Title: fixing 2 posts having same url link
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# fixing 2 posts having same url link

 *  [richards1052](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richards1052/)
 * (@richards1052)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fixing-2-posts-having-same-url-link/)
 * A friend recently imported 800 or so posts from Typepad to WP for me. He had 
   to change the file names because TP uses a forumla with underscores …/a_man-named.
   html which conflicts with WP’s …/a-man-named-/.
 * I have 2 posts whose titles begin with the word “spring” which were written in
   the same month & several sets of posts written in the same month starting with“
   New York Times.” So now I have these WP posts with the same url which makes for
   a mess. How can I fix this? Is there any way to rename them so they’re distinct?
 * “Seattle Spring Weather: O the Wind & Rain”
    “Seattle Spring Has Sprung”
 * both share:
 * [http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2005/02/seattle-spring-2/](http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2005/02/seattle-spring-2/)
 * “New York Times Online: Ready for Digital Primetime?”
    “New York Times’ David
   Kirkpatrick Neglects Acknowledging Daily Kos as Blog Source for Dred Scott Article”
 * share:
 * [http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2004/10/new-york-times-/](http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2004/10/new-york-times-/)
 * “New York Times Panders in Reporting the Sexualization of Girls’ Dolls”
    “New
   York Times Editorial Criticizes Infertility Research–Disappoints Infertile 
   Women, Infertility Research and Journalism”
 * share:
 * [http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2003/10/new-york-times-/](http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2003/10/new-york-times-/)
 * “New York Times Slums Its Way Through Blog World”
    “New York Times’ David Brooks:
   Sharon Sycophant?” share: [http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2004/05/new-york-times-/](http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2004/05/new-york-times-/)
 * What do I do??

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 *  [Kafkaesqui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kafkaesqui/)
 * (@kafkaesqui)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fixing-2-posts-having-same-url-link/#post-219288)
 * Question: How did you differentiate them in TypePad?
 * To solve this the only option is to perform a bit of renaming to the Post slug
   for one or the other of your same-named posts. There’s really no way to have 
   two or more posts of the same postname/slug in the same directory pathway.
 *  Thread Starter [richards1052](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richards1052/)
 * (@richards1052)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fixing-2-posts-having-same-url-link/#post-219349)
 * Typepad includes the first 4 words of the title in the post permalink whereas
   WP doesn’t & that’s where the problem lies (at least I think that’s what it is).
 * YOu say the “only option” is to rename the slug which sounds easy, simple & ideal.
   Is there any drawback to doing this?
 *  [angsuman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angsuman/)
 * (@angsuman)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fixing-2-posts-having-same-url-link/#post-219355)
 * > So now I have these WP posts with the same url which makes for a mess.
 * Why? WordPress works fine with 2 or more posts with same name. It automatically
   creates a disambiguating permalink.
 * > How can I fix this?
    You can use a custom php script to create permalinks from
   the post titles. Use the WordPress function.
 * However if you are also importing the permalink, then going manual is the only
   way.
 *  Thread Starter [richards1052](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richards1052/)
 * (@richards1052)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fixing-2-posts-having-same-url-link/#post-219367)
 * Nope, of all those posts above w. duplicate names it will only resolve to a single
   one of the posts. There’s no way to find the others (at least not that I can 
   figure out).
 * I think you may be talking about 2 posts created within WP that would have a 
   disambiguating permalink. But these posts were created within TP & then imported
   into WP. There’s the rub.
 *  [Kafkaesqui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kafkaesqui/)
 * (@kafkaesqui)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fixing-2-posts-having-same-url-link/#post-219394)
 * Two possible drawbacks: 1. If the links have been up for any length of time, 
   any external sites linking to them (including search engines) may hit the wrong
   post. 2. Any redirection you may be using (if any) that ties TP post to WP posts
   will run into problems.
 * Still, it really is the only option because just as you can’t have the same filename
   for two or more files in the same directory, you can’t have the same url for 
   two or more separate posts.
 *  [iand](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iand/)
 * (@iand)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fixing-2-posts-having-same-url-link/#post-219399)
 * Can you not add `/%day%/` to your permalink structure? (unless you have posts
   on the same say with that title).
 *  Thread Starter [richards1052](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richards1052/)
 * (@richards1052)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fixing-2-posts-having-same-url-link/#post-219431)
 * IanD: I know where I would do that in the admin interface, but could you tell
   me what code I should insert to see if this will work & in which field?
 * The posts were written in the same month but on diff. days, so theoretically 
   your solution might work (unless someone here tells me otherwise).
 *  [oriecat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oriecat/)
 * (@oriecat)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fixing-2-posts-having-same-url-link/#post-219432)
 * Go to Options, then Permalinks and see what it shows for your Structure.
 * It looks like you are using /%year%/%monthnum%/%postname%/ if so then you could
   add day into it so it would be
    /%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/
 *  Thread Starter [richards1052](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richards1052/)
 * (@richards1052)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fixing-2-posts-having-same-url-link/#post-219435)
 * Beautiful solution & worked like a charm.
 * But since the Typepad permalink protocol uses only the month & yr. would that
   mean that the link redirect that I’m attempting to create (so far no luck in 
   getting it to work) for those using my old TP permalinks would fail for my current
   WP permalinks since they’d all include the yr/mo/day protocol?
 * When a post has the same first 3 words TP adds a numbered sequence to differentiate
   posts with the same first 3 words.
 *  Thread Starter [richards1052](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richards1052/)
 * (@richards1052)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fixing-2-posts-having-same-url-link/#post-219438)
 * Oops! I was wrong. It didn’t work like a charm. Now, when I attempt to click 
   on any recent post entry in my sidebar I get an error saying the server couldn’t
   find it (because those links don’t have the day in their permalink. What do you
   need to do to get this permalink structure to convert all your existing files
   to that format?
 * I think I’ll have to revert to the slug option unless the permalink structure
   has an easy fix.
 *  Thread Starter [richards1052](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richards1052/)
 * (@richards1052)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fixing-2-posts-having-same-url-link/#post-219439)
 * > Kafkaesqui wrote:
   >  To solve this the only option is to perform a bit of renaming
   > to the Post slug for one or the other of your same-named posts.
 * So let me make sure I get this right. If 3 posts have slugs named this:
 * new-york-times-
 * is there a best way to rename them (new-york-times1- or new-york-times-1)?
 * I just tried renaming the slugs. My problem now is that when I click View for
   the particular post whose slug named changed I get an error saying it couldn’t
   be found. Do you have to rebuild the database or something to get the new slug
   name to register? Or what?
 *  Thread Starter [richards1052](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richards1052/)
 * (@richards1052)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fixing-2-posts-having-same-url-link/#post-219483)
 * I hope either IanD &/or Kafkaesqui will see this post & be able to clarify things
   for me.
 * My problem with both the slug option & the yr/mo/day option is that they all 
   successfully distinguish the posts. But for some reason the links to these posts
   within my blog don’t automatically change. So for example if I change the slug
   name & save the post, this doesn’t appear to change the post URL say in the Recent
   Entries section or elsewhere. I get an error msg. when I click on a hyperlink
   to the post or when I click “View” in the admin panel.
 * Do you have to do something else to get all links to the newly renamed post to
   change to the new name? Otherwise, how is this a useful option?
 *  [iand](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iand/)
 * (@iand)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fixing-2-posts-having-same-url-link/#post-219489)
 * That should be all you need to do as far as I know. You could try deleting .htaccess
   and regenerating it.
    You are changing the slug not the title aren’t you? (just
   a thought) and if you go back to a post (on the edit page) whose slug you have
   changed, is it still what you have changed it to?
 *  Thread Starter [richards1052](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richards1052/)
 * (@richards1052)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fixing-2-posts-having-same-url-link/#post-219547)
 * Carthik pointed out the slight error I was making. AFter changing the slugs or
   yr/mo/day options you need to do a hard refresh to clear the browser cache. Oops!
   Thanks Carthik. After that I worked fine.

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