[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #9456: problem using /%category%/%postname%/

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#9456: problem using /%category%/%postname%/
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 Reporter:  ramiy         |       Owner:  ryan                                            
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new                                             
 Priority:  high          |   Milestone:  Unassigned                                      
Component:  Permalinks    |     Version:  2.7.1                                           
 Severity:  major         |    Keywords:  parmalink,categories,category, reporter-feedback
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Comment(by johnjamesjacoby):

 I've used /%category%/%postname%/ often, and find it to work perfectly
 well. I think this is usually the best way to match the URI to the content
 of the entry. You can also still access the topic using the month/day URI
 also, it will just bounce you to the rewritten one, because the date of
 the topic is still correct.

 Example:
 http://bbpress.org/blog/talkpress-and-bbpress/
 http://bbpress.org/blog/2009/04/talkpress-and-bbpress/

 Both resolve to:
 http://bbpress.org/blog/2009/04/talkpress-and-bbpress/

 I agree that keeping your %postname%'s unique is a concern, and that using
 %postname% alone is tricky, but it certainly does work the way it's
 supposed to. If what you're asking is that %postname% checks all previous
 taxonomies and slugs for conflicts, that's more of a feature request in my
 opinion.

 Back to the original bug.

 If I am reading this correctly, this actually isn't a bug or a problem.
 WordPress doesn't use nested categories in the URI, and it never has. It
 uses the category first in the numeric list of all categories that it is
 part of, and uses that as the %category%. Even if you use a breadcrumb
 plugin, the breacrumb must account for the categories hierarchy even
 though the URI will only show one category in the URI.

 Does that make sense?

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