[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #21464: duplicate content and pagination without <!--nextpage-->

[WordPress Trac]

#21464: duplicate content and pagination without <!--nextpage-->
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 Reporter:  toddlahman    |      Owner:  Todd Lahman
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Canonical     |    Version:  3.4.1
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:  needs-patch
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 Duplicate pages are generated automatically even when <!--nextpage--> is
 not used for a post. For example http://www.toddlahman.com/spam-free-
 wordpress/ only has a single page. It is not paginated. However, if I
 appended a page number such as http://www.toddlahman.com/spam-free-
 wordpress/2/ or http://www.toddlahman.com/spam-free-wordpress/3/, etc., a
 page is presented to the visitor along with a rel="canonical"
 href="http://www.toddlahman.com/spam-free-wordpress/2/" tag for the page
 that does not exist. Further it also presents duplicate meta descriptions.

 If the page is not paginated WordPress should automatically 301 redirect
 the visitor back to the parent post or page to avoid duplicate content
 issues with the search engines.

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