How to Remove a Date From a WordPress URL
Every post or page that you create for a WordPress website has a unique URL that allows visitors to view that content directly from a search engine or link rather than from the index page of your site. The unique link is called the "permalink," and WordPress determines it automatically using settings that you provide. If you do not want WordPress to use the date of a post when generating the permalink, you can change the permalink settings through the WordPress Dashboard.
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Instructions
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Open your Web browser and navigate to your WordPress dashboard at www.mywebsite.com/wp-admin, where mywebsite.com is the domain of your website. Enter your user name and password to continue.
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Click "Settings" in the bottom-left corner of the page, and then click "Permalinks."
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Click a radio button under "Common Settings" to select the permalink structure that you want to use. The common settings allow you to have WordPress use items such as the month, day, the name of the post or the post's number. Alternatively, click the "Custom Structure" radio button and define a permalink structure of your own using tags such as "%postname%" and "%category%". The full list of available permalink tags is available at WordPress.org.
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Click the "Save Changes" button to begin using the new permalink settings. WordPress adjusts the permalinks for all of your existing posts automatically.
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Tips & Warnings
If a visitor comes to your WordPress website from a search engine using your old permalink structure, WordPress will redirect the visitor to the new permalink for that post automatically.
