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Can slugs duplicate?
Hence, the slugs can be reused, but still you need to make sure that the full URL address is unique. If your new custom permalink is not unique, you will see a duplicate alert displayed below the input field: Concurrently, you can always check if any of custom permalinks is duplicated in “Permalink Duplicates” section.
What is the difference between a permalink and a slug?
Permalinks are the permanent URLs to your individual pages and blog posts, as well as your category and tag archives. Slugs are the URL-friendly names of your posts, pages, categories, and tags.
Why is WordPress adding a 2 to permalink?
When you create a new post, page or media file with the same name as a previously existing item, WordPress will add a -2 to the end of the permalink (URL). It prevents duplication. WordPress automatically generates permalinks based on the title of the page, post, or media file.
How do you duplicate a category in WordPress?
If you want to duplicate the categories in bulk, Go to wpml -> translation management -> translation dashboard. Select all posts you want to duplicate, Scroll down and click duplicate content.
Where are the duplicate category slugs in WordPress?
You can see the -6 next to the category slug, wordpress-themes. This problem occurs when you create a page title, category or post tag using exactly the same term or terms as an existing Category, Post Tag or Page Title slug.
Do you need to change the slug on a post?
With post tags this isn’t a problem as long as you make sure the edited tag is unique and descriptive of the content of the post. With page titles, you’ll need to change the permalink page slug to something unique and redirect it to the new page slug using a redirection plugin or 301 redirect if your theme allows this.
How to fix duplicate category slugs in Excel?
Lets also take a look at the best method to find duplicate category slugs and fixing them. First step is to check your existing categories to find duplicates. You’ll see in this example that there is the number 2 next to the Category blog which means its a duplicate and needs to be fixed.
How can I tell if a blog is a duplicate?
First step is to check your existing categories to find duplicates. You’ll see in this example that there is the number 2 next to the Category blog which means its a duplicate and needs to be fixed. The reason its a duplicate is because there must also exist a Page or Post Tag with exactly the same term in the slug, in this case its blog.