Title: rewrite
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# rewrite

 *  Resolved [projectmunton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/projectmunton/)
 * (@projectmunton)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rewrite-2-2/)
 * Hi … great idea for a plugin !!
 * I am just getting an warning saying
    “Warning: using existing rewrite rules is
   prohibited.”
 * Is this used to change to a name rather than a number being used in the url? 
   I have tried multiple random text entries and it still shows the error
 * I tried to upload directly through WP and got some error message …. I had to 
   download and compress the “Cameleon” folder in the second level …. not sure if
   others will be having the same issue … just and FYI 😉
 * Many thanks in advance
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/cameleon/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/cameleon/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Samuel Mello](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samueljmello/)
 * (@samueljmello)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rewrite-2-2/#post-5869502)
 * Thanks projectmunton. I will look into it and find out what’s going on.
 * The first error you described is supposed to notify you if you are trying to 
   use a url that wordpress is already using (aka the slug is already in use).
 *  Plugin Author [Samuel Mello](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samueljmello/)
 * (@samueljmello)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rewrite-2-2/#post-5869503)
 * > “Warning: using existing rewrite rules is prohibited.”
 * This was just letting you know to be careful. I have removed the message when
   the validator checks your alias to avoid confusion. It will always show when 
   you first create or edit a skin, but validation will remove it.
 * > I tried to upload directly through WP and got some error message …. I had to
   > download and compress the “Cameleon” folder in the second level …. not sure
   > if others will be having the same issue … just and FYI 😉
 * Thanks for catching this. I didn’t have the readme.txt and plugin directory configured
   correctly. It’s working now though!
 *  Thread Starter [projectmunton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/projectmunton/)
 * (@projectmunton)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rewrite-2-2/#post-5869504)
 * Cool … many thanks for the feedback 🙂 great plugin

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 * Last reply from: [projectmunton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/projectmunton/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rewrite-2-2/#post-5869504)
 * Status: resolved