Error in URL

  • Resolved ktrg2024

    (@ktrg2024)


    1 week, 2 days ago

    Hi,

    URL is working even if the category is incorrect.

    For example:
    This is correct – /rto-materials/cpc-training-package/cpc20720/
    But this also works – /rto-materials/bsb-training-package/cpc20720/, going to the same page.
    But this also works – /rto-materials/ahc-training-package/cpc20720/, going to the same page.
    And all the other categories still work even if not selected.
    No other categories has been selected.
    Is there a fix to this?

    Thanks!

    • This topic was modified 1 week, 2 days ago by ktrg2024.
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  • Robert Fortaleza

    (@robfrtlz)

    1 week, 2 days ago

    Hi @ktrg2024,

    Thanks for the detailed explanation.

    To help us investigate this properly, could you please submit a support ticket through our support platform here: https://premmerce.com/contact-us/

    Our team will be happy to look into this further.

    Plugin Author Premmerce

    (@premmerce)

    1 week, 1 day ago

    Hi @ktrg2024,

    Thanks for the clear examples. This is a known bug in Permalink Manager, not something specific to your site. When a URL ends in a product’s slug, the plugin loads that product without checking that the categories before it match. So /rto-materials/bsb-training-package/cpc20720/ shows the same product as /rto-materials/cpc-training-package/cpc20720/.

    We’re working on a fix. Once it’s in, those wrong-category URLs will return a 404 (or a 301 to the correct URL if you use redirects). We’ll announce it in the plugin’s changelog when it ships.

    In the meantime:

    1. If you have the Pro version, go to Permalink Manager settings and switch on Create redirects. Any wrong-category URL will then 301 to the product’s correct URL.
    2. On the free version, your product pages should still output a canonical tag pointing to the correct URL, so search engines treat the other versions as duplicates of the real one rather than separate pages.

    You don’t need to open a ticket for this one. I’ll mark this thread resolved, but feel free to reply here if anything else comes up.

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