[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #12634: Media Library & Permalink Overlap

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#12634: Media Library & Permalink Overlap
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 Reporter:  tmoorewp      |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:
Component:  Permalinks    |     Version:  2.9.1
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch     |     Focuses:
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Changes (by ehtis):

 * keywords:  has-patch needs-testing => has-patch


Comment:

 Hi @tmoorewp, @mrmist, and others who might have experienced this. I
 understand this ticket is super long, not sure if this is still an issue
 for you or if you're around.

 But, I did some testing and here's how the behavior seems to be:

 1. Upload media, let's name it "flower", so the slug would become
 yoursite/flower
 2. Create a page, give it the title "flower".
 3. WordPress would detect that a slug "flower" already exists, so it'd
 auto-assign "flower-2" slug to this page. You will be able to access it at
 yoursite/flower-2

 Now, say you want to force change the slug of the page to "flower" and
 match with the media. You edit the permalink/slug in the editor and hit
 "Update". You think the slug of the page has been changed to "flower" from
 "flower-2".

 But, that doesn't really happen. Page slug remains as "flower-2" and media
 remains as "flower". You can confirm this by refreshing and opening the
 page in the editor again.

 I guess that might have led to some confusion.

 If anyone is still experiencing issues, please do reply. But I think what
 could be done here is better reporting/warning that a permalink change
 attempt failed.

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