Problem deleting old slug

  • Resolved deswalsh

    (@deswalsh)


    9 years, 7 months ago

    I’m trying to name a new page Podcast, with the url https://deswalsh.com/podcast

    In the edit mode, <podcast> switches immediately to <podcast-2>. But when I type in the url with just <podcast> as in https://deswalsh.com/podcast/ the right page comes up, but with the /podcast-2/ url displayed.

    I have studied several threads here on deleting old slugs, have been laboriously through tables in PHPMyAdmin without finding a trace of the slug, have installed and run two plugins now to delete old slugs, have deleted the category <podcast> and tag <podcast>. All to no avail.

    In a way, it is not a big problem, as the correct page shows when I type in the url with just the /podcast/ ending. And also, for the record, when I use the /podcast-2/ version. But I’m curious and would anyway like a tidier setup.

    Possible clue to an explanation

    I had set up a sub-directory https://deswalsh.com/podcast and installed a separate copy of WordPress there (long story as to why I did that but it was not necessary and in fact dumb). Then I decided not to have a separate installation and deleted that installation. The url for that installation was https://deswalsh.com/podcast/. I believe I have fully deleted that installation and the related database, but I may be missing something here extra that I could do.

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  • Does that /podcast/ folder still exist? If so, try removing or renaming it. It might be detecting the existence of that folder and so doesn’t allow a slug with that name to be created.

    Just guessing.

    Thread Starter deswalsh

    (@deswalsh)

    I don’t think so Mark, but I’ll check again. Thanks for the suggestion.

    Thread Starter deswalsh

    (@deswalsh)

    MarkRH, I’ve looked high and low but can find no trace of that old folder. But thanks for the suggestion.

    Thread Starter deswalsh

    (@deswalsh)

    I went back and did another search of the database at phpMyAdmin, specifically in wp_postmeta. I went through most of the 6,800 or so entries and then struck paydirt. The relevant item was one of several relating to the Yoast SEO plugin. I deactivated and then deleted that plugin, and was immediately able to edit the url for the Podcast page, without seeing /podcast/ suddenly (or later) become /podcast-2/).

    Not sure where that leaves me vis-a-vis Yoast’s SEO plugin but I am not doing anything rash.

    Hmmm.. I’ve never used Yoast’s plugin. I wonder if it has it’s own custom post slug thing? Interesting. Might ask on their support: https://www.ads-software.com/support/plugin/wordpress-seo

    Seems it does have some stuff related to slugs judging by some of the threads.

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