Frank

UPDATE: I finally managed to determine the glitch with my setup. There is a compatibility issue with the combination of plugins Facebook Thumb Fixer (1.5.1), W4 Post Lists (2.0.7), and WordPress 4.3.1 (possibly starting with 4.3) that create the permalink issue with my client’s site.

Through a laborious process of elimination (including with all other plugins deactivated & with a default WP theme), the following conditions create the permalinks glitch:
– Using WordPress 4.3.1 (possibly starting with 4.3).
– Facebook Thumb Fixer plugin activated.
– W4 Post Lists plugin activated.
– Have/create a few posts.
– Create a custom post list with the W4 Post Lists plugin.
– Have/create a page with pretty permalink.
– Add the shortcode for the custom post list (example: [postlist id=123]) and Update page.
– The page permalink is automatically changed to the permalink of one of the posts instead.

A previous version of the site on WP 4.2.5 with the same versions of those two plugins, did not create the glitch. So something has changed from the earlier WP version that is incompatible with those plugins in this situation.

If there is no custom post list shortcode on the page, then there is no permalink issue. But since being able to create custom post lists with W4 Post Lists is essential for my client’s site, my only choice is to disable Facebook Thumb Fixer. This may not be the answer for you guys, but perhaps this can focus your investigation and point you in the right direction.

I have a similar problem as well. Every time I Update a page, the permalink is changed to that of an existing post and if I attempt to reach my page via its intended permalink in the frontend, I get a 404.

A few other observations:

• Once the permalink is changed, the page even lists the revisions from the post that it is pulling the permalink from, while still retaining the correct page content.
• This only appears to affect pages and not posts.
• I have to manually keep editing the permalink to in order to keep it what it should when updating a page.
• I only noticed the glitch after my staging site automatically updated to WordPress 4.3.1 from 4.3. However since I don’t need to edit pages frequently as opposed to posts, the glitch could possibly have started in WP 4.3. A previous version of the site at WP 4.2.5 does not exhibit this problem.

Have either of you been able to determine the cause and/or how to resolve the problem?Changing the Settings > Permalinks setting in WP and then back didn’t resolve the issue for me.

Thanks lonegijoe for the suggestion, I tried that but it didn’t resolve the issue.

I have this same exact problem as well. Every time I Update a page, the permalink is changed to that of an existing post and if I attempt to reach my page via its intended permalink in the frontend, I get a 404.

A few other observations:

• Once the permalink is changed, the page even lists the revisions from the post that it is pulling the permalink from, while still retaining the correct page content.
• This only appears to affect pages and not posts.
• I have to manually keep editing the permalink to in order to keep it what it should when updating a page.
• I only noticed the glitch after my staging site automatically updated to WordPress 4.3.1 from 4.3. However since I don’t need to edit pages frequently as opposed to posts, the glitch could possibly have started in WP 4.3. A previous version of the site at WP 4.2.5 does not exhibit this problem.

Were you ever able to determine the cause and/or how to resolve the problem?

Thank you! The lists of upcoming scheduled posts are using the post name as expected with “/[post_name]” and your latest update!

Cheers!

Thank you for the suggestion, unfortunately, it doesn’t work. Using “https://domain.com/%5Bpost_name%5D” literally places “[post_name]” or “%5Bpost_name%5D” in the post link url.

Would this have been related to the recent WordPress updates? I’m pretty sure when viewing in the past, the post link to future posts went to the pretty permalink and not the post id.

Regards.

Hello, I figured out a workaround by creating multiple lists which make use of the plugin’s Offset function. Using Offset, each listing set is a defined range of posts and I have each set separated by an ad banner. In my example, each list set has 10 items per page.
Set 1 (most recent 10 posts) – No offset.
Set 2 (2nd set of recent posts 11-20) – Offset at 10 (starts listing with post #11)
Set 3 (3rd set of recent posts 21-30) – Offset at 20 (starts listing with post #21)
and so on.
Thus to the user it appears to be one long seemingly continuous list of recent posts of the same category with ads appearing here and there.

Now if this is the purpose of the Offset function, I’m glad I learned how to use it properly. If not, perhaps others may find this useful. If there is a more efficient way, please let me know.

Regards,
Frank

Whether or not you would be able to add such a function, thank you for the consideration! That would be a bonus and quite a useful feature.

Regards,
Frank

Sorry, I missed your reply. Yes, this would be quite helpful for your plugin users!

Regards,
Frank

Thanks, here is what I came up with for a simple drop menu in case this might be helpful to others:

<div>
<select id="postList_dropdown">
[posts]
<option value="[post_permalink]">[post_title]</option>
[/posts]
</select> <input type="button" id="postList_goBtn" value="GO!"  onClick="javascript:window.location=document.getElementById('postList_dropdown').value" />
</div>

Hi, thanks for the reply! I looked again at your instructions and realized what the issue was.

On our client’s website redesign, the posts are events and the publish dates are the dates the events are to take place, thus the need for your plugin. I have a custom list of upcoming events/posts generated by a plugin and each event listing includes the categories the event belongs to. The categories are automatically generated links like https://website.com/category/category-name/ and I had assumed that these category archive pages would display the upcoming “future” events as well.

I realize now that the category page links need to be the links specified in your instructions. However, since I can’t change the automatically generated category links directly, I have started using redirects to point the appropriate category pages to https://website.com/category/category-name/?future=true. With this setup, I can now see all the upcoming events as desired.

Thanks for a great plugin!

Regards,
Frank

Hi, I have the same issue as well and I tried the suggestion by hmichaelrich, but it still didn’t activate. I tried to install on a WP 3.9.2 site.

UPDATE: After the error, I went back to the list of installed plugins and noted that the plugin was of course deactivated. Out of curiosity, I tried re-activating the plugin and lo & behold, it activated with no error this time! The plugin seems to be functioning as expected now as far as I can tell.

Ah, so I misunderstood the Repeat How Often setting! I’ve got it now and can confirm the correct function & listing in the Show Project Dates/Times. Thanks so much for the clarification!

Cheers,
Frank

This is what I see for Show Projected Dates/Times:

Start / End
Monday, August 18th, 2014, 12:00 AM PDT Monday, August 18th, 2014, 11:59 PM PDT
Monday, August 17th, 2015, 12:00 AM PDT Monday, August 17th, 2015, 11:59 PM PDT

Only two dates scheduled. And here is the rule description:
Show the content on August 18, 2014 @ 12:00 AM until August 18, 2014 @ 11:59 PM. Repeat this action every 52 weeks on Mondays. This rule will be active until August 21st, 2015. All times are in the America/Los_Angeles timezone.

Thanks for the tip. I tried a test and created a rule for Repeating Mondays with the following settings and added the correct rule shortcode to the appropriate location:
Action: Show the content
Starting Date/Time: August 18, 2014 – 12:00 AM
Ending Date/Time: August 18, 2014 – 11:59 PM.
Frequency: Weekly
Repeat How Often: 52
Repeat On The Following Days: Mondays
How Often To Repeat This Action? Keep repeating until a given date
End Date: August 21st, 2015

Problem is that when Monday, August 25, 2014 came around, my Monday content did not repeat/display. Was I correct to identify a Starting Date & Ending Date? Or should I just have the Time set without an actual Date?

Regards,
Frank