Destroys the page that was duplicated

  • It works well with around 80% of our sites, but the other 20% it causes a massive problems. If you are are deep with SEO and using specific permalinks, duplicating the page makes the original one 404.

    You might not even notice that error, because who checks the other page, right? In the meantime, you have a 404 losing important traffic, and probably revenue.

    It took us some exploration to find out the cause. Yoast Duplicator keeps the clone’s permalink the same, thus you now have 2 pages that cannibalizes the URL.

    We had the same issue with other duplicate/clone plugins, I can imagine that Yoast just used their code since it’s open source. That’s why we are deleting Yoast Duplicate Plugin from everywhere. It’s just annoying that it installs itself automatically. It should be removed from this area as I believe that should be against the WordPress Codex in my opinion.

    So far the Duplicate Page plugin by mndpsingh287 (https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/duplicate-page/) does not cause that problem.

    Yoast Team: Please stick to your core business, and do not diversify to some other tools you are not familiar with, thanks.

    • This topic was modified 3 years, 1 month ago by ullsai.
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