[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #42844: issuing 301 redirects for any url that has () at the end

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#42844: issuing 301 redirects for any url that has () at the end
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 Reporter:  scottjbeck    |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:
Component:  General       |     Version:  4.9.1
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:  wontfix
 Keywords:  SEO           |     Focuses:
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Comment (by scottjbeck):

 Thank you for the quick response.

 I'm surprised to learn that being "user friendly" trumps being a legal
 valid url and was a change in going from 4.8 to 4.9, thus breaking
 existing url's within the existing code base we have.

 Now, off to figure out how to "break" the wordpress dictated user
 friendliness so we can retain our existing deep links throughout our site.

 Replying to [comment:1 joostdevalk]:
 > This was an intended change, which went in here:
 >
 > https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41991
 >
 > You could theoretically prevent that redirect from happening but I'd
 suggest not doing that. The `()` at the end of the URL is not very user
 friendly.

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