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Since updating to 4.3.1 we are having an issue with permalinks. Our usual practice has been to have a unique article number serve as the postname, and that would be used in the permalink - for instance:

http://our-site.com/1408558

As of the update to 4.3.1, WP automatically appends "-2" to the slug, mimicking behaviour as if a similar post already existed, which it doesn't.

http://our-site.com/1408558-2

While that obviously works fine, it disrupts our normal means of structure and organization for the site.

Here's what I've done so far to investigate:

  • Deactivated all plugins - same behavior exists.
  • Changed to 2015 default theme - same behavior exists
  • Went back to a site running 4.3.0 - didn't encounter this problem
  • Refreshed permalink structure - same behavior exists.
  • Added a non-numeric character in the permalink - problem goes away
  • Changed permalink structure to /testing/%postname%/ - problem goes away

I'd rather not have to add a non-numberic character, and we can't roll back to 4.3 - so I'm really hoping someone else can help me figure out what changed in numeric permalinks going to the most recent version.

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    possible duplicate of Why can't I save permalink "360" for a page?
    – birgire
    Sep 24, 2015 at 14:58
  • Hey - thanks for linking to that previous question. We've had no problem with numeric postnames before. The only thing that has seemingly changed has been the recent WP update.
    – Hal Atkins
    Sep 24, 2015 at 15:07

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I had the same issue. Couldn't name a page just numbers. Wordpress Version 3.3.1

I solved this issue by using a plugin called "Permalink-editor" version 0.2.12 http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/permalink-editor/

After that was installed, I am able to clicked "Customize" instead of "edit" permalink on the page edit. That worked! :-)

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