WordPress Infinite link problem?

devrekli
(@devrekli)

2 years, 2 months ago
Hello. WordPress has endless link problems for many years. Note: This problem happens when we paged comment example:

https://automattic.design/2020/05/22/web-design-inspiration/comment-page-3/
https://automattic.design/2020/05/22/web-design-inspiration/comment-page-3986/
https://automattic.design/2020/05/22/web-design-inspiration/comment-page-5999/
https://automattic.design/2020/05/22/web-design-inspiration/comment-page-6786/

Attention! There are no comments on these pages. But the links are entering the article. This is the problem for google search console.

If there is no comment, that link should not work. How can I fix this? thanks
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Animesh Gaurav
(@bizanimesh)

2 years, 2 months ago

Hi @devrekli

The website is on WordPress.COM, please post this question here in WordPress.COM forum: https://wordpress.com/forums/ 🙂

George Appiah
(@gappiah)

2 years, 2 months ago

Maybe if you brought up the real issue with your own website, with examples from your own website, rather than referencing someone else’s independent website (which has nothing to do with the WordPress software project)… we could help you out.

As it is now, we really can’t speculate on what’s happening on someone’s independent site that we don’t control or manage.

Good luck!
Thread Starter devrekli
(@devrekli)

2 years, 2 months ago
@bizanimesh @gappiah

I just said an example site. Having WordPress.com does not mean that it is not wordpress script. 🙂 If you do not know, please do not make unnecessary comments!

Others:

https://perishablepress.com/wordpress-infinite-duplicate-content/comment-page-2/
https://perishablepress.com/wordpress-infinite-duplicate-content/comment-page-2754/

others

https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/how-to-properly-ask-for-wordpress-support-and-get-it/comment-page-2754/
https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/how-to-properly-ask-for-wordpress-support-and-get-it/comment-page-5754/

others

https://www.isitwp.com/best-wordpress-404-error-plugins/comment-page-3754/
https://www.isitwp.com/best-wordpress-404-error-plugins/comment-page-5754/

Is it enough?

Paged comments from your admin panel. And you try too. You made unnecessary comments without trying. please. thanks
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George Appiah
(@gappiah)

2 years, 2 months ago

If you do not know, please do not make unnecessary comments!

Thank you.

Animesh Gaurav
(@bizanimesh)

2 years, 2 months ago

Hi @devrekli,

Previously before replying, I have tested on the post of two websites:

https://www.codeinwp.com/blog/best-javascript-animation-libraries/comment-page-5754/
https://winningwp.com/mailpoet-review/comment-page-5754/

Again now I have tested on another two websites:

https://www.wpcrafter.com/manage-multiple-wordpress-sites-in-one-dashboard/comment-page-5754/
https://www.smartpassiveincome.com/predictable-marketing-funnel-facebook-ads/comment-page-5754/

I have found all links are redirecting to their original post properly.

Like:

https://www.websitename.com/post-name/comment-page-5754/

automatically redirecting to

https://www.websitename.com/post-name/

That’s why I thought this problem maybe only with WordPress.COM websites.

Your provided links have also a point, because they are not redirecting as of mine.
Thread Starter devrekli
(@devrekli)

2 years, 2 months ago
@bizanimesh

I looked at the examples you said but If we do not paginate, this is no problem.

This problem happens in paginations..

If the setting is like this. screen shot: https://prnt.sc/smhi90

You see this problem in my examples?

thanks
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Animesh Gaurav
(@bizanimesh)

2 years, 2 months ago

Hi @devrekli

I have tested after applying settings and yes now I got the similar issue.
Thread Starter devrekli
(@devrekli)

2 years, 2 months ago
@bizanimesh

So how can I fix this? thanks
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Animesh Gaurav
(@bizanimesh)

2 years, 2 months ago

My examples and your examples are completely different also have a strong point.

Sorry, I have never noticed a problem like this.

We both should wait for a positive reply. 🙂
Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)
(@sterndata)

Forum Moderator & Support Team Rep

2 years, 2 months ago
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Thread Starter devrekli
(@devrekli)

2 years, 2 months ago
@sterndata

Having infinite links is wrong for me. I have never seen anything like it in another script before. And This is the problem for google search console.

There are no comments on those pages. Those links shouldn’t be.

How can I redirect these bad links to 404 page? thanks.
- This reply was modified 2 years, 2 months ago by devrekli.
Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)
(@sterndata)

Forum Moderator & Support Team Rep

2 years, 2 months ago

maybe this? https://neliosoftware.com/blog/devtips-how-to-stop-wordpress-from-guessing-urls/

Carike
(@carike)

2 years, 2 months ago

Yui made a suggestion you may want to consider, since it is the simpler option.
Have a look at this 🙂 https://yoast.com/rel-canonical/
Basically you are telling search engines where the original content lives, which should help you avoid duplicate content issues.

Thread Starter devrekli
(@devrekli)

2 years, 2 months ago

@sterndata

I have already done this. Unfortunately this is not a solution to this problem. thanks

Thread Starter devrekli
(@devrekli)

2 years, 2 months ago

@carike

rel-canonical is now used by everyone. but this is not the solution. google sees it as “alternative page” and crawls them.

There are also bad links for pages with no comments. Google crawls these links but there are no comments on those pages. (comment-page-2383 like this)

we should redirect these bad links to 404 page, but how? thanks