Plugin changing permalink of duplicated (original) post

I’m not sure why this is happening. There isn’t anything in the code that saves data to the post that is being duplicated. Please try running through this article https://metaphorcreations.ticksy.com/article/1483/ to see if there is some other plugin that may be causing this issue.

If that doesn’t provide any results, please add the code you are using to create your custom post type here so I can implement it and test it out.

Thanks!

OK I tested with ALL other plugins (except Post Duplicator) deactivated, and I tested with a stock twenty-fourteen Theme.

The problem still occurs, again only with my CPT, not with (normal) Posts.

When I look at both the *original* post and the NEW Copy both have the same slug, which is the original slug with a -2 appended. That’s fine for the copy, but it should not be modifying the original Post’s slug and yet it is.

Here’s the code I use in my functions.php file to create my CPT:

// Creates custom post type for deals
add_action( 'init', 'create_post_type' );
function create_post_type() {
	register_post_type( 'deal',
		array(
		'labels' => array(
			'name' => __( 'Deals' ),
			'singular_name' => __( 'Deal' ),
		   	'add_new' => _x( 'Add New', 'deal' ),
		     	'add_new_item' => _('Add New Deal'),
			'edit_item' => _('Edit Deal'),
			'all_items' => __( 'All Deals' ),
			'view_item' => __( 'View Deals' ),
			'search_items' => __( 'Search Deals' ),
			'not_found' => __( 'No Deals found' ),
			'not_found_in_trash' => __( 'No Deals found in the Trash' ),
			),
		'public' => true,
		'has_archive' => true,
		'show_in_menu' => true,
		'menu_position' => 3,
		'menu_icon' => site_url() . '/images/dollar.png',
		'taxonomies' => array( 'resort_category','location_category','interest_category','demographic_category' ),
		'supports' => array( 'title', 'editor', 'comments', 'excerpt', 'custom-fields', 'thumbnail' ),
		)
	);
}

I’m stumped……I hope you’re able to see something in the way I register the CPT that could potentially explain this…..many thanks for looking at it.

I kept getting an Internal Server Error when using your exact code, so I re-configured it to this:

function create_post_type() {

	$labels = array(
		'name' => __( 'Deals', 'text-domain' ),
		'singular_name' => __( 'Deal', 'text-domain' ),
		'add_new' => __( 'Add New', 'text-domain' ),
		'add_new_item' => __( 'Add New Deal', 'text-domain' ),
		'edit_item' => __( 'Edit Deal', 'text-domain' ),
		'new_item' => __( 'New Deal', 'text-domain' ),
		'view_item' => __( 'View Deal', 'text-domain' ),
		'search_items' => __( 'Search Deals', 'text-domain' ),
		'not_found' => __( 'No Deals Found', 'text-domain' ),
		'not_found_in_trash' => __( 'No Deals Found In Trash', 'text-domain' ),
		'parent_item_colon' => '',
		'menu_name' => __( 'Deals', 'text-domain' )
	);

	// Create the arguments
	$args = array(
		'labels' => $labels,
		'public' => true,
		'has_archive' => true,
		'show_in_menu' => true,
		'menu_position' => 3,
		'supports' => array( 'title', 'editor', 'comments', 'excerpt', 'custom-fields', 'thumbnail' )
	);

	register_post_type( 'deal', $args );
}
add_action( 'init','create_post_type' );

When I tested the duplicate functionality I did not run into the same issues that you are mentioning. Please try replacing your code with my version and see if you get different results.

@metaphorcreations – on the internal server error, maybe a difference in PHP versions? My site is on 5.4.44.

SO I used your code above, and only modified it to remove references to text-domain, because we do not need our site translated as we serve an English-speaking only client base…if there is another purpose for using a textdomain that I’m not aware of, please explain – I googled it but couldn’t find much info on how/why to use it other than for translation purposes….I also added an arg for taxonomy support for our custom taxonomies, so the code I used in my functions.php file is now this:

// Creates custom post type for deals
function create_post_type() {
	$labels = array(
		'name' => __( 'Deals'),
		'singular_name' => __( 'Deal'),
		'add_new' => __( 'Add New'),
		'add_new_item' => __( 'Add New Deal'),
		'edit_item' => __( 'Edit Deal'),
		'new_item' => __( 'New Deal'),
		'view_item' => __( 'View Deal'),
		'search_items' => __( 'Search Deals'),
		'not_found' => __( 'No Deals Found'),
		'not_found_in_trash' => __( 'No Deals Found In Trash'),
		'parent_item_colon' => '',
		'menu_name' => __( 'Deals')
	);
	// Create the arguments
	$args = array(
		'labels' => $labels,
		'public' => true,
		'has_archive' => true,
		'show_in_menu' => true,
		'menu_position' => 3,
		'menu_icon' => site_url() . '/images/dollar.png',
		'taxonomies' => array( 'resort_category','location_category','interest_category','demographic_category' ),
		'supports' => array( 'title', 'editor', 'comments', 'excerpt', 'custom-fields', 'thumbnail' )
	);
	register_post_type( 'deal', $args );
}
add_action( 'init','create_post_type' );

However, the problem still occurs.

Interestingly, if I change the copied (new) deal post’ slug and then Save the new deal-post, OR if I move it to the Trash AND empty the Trash, the original deal-post (that I copied from) slug changes back to the original slug.

SO it appears that the renaming of the slug on the original post is a temporary thing, until I change the new post’s slug or delete that post, then the slug on the original post goes back to what it was.

I realize that if someone is duplicating posts and renaming the slug quickly, the odds that a site visitor will get a 404 on the original post is slim, however this is a heavily trafficked site, and it *could* happen, so I’d like to avoid that if possible……hopefully we can track down the cause of this ??

I just don’t know how this could be possibly happening (again, I tested it on my site using your custom post type and did not have this issue). Even in your initial thread when you say the post slug gets a “-2” added to it, that should not even be added to the duplicated post as the duplicated post should be named “My Post Copy”, and then have a slug of “my-post-copy”. Also, there is absolutely nothing in the code that is saving/updating the post that is being duplicated. Are you sure you are using my plugin and not another post duplicating plugin?

If you want to provide me with temporary FTP access and WP Dashboard access I’ll take a look on your site. You can send info to joe[at]metaphorcreations.com. There isn’t much I can do to try and find a solution when I am not seeing the same issue when I test on my sites.

Hi Joe,
I just emailed you with the login info requested …..thank you for taking a look at this.

@joe, per my last email to you, I really think the problem is with WP, either a bug or intentional slug change, not with your plugin, so even though I still have the issue, I’m marking this as “Resolved”….no need for it to show unresolved when I don’t think it’s a problem with Post Duplicator.

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