Title: Case sensitive URLs
Last modified: August 9, 2019

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# Case sensitive URLs

 *  [Pratham](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pratham2003/)
 * (@pratham2003)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/case-sensitive-urls-2/)
 * Hi,
 * I noticed that WordPress URLs on my website as well as on WordPress.org are not
   case sensitive.
 * e.g.
    [https://wordpress.org/download/](https://wordpress.org/download/) [https://wordpress.org/DOWNLOAD/](https://wordpress.org/DOWNLOAD/)
 * Can we understand the reasoning behind it?
 * Google says a canonical URL is a ‘strong hint’ that the content is the same and
   only show one URL in it’s index but I’ve been told it does not mean the same 
   100% of the time.
 * I’m guessing there might be some misunderstanding or the benefits of having case-
   insensitive URLs outweigh the cons (if any) of having two different URLs with
   correct canonical set.

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 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/case-sensitive-urls-2/#post-11816936)
 * WordPress adds a canonical image meta, so Google is not “fooled” by how you present
   the URL.
 *  Thread Starter [Pratham](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pratham2003/)
 * (@pratham2003)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/case-sensitive-urls-2/#post-11817097)
 * > Google says a canonical URL is a ‘strong hint’ that the content is the same
   > and only show one URL in it’s index but I’ve been told it does not mean the
   > same 100% of the time.
   > I’m guessing there might be some misunderstanding or the benefits of having
   > case-insensitive URLs outweigh the cons (if any) of having two different URLs
   > with correct canonical set.
 * There were concerns raised by an SEO agency at our end and they are asking us
   to make the URLs case-sensitive.
 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/case-sensitive-urls-2/#post-11817100)
 * That will break all sorts of stuff. WP lowercases everything internally.
 *  Thread Starter [Pratham](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pratham2003/)
 * (@pratham2003)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/case-sensitive-urls-2/#post-11817201)
 * Actually, my bad. They had actually suggested to 301 redirect any urls with CAPS
   to lower case and not make them case sensitive.
 * Even that feels odd and could break things or cause unexpected issues.
 * e.g. what if someone intentionally puts a capital letter in the post slug?
 * Canonical would point to something.com/ABC/ but that would redirect to something.
   com/abc/
 * Thanks for mentioning why slugs should not be made case sensitive.
 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/case-sensitive-urls-2/#post-11818498)
 * post slugs are lowercased

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 5 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * Last activity: [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/case-sensitive-urls-2/#post-11818498)
 * Status: not resolved

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