to add a custom redirect. The system is not handling this itself.