---
title: "Creating URL Aliases in Drupal 8"
description: "Drupal 8 has a slightly different approach to Clean URLs than the previous versions. The old dirty URLs such as https://example.com/?q=home have been replaced with the more normal..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/drupal/create-drupal-url-alias/
date: 2013-11-01
modified: 2021-08-16
author: "Scott Mitchell"
categories: ["Drupal"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# Creating URL Aliases in Drupal 8

Drupal 8 has a slightly different approach to Clean URLs than the previous versions. The old *dirty URLs* such as *https://example.com/?q=home* have been replaced with the more normal *https://example.com/node/1*> Still,this is not very descriptive. That is where URL Aliases come into play.

You can customize the URL for a particular node so that the URL is more relevant. For example, the *https://example.com/node/1* may link to your *About* page, so you want it to display as *https://example.com/about*. Below are the steps to making this happen within your Drupal 8 site.

## How to create a URL alias in Drupal 8

1. [Log into your Drupal 8 admin interface](/support/edu/drupal/how-to-log-into-the-drupal-admin-dashboard/).
2. [![](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/edu_Drupal-8__common-images_select-menu.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/edu_Drupal-8__common-images_select-menu.png) Click on the **Menu** from the upper menu toolbar.
3. [![](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/edu_Drupal-8__common-images_select-content.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/edu_Drupal-8__common-images_select-content.png) Another upper toolbar will appear directly beneath the first, click on the **Content** option.
4. [![](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/edu_Drupal-8_301_1-select-content-item.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/edu_Drupal-8_301_1-select-content-item.png) You will see a list of all created content. Locate the item you want to create the Clean URL for and click on the **Edit** option from the dropdown on the far right of the row for that item.
5. [![](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/edu_Drupal-8_301_2-url-path-settings.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/edu_Drupal-8_301_2-url-path-settings.png) Once on the edit page for the selected content, look to the right-hand sidebar and click on the **URL Path Settings** link to expand the section. From there, enter the preferred name of the node. For instance, our article will use the alias *lorem*.
6. Once you have entered the new alias information, click on the **Save and keep published** button at the bottom of the page. This will save and activate your new alias. Below is a shot of the URL for the *Lorem* article both before and after we set the URL alias. Before After [![URL before the clean URL change](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/edu_Drupal-8_301_before.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/edu_Drupal-8_301_before.png) [![URL after the clear URL change](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/edu_Drupal-8_301_after.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/edu_Drupal-8_301_after.png)