Post slug having number attached

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  • July 23, 2018 at 2:30 pm #439429

    Travis
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    I have a post who’s slug is having “-1” attached to it. No other post shares the same slug.

    There was one, which got deleted when I deleted a location, and I think the record of that still exists somewhere. How can I fix this?

    July 23, 2018 at 2:53 pm #439433

    Kor
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    Hi Travis,

    Thanks for your reply. Kindly refer to this section of the documentation and see if it helps. https://wpgeodirectory.com/docs/faqs/why-do-my-locations-get-a-1-at-the-end/

    Thanks!

    July 23, 2018 at 8:14 pm #439472

    Travis
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    Hi Kor! That solves it, until I go to edit the place in wp-admin. Then it reverts back to the “-1” (not until I update the page). Even though searching the whole db for the “-1” version returns no results.

    However, if I leave it after editing the database, it stays fine. Why?

    July 23, 2018 at 8:21 pm #439475

    Alex Rollin
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    WP will clean it up if the slugs are for different items, like a page AND a category. The instructions say “except the one you changed to -1” because one of them still has to be -1 unless you delete it completely and remove it from the trash.

    July 23, 2018 at 9:02 pm #439478

    Travis
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    Yes, sorry that’s what I meant. There’s only one “-1” record left, which is the old one I renamed. Except that, there are no other records in the db.

    It was an attachment with post_name “slug” which I changed to “slug-1”

    July 24, 2018 at 6:02 am #439509

    Alex Rollin
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    Then it reverts back to the “-1” (not until I update the page).

    So, after this happens, what do you find when you search?

    Please share your site URL and WP Admin credentials, plus a link to the post so we can take a look.

    July 24, 2018 at 8:57 am #439524

    Travis
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    July 24, 2018 at 12:32 pm #439546

    Alex Rollin
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    You do not have BSR installed. How are you checking for the values in the DB?

    July 24, 2018 at 12:59 pm #439557

    Travis
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    I was querying the db directly.

    Problem is now solved though. I created a post with the same slug (which it let me for some reason); and deleting that permanently fixed it and made it available for use.

    July 24, 2018 at 1:21 pm #439564

    Alex Rollin
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    Ah ha, good news. Glad you found a way to make it work.

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