How to check if post title already exists before posting?

  • Hello,
    can someone tell me how to check if post title already exists before posting? a function or a plugin.. to check it when i press Publish .. or other way but to be check on the posting template page.. i mean if a post with title “Aladin” exists.. and someone wants to post a topic with same title “Aladin” to recieve a meesage .. that topic already exists…

    does anyone has any ideas?

    Thanks

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  • If a post with the same title already exists, then you will notice that the permalink of the post will have a “-2” or a bigger no. than 2 at the end.

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    (@dangerell)

    Ahamz.. i almost forgot about that.. but does anyone know another way or at least to do a little modify to the permalinks structure.. to show a Warning message.. if posts already exists .. if for example a have a post with permalink “i-love-wordpress” and someone else posts another one with same title and permalink will be “i-love-wordpress-2” .. i want to show a warning message this “this posts already exists”.

    can someone give me a little help and tell me where does the permalink structure is starting adding “-2” “-3” etc.. to posts that already exist so i know where to add that message ?? ?

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