• Resolved Waqas

    (@sbaird1)


    So I created a page and I am 100% sure that the permalink of the page was /go/install-and-license-version-1-5/. I am sure because I copied that link into a bunch of emails and sent it out.

    Today I was updating the text in the page and when I pressed the Update button the permalink changed to /go/install-and-license-version-1-5-2/.

    If I goto /go/install-and-license-version-1-5/ it gives me a 404 error.

    This is what I have already tried.

    1. Deleted thrash
    2. Deleted drafts
    3. Tried to recreate a new page with the same permalink, it makes it /go/install-and-license-version-1-5-2-2/
    4. On Yoast SEO tried to create a redirect and receive the following message “The old URL already exists as a redirect.”
    5. I checked and see no redirects created in yoast or .htaccess.

    EDIT: I searched the database and found the following in wp_options

    SELECT *
    FROM xxxxxx.wp_options
    WHERE (
    CONVERT( option_id
    USING utf8 ) LIKE ‘%go/install-and-license-version-1-5%’
    OR CONVERT( option_name
    USING utf8 ) LIKE ‘%go/install-and-license-version-1-5%’
    OR CONVERT( option_value
    USING utf8 ) LIKE ‘%go/install-and-license-version-1-5%’
    OR CONVERT( autoload
    USING utf8 ) LIKE ‘%go/install-and-license-version-1-5%’
    )

    Any help?

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  • Thread Starter Waqas

    (@sbaird1)

    OK, so it was Yoast SEO, for some reason it created two redirects,

    1. /go/install-and-license-version-1-5 TO /go/install-and-license-version-1-5
    2. /go/install-and-license-version-1-5 TO /go/install-and-license-version-1-5-2

    Notice that the / at the end is missing, the reason I wasn’t able to find it.

    pascuatj

    (@pascuatj)

    Hi, I’m having the same problem. I want to change from /presentations-3 back to /presentations

    Can you help in layperson’s term how to do this? Thank you!

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