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  • Plugin Author Maciej Bis

    (@mbis)

    Hi @pauline684,

    It would be unfair to remove features from the free version and shift them to the pro version, and I will never do so with any existing functionality.

    The trailing slashes feature is still available in the free version, and there have been no recent modifications to it.

    Please make sure that “Trailing slashes” is set to “Add trailing slashes” and “Trailing slashes redirect” is activated in the plugin settings.

    If this still does not help, please make sure that no other plugin overwrite the trailing slashes mode. This often happen if cache plugin (e.g. WP Rocket) is enabled:

    https://permalinkmanager.pro/docs/plugin-settings/how-to-add-remove-trailing-slashes/#2-cache-plugins-issues

    Best regards,
    Maciej

    Thread Starter pauline684

    (@pauline684)

    Hello Maciej,

    Thank you for your detailed response.

    My plugin is currently configured to “Use default settings,” and I have not modified this functionality in recent months (perhaps only during the initial setup of the plugin).

    Could you please clarify what the default settings are for your plugin in this mode? This would help me understand if a specific configuration might be causing the issue.

    You also mentioned that conflicts can occur with caching plugins like WP Rocket. Is there a way to check if WP Rocket is causing this issue without modifying the .htaccess file? I prefer to avoid any changes since the URLs with a trailing slash have already been indexed, and I would like to keep them as they are.

    Lastly, do you think Elementor or Elementor Pro could interfere with your plugin’s functionality regarding trailing slashes? If so, do you have any recommendations on how to diagnose this?

    Thank you in advance for your insights.

    Best regards,

    Plugin Author Maciej Bis

    (@mbis)

    Hi Pauline,

    To clarify my previous response, the free version has never offered the option to rewrite individual product category permalinks or fully customize their permalink formats. The free version included and still includes an option to overwrite global trailing slash settings, which also affects product category permalinks.

    By choosing the “Use default settings” option, the plugin will follow the trailing slashes mode defined in the permalink settings and will not overwrite the built-in trailing slashes settings:
    https://permalinkmanager.pro/docs/plugin-settings/how-to-add-remove-trailing-slashes/#native-settings

    By default, WordPress uses the “Custom Structure” field in the Permalink Settings to decide whether URLs include trailing slashes. If the field ends with a slash, WordPress adds one to all URLs. If there is no slash at the end of the field, the URLs will not have a trailing slash.

    Furthermore, if “Use default settings” option is selected, the “Trailing slash redirect” functionality will not be active (it works only if either “Add trailing slashes” or “Remove trailing slashes” is selected in the plugin settings).

    Neither the WordPress built-in permalink system nor Permalink Manager allows for different trailing slash settings for different content types. The setting is applied globally, so it is not possible to remove trailing slashes from one content type, such as product categories, and keep them for other URLs.

    If there any backlinks for product categories that end with trailing slashes + the trailing slash redirect does not work, both the URL with the slash and the one without will be accessible. Could you confirm whether the redirect works for both versions of any product category URL?

    https://example.com/collections/product-category-name
    https://example.com/collections/product-category-name/

    To verify if the problem is caused by Permalink Manager, try to deactivate the plugin temporarily and check if the issue persists. The plugin only adjusts permalink settings while it is active and does not overwrite them permanently.

    Best regards,
    Maciej

    Thread Starter pauline684

    (@pauline684)

    Hello,

    Okay, I understand.

    The redirect only works in one direction, that is:

    https://example.com/collections/product-category-name → https://example.com/collections/product-category-name/

    It does not work in the other direction.

    Also, I tried to deactivate the plugin, however, the problem persists. Should I understand that the problem comes from another setting, plugin or a WordPress update ?

    Thanking you for your help,

    Kind regards,

    Plugin Author Maciej Bis

    (@mbis)

    Hi @pauline684,

    If the redirect enforces slashes also without Permalink Manager it means that “Custom Structure” field in the built-in settings (Settings -> Permalinks) ends with slash, so all the WordPress URLs are now set to end with trailing slash.

    If you would like to revert it, you need to remove the slash from the end of the input field:

    This specific feature always worked like that so I do not think that this may be caused by the update of WordPress core.

    Thread Starter pauline684

    (@pauline684)

    Hello,

    Noted, thank you for your help.

    Have a good day

    Kind regards

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