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I have a URL query string containing a number and it redirects and gives a 404 error as the page does not exist. If I change the value of the parameter to characters it works. I'm guessing it's something to do with wordpress pagenation.

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https://www.ppc.com.au/ndeftest?m=23345 'redirects 404 error

https://www.ppc.com.au/ndeftest?m=test 'does not redirect - works as required

I need to pass the number variable to the page. It comes from a standard NTAG feature on smartcards that automatically appends the card serial number to the URL so I don't have many options to change the URL appearance.

(the code on the landing page is not correct, but I will fix that once the parameter is passed)

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    m is the query var for year/month, see Reserved Terms for a list of query string vars that you should avoid.
    – Milo
    Commented Nov 6, 2017 at 4:44
  • Thanks, Milo, no it's not a year/month so that may be the problem if I change the m to something else it works. I'm not sure I can change the m in the application but will take it up with them.
    – jasonhicks
    Commented Nov 6, 2017 at 6:17
  • Hi Milo, if you post that as the answer I will confirm it - thank you again.
    – jasonhicks
    Commented Nov 6, 2017 at 6:24
  • was getting this when trying to do p=2, using pg=2 works fine
    – timhc22
    Commented Jul 25, 2020 at 16:10

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m is the built-in query var for year/month, see Reserved Terms for a list of query string vars that you should avoid.

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