Change Confluence URL Default to use Page ID

Omar Hafez_4fczij

Hi there,

 

We would would like to configure Confluence so that it always shows page URL in following format: 

<Confluence Base URL>/pages/viewpage.action?pageid=<pageid>

 

Currently it displays in the following format: 

<Confluence Base URL>/display/<Space Key>/<Page Title>

 

Someone posted the same question over 5 years ago here on the forums.

I'm hoping there's a solution for this now?

Any help/guidance would be much appreciated. 

 

Thank you

 

Kiran Panduga {Appfire}

Hi @Omar Hafez 

 The Confluence URL format is based on the page title, there are conditions in which can prevent the pretty format from being generated. These conditions include:

• If the page title contains a URL reserved or unsafe character, such as:

  % & ? / \ ; " § +

• Or, if the final character of the page title is of any non-alphanumeric character

If either of these are true, Confluence will default to using the pageId URL format instead of trying to generate a pretty URL with the page title.

In your case, you will have to use any special character in the title of the page, then only the URL format can be in pageID format.

i.e

https://confluence.example.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=123456

For more information, please visit this KB.

https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/the-differences-between-various-url-formats-for-a-confluence-page-278692715.html

thanks,

Kiran.