Hello @petenka,
can you chek if the checkbox for “Slug” is enabled, under Settings → Duplicate Post?
It should be emty, so that the post_name is re-calculated by WordPress based on the new title…
Let me know!
Ooo, thank you very much, excellent!
Everything is super now 🙂
Hello,
when slug is empty, the post_name is re-calculated by WordPress based on the new title…
when slug is checked, the post_name is exact copy. But could it be original post_name PLUS suffix “-dup”? Explanation – post_names should never be the same, because URL should never be the same.
Hi @petenka,
the option for copying the post_name (Slug) was added for completeness and for very special cases, and it was my fault I didn’t add a warning as I did for “Attachments”.
Actually post_names *can* be the same, for example for hierarchical post types (like Pages), if the part of the URL that comes before the slug is different: you can have domain.tld/my-slug and domain.tld/parent-slug/my-slug.
I thought that the best way to deal with the issue is to leave to users to set the desired post_name by hand, just like they most probably do with other fields: they will usually edit the title or the content 99.9% of the time, so they should also take care of choosing the right slug for their needs.
I can tell you that there will be probably some news about the whole slug/SEO aspect of the plugin in the months to come.
Thanks,
Enrico
