A client recently asked me to change a permalink ( the link to a single post from its title ) on his site, to test the theory that Google favours links which appear to be ‘static’ ( That is,links whose address end in ".html’).

No problem. I’ll just go feral for a few hours  trying to decipher WordPress references  which are about as clear as, er, Whangarei harbour.

Save yourself the anguish. The Redirection plugin is what you need. A bit of simple tweaking even I can understand, and you’e on your way.