[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #50447: wp_publish_post not checking for unique post slugs

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#50447: wp_publish_post not checking for unique post slugs
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 Reporter:  hughie.molloy  |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)   |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal         |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Canonical      |    Version:  trunk
 Severity:  major          |   Keywords:  has-patch
  Focuses:                 |
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 When published a post using wp_publish_post no check is done to see if the
 slug / post_name is unique. This leads to problems with the permalink.

 I have attached a patch file to the ticket as I could not make a PR to the
 github

 **Steps to reproduce**:
 Make and publish an article titled 'test'. ID 1
 Make and set to draft a second article titled ' test'. ID 2

 call wp_publish_post(2)
 the post name of articles 1 and 2 are both set to test.

 This can be worked around by calling the following code instead:
 {{{#!php
 <?php

 $post = [
     'ID' => 2,
     'post_status' => 'publish',
 ];

 wp_update_post($post);

 }}}

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