The page isn’t redirecting properly

  • I’ve been searching for answers for about 40 minutes and haven’t found anything.

    I changed the URL to one of my pages and then changed it back, but when it went back to the original it stopped loading and I get the following message:

    Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete.

    I have deleted the .htaccess file and resetted the permalinks but the page in question still won’t load. It will if I reset my permalinks to a different setting, but not the one I want.

    How do I fix this?

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  • Resave the permalink in the page editor window a few more times. If that doesn’t work, you might need to use PHPMyAdmin to edit the page URL in the database.

    Thread Starter warchiefscar

    (@warchiefscar)

    Page editor window? Do you mean the Permalinks page inside my Admin panel? If so, I resaved it a bunch and it did nothing. I’ve tried a bunch of different things to no avail. What exactly should I do now?

    Edit the Page with the bad URL and right above the text editor window is where you can edit the permalink URL.

    As songdogtech suggested, use PHPMyAdmin to check and, if necessary, edit the page URL in the database

    Thread Starter warchiefscar

    (@warchiefscar)

    Oh, yeah. That’s what got me in trouble in the first place. I changed the link to the page and then changed it back. The page that I can’t get to load anymore /downloads/ has a PR1 and I don’t want to lose it by changing it to something else.

    Thread Starter warchiefscar

    (@warchiefscar)

    esmi,

    Where am I going in PHPMyAdmin to edit the page URL? That article seemed to only cover learning how to make tables with it.

    In PHPMyAdmin, search for the page URL; I think it will be in wp_postmeta.

    Those tables are actually database tables. You need to use PHPMyAdmin to access your WP database. Before you do anything, make a backup of your database using the Export tab.

    Then browse the wp_posts table until you find the post (or page) that is giving you problems (look for the title in the post_title column). Once you’ve found the right line, click the Edit/Pencil link and you’ll be able to view and edit that post’s permalink in the guid column.

    Thread Starter warchiefscar

    (@warchiefscar)

    I located the page title. There were 2 versions of it and I changed them both to the link I want it to display as and it still won’t load.

    Thread Starter warchiefscar

    (@warchiefscar)

    Up!

    In the database did you change the page title or the page GUID? The GUID is in a column farther to right in your database. And then check the URL in the page and see if it matches the database.

    Worst case is you’ll have to do a 301 redirect in htaccess. That won’t affect page rank, as a 301 is a permanent redirect.

    Thread Starter warchiefscar

    (@warchiefscar)

    I put the URL of the destination I want into the Guid.

    Thread Starter warchiefscar

    (@warchiefscar)

    Up!

    There were 2 versions of it and I changed them both to the link I want it to display as and it still won’t load.

    Do you now have two pages with the same URL? Not good.

    Check the URL in the page editor and see if it matches the URL in the database.

    Thread Starter warchiefscar

    (@warchiefscar)

    Yeah, there were 2 versions in there and I changed them both to the URL that the Page is linked at. The URL in ‘Edit Page’ is “URL.com/downloads/” and I have that as the guid and it doesn’t load.

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