Title: Double Permalinks Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # Double Permalinks * [madhuinc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/madhuinc/) * (@madhuinc) * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-permalinks/) * Some of my posts have double permalinks, forexample this is the actual link to one of my posts : [http://www.madhuinc.com/dell-inspiron-15r-unboxing-review](http://www.madhuinc.com/dell-inspiron-15r-unboxing-review) * But what happens is for some reason there is also another post that I did not create that shows up as: * [http://www.madhuinc.com/dell-inspiron-15r-unboxing-review/dell-inspiron-15r-unboxing-15/](http://www.madhuinc.com/dell-inspiron-15r-unboxing-review/dell-inspiron-15r-unboxing-15/) * Which actually takes you to a page that just has a single picture from the original post. This is causing search engines to show multiple links of a single post causing the original real post to be buried in the search results. Not sure how this is being created and I have thoroughly check the support pages but haven’t seen anyone else with this issue, to find a solution. * Any help would be greatly appreciated. Viewing 14 replies - 1 through 14 (of 14 total) * Thread Starter [madhuinc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/madhuinc/) * (@madhuinc) * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-permalinks/#post-2239264) * What I’ve been able to figure out is those second links are individual image links from the Media Library. How would I be able to stop search engines from Indexing those links or stop the links from appearing. * Thanks in advance, Madhu * [stepquick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stepquick/) * (@stepquick) * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-permalinks/#post-2239265) * How are your permalinks set under general settings? * Thread Starter [madhuinc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/madhuinc/) * (@madhuinc) * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-permalinks/#post-2239266) * Custom Structure : /%postname%/ * I don’t think it’s an issue with permalinks as most people with double url posts tend to get the whole url repeated twice, mine just seems to be each individual image within a certain post, which I can view that url by going to the media library and clicking on “view” on any perticular image and it will have the url“ [http://www.madhuinc.com/dell-inspiron-15r-unboxing-review/](http://www.madhuinc.com/dell-inspiron-15r-unboxing-review/)** dell-inspiron-15r-unboxing-15/**” with the bold part being the image url. * Thanks, Madhu * [stepquick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stepquick/) * (@stepquick) * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-permalinks/#post-2239267) * Yeah it doesn’t appear to be your permalinks…. that’s really strange. * Have you tried deleting your .htaccess, then regenerating your permalinks? * Thread Starter [madhuinc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/madhuinc/) * (@madhuinc) * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-permalinks/#post-2239268) * No I have not, how would I go about doing that? Just delete the htaccess file then how would I regenerate permalinks? * [stepquick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stepquick/) * (@stepquick) * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-permalinks/#post-2239269) * You would change the structure to standard, save, then reset back to postname, that should do it. * Thread Starter [madhuinc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/madhuinc/) * (@madhuinc) * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-permalinks/#post-2239270) * Ok thanks, let me give that a try. * For reference on your wordpress when you go to media and library, and click on any images “view” link what url structure do you get? * [stepquick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stepquick/) * (@stepquick) * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-permalinks/#post-2239271) * `http://www.stepquick.net/?attachment_id=165` * Thread Starter [madhuinc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/madhuinc/) * (@madhuinc) * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-permalinks/#post-2239272) * Interesting, maybe it’s a theme issue. * I tried what you suggested but still the same problem. * [stepquick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stepquick/) * (@stepquick) * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-permalinks/#post-2239273) * ah… hmm it maybe, yeah. Sorry. :\ * Thread Starter [madhuinc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/madhuinc/) * (@madhuinc) * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-permalinks/#post-2239274) * Ya tried switching to a basic theme as well still same issue. Well thanks for your help, appreciate it. * [stepquick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stepquick/) * (@stepquick) * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-permalinks/#post-2239275) * It sounds like it might be a issue with the wordpress install itself. Have you tried backing up your theme, and uploads and reinstalling a fresh wordpress? * Thread Starter [madhuinc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/madhuinc/) * (@madhuinc) * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-permalinks/#post-2239276) * No haven’t tried that, didn’t want to really go through all the trouble haha. * But it might be the last option that I have. * [stepquick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stepquick/) * (@stepquick) * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-permalinks/#post-2239277) * Yeah that does sound like a lousy option, but you may need to look around some more… Viewing 14 replies - 1 through 14 (of 14 total) The topic ‘Double Permalinks’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 14 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [stepquick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stepquick/) * Last activity: [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-permalinks/#post-2239277) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics