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auxclass on "Permalink changed, then changed back, now infinite loop!"

auxclass — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 01:49:54 +0000

It's a common error - but as noted above you need to make friends over at WordPress.ORG. We can't change the link structure on WordPress.COM

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stephenshortt on "Permalink changed, then changed back, now infinite loop!"

stephenshortt — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:59:28 +0000

Hi all,

I was deciding on the permalink name for a page and when I went to edit it, it redirected to the new one perfectly.

Then, as is my habit, I changed my mind and wanted to use the original permalink so I changed it back. Unfortunately now it goes into a kind of infinite loop and puts up an error message.

How do I remove the original redirect for this and just have the page where I want it? Is it somewhere in the database or somewhere else?

I had noticed it before when I was doing a test post in a category and if I deleted a post and then later that day or month (depending on the permalink structure) the permalink would be say http://www.mysite.com/2012/1/test-2 rather than http://www.mysite.com/2012/test

How is this resolved, does anyone know?

Thanks in advance
Stephen