Title: Permalink problem
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Permalink problem

 *  [cannedpears](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cannedpears/)
 * (@cannedpears)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-50/)
 * I have read all the literature and am still mystified.
 * I am trying to customize my permalinks. While I am able to do this in most cases,
   the two instances where i am not are in two pages I have designated to be lightbox
   gallery pages. One is called “Editorial” and the other “commercial”.
 * When I plug in the name I want for that page in the Edit section next to the 
   permalink it automatically adds a “-2” (dash two) next to it and I can’t get 
   around it.
 * Is this because I’m using Bitnami to set up my site and this will go away when
   I transfer it to a host? Or what?

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 *  [Darin Kotter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dkotter/)
 * (@dkotter)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-50/#post-2534283)
 * When WordPress automatically adds a number to a link, it means there is already
   a post or page that has that same name. Even if you’ve deleted the page, WordPress
   will still add the number. So you need to delete the page/post with the same 
   name, and then empty the trash to completely get rid of it. You should then be
   able to get rid of the numbering.
 *  Thread Starter [cannedpears](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cannedpears/)
 * (@cannedpears)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-50/#post-2534293)
 * Awesome! The page has been deleted for quite some time. Do you mean empty trash
   on my comp or somewhere else? Where?
 *  [Darin Kotter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dkotter/)
 * (@dkotter)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-50/#post-2534297)
 * You’d empty the trash in the WordPress Admin. So go the the Pages section, and
   up top there should be some links to view All, Published, etc. and one of them
   should be Trash. You click on that and then delete the page from there.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Darin Kotter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dkotter/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-50/#post-2534297)
 * Status: not resolved

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