I started experiencing an issue most probably after using a plugin I used to clone a page. Here is what happened:
– Installed plugin
– Cloned plage called “Dispozitive” (for which the URL was website.ro/dispozitive)
– Deleted the page
– Created a new page with the same name
– Tried changing the name of the URL into “website.ro/dispozitive”
– URL changed instead to website.ro/dispozitive-1
– Repeated the process
– This time URL changed to website.ro/dispozitive-2
– So on so forth
I even deleted that plugin (assuming that was what caused this to happen) but with no results.
Any ideas on how I can fix this?
The issue is that this happens with all new pages I create. Once I delete a given page, I cannot use its URL anymore, as the name will automatically change to name-1, name-2 and so on.
WordPress issue, not theme issue.
If you already emptied your trash (ahem = hint!), then:
Try optimizing your database (I use wp-optimize plugin), deleting any tags created with page if unique to that page.
You may need to do additional house cleaning on your dbase if above doesn’t work.
Try going back to backup copy of dbase (good practice to backup dbase before activating new plugins!) if available.
Recommended:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-optimize/
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I can honestly say I’ve been there!
One of my early tickets in this forum end of 2013 was why the review section was “missing” on my post page; totally forgot about the “make visible” button top right of post pages. Doh.
Happens to all of us, really! 🙂
I use the wp-optimize plugin to clean spam from akismet, get rid of extra drafts, optimize tables, etc. — really really helps. And bulletproof. (Of course make periodic backups and all that.)
