Astrix

The issue is actually worse than I expected !!

I tried posting a article named for example :

“This is an article”

It gave me this post permalink :

https://www.sitename.com/this-is-an-article

I published it. Fine, it was online and working.

I then deleted the article permanently.

I tried creating a new article with the EXACT SAME name “this is an article”

It gave this permalink again :
https://www.sitename.com/this-is-an-article

Then, guess what ?

I get an error 404 which says there is nothing found here !!

The article is noted as “published” in the article menu and the article slug is this-is-an-article I double checked, everything is right. But this wordpress version remembers the “ghost” from the old article which had the same name…

If I change the permalink manually to https://www.sitename.com/this-is-an-article-1 or anything else than https://www.sitename.com/this-is-an-article , then it displays the article fine…

Why that ?!

Am I the only one ?

Thanks for pointing this out !

But in the end, it gives a really weird redirecting. An article A using the exact same slug that was previously used by another article B first (before being changed) should not link to the article B when clicked on !

Is there a way to notify any dev of wordpress about this ? I’m still not sure if it’s 100% wordpress related but I don’t see how my hosting service would cause this to happen ?!

Thank you both for helping

Tried with a fresh install of wordpress 4.4 with a new empty database, published new articles on an empty wordpress theme, tried changing permalinks just like previously, same result happened !

I tried unlogging and visit the site as a visitor, cleared cache, and cookies on my browser, changed browser : no fix.

Could it be hosting server related with permalinks being cached somewhere or is it an issue inside wordpress 4.4 ?

I am really clueless…

Those files have been completely deleted from my FTP, database has been reset, cache server clearedn wordpress reinstalled totally, twenty fifteen activated to test.

What is going on ?