Title: WordPress Permalinks Issue | System keeps adding “-2”
Last modified: August 4, 2020

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# WordPress Permalinks Issue | System keeps adding “-2”

 *  [georgiyboekov](https://wordpress.org/support/users/georgiyboekov/)
 * (@georgiyboekov)
 * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-permalinks-issue-system-keeps-adding-2/)
 * Hello,
 * I have a small issue with the permalinks after creation of a page.
 * For example when I create a brand new page called “Philosophy”, the system creates
   a permalink looking like: wordpress.org/philosophy-2
 * I have used WP-Optimize plugin to clear the database, but that didn’t helped 
   at all.
 * Any advices on this a really appreciated!
 * Thank you so much in advanced!
 * Best regards,
    Georgiy Boekov

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 *  [Self-Hosted WP](https://wordpress.org/support/users/selfhostedwp/)
 * (@selfhostedwp)
 * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-permalinks-issue-system-keeps-adding-2/#post-13209315)
 * Hello [@georgiyboekov](https://wordpress.org/support/users/georgiyboekov/)
 * Do you have a deleted version in the trash can? If one exists in the trash and
   you create a new page with the same name it will add -2 to the end of it.
 *  Thread Starter [georgiyboekov](https://wordpress.org/support/users/georgiyboekov/)
 * (@georgiyboekov)
 * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-permalinks-issue-system-keeps-adding-2/#post-13209324)
 * Thank you for the fast response on this. I have forgot to mention that my thrash
   is empty as well and the page is not existing anywhere on the backend (Maybe 
   except the database, but I don’t want to touch that manually)
 *  [Tim Burkart](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bigmoxy/)
 * (@bigmoxy)
 * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-permalinks-issue-system-keeps-adding-2/#post-13209679)
 * Can you share a link to your site? Duplicate permalinks can occur for a multitude
   of reasons. Do you have any posts or categories or attachment pages named philosophy?
   Duplicates are determined by the slug name of the asset. Even if your page is
   mysite.com/something/philosophy; it is considered the same as mysite.com/philosphy

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [Tim Burkart](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bigmoxy/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-permalinks-issue-system-keeps-adding-2/#post-13209679)
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