Permalinks display wrong post FF & IE but Google Chrome is ok

  • When clicking around BOTH posts and pages on my website in FF or IE, about 50% of the time I am getting the wrong display of information. In Google chrome it works fine.

    Site: https://www.kidsandmoneytoday.com/

    Settings > Permalinks > Custom Structure set at /%post_id%/%postname%

    htaccess code reads:
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /
    RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
    </IfModule>

    Background:

    I originall had permalinks set at /%postname%.html when this first occurred. Then I read about including a # before post name so I switched to the new current structure. (*I still don’t know if I should have an ending slash?) I thought the problem displaying the wrong post or a post in a page was fixed, but I just noticed it’s happening again. I already tred changing permalinks to ‘default’ and then back to ‘custom’ but it still reoccurs. I am copying the code WP gives and making a .htaccess file.

    I was thinking:

    1) I could reinstall just the WP files and use the same database with no plugins to see if that solves it, or
    2) Reinstall WP with new database & repost all.

    The blog is only 3-4 months old, but I still would rather a better solution.

    Ideas???

    PS> I’m at beginner level with WP so please provide all steps if you have a suggestion.

    Thank you for trying to help,
    Tracy

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  • If your blog is still fairly new, I would switch to the Month and Name permalink settings (3rd radio button down) and not bother with custom permalinks.

    I’ve never seen anyone use /%post_id%/%postname% before.

    Here’s a detailed article about issues with custom permalink structures –
    https://digwp.com/2011/06/dont-use-postname/

    It’s pretty detailed, but it’s a good read.

    Thread Starter tracytrends

    (@tracytrends)

    Thank you for trying to help Christine.

    I reloaded all WP files (not reinstallation but just new files; same database), set permalinks to default, then loaded a blank htaccess file, then changed permalinks to custom (included the closing end slash); then FTP’d the new .htaccess that WP provided when I chose custom permalinks.

    – I’ve done some clicking and it seems to be working. I’m wondering if the backslash was the issue, especially since it was a browser display problem. (Remember my site was fine in Google Chrome)

    As of now, I have permalinks set to: /idea/%postname%-%post_id%/
    based on this article:
    https://docs.appthemes.com/tutorials/wordpress-permalink-structure/

    -which I’m trusting since it was a follow-up to this WP Codex article:
    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Using_Permalinks

    I chose the word ‘idea’ because I assume no one will ever type in ‘post’ so that word has no SEO value and many of my posts for this blog could use variations with the word idea. On my other blogs, I will choose a different keyword for that location. My understanding is that it can be any word.

    If anyone should ever have a similar browser display / permalink problem, or if you visit my site and experience text that doesn’t match the page, please post here.

    ~thanks again for your comments and time,
    Tracy

    Thread Starter tracytrends

    (@tracytrends)

    ~ 24 hours later…. and it’s not working.

    Anyone have any other ideas?

    Tracy

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