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In addition to the link above redirecting without a redirect in the htaccess file I’ve found a new related problem. I’ve added a few 301 redirects back to the htaccess file and found they only redirect the post name (the first permalink in the redirect). The rest of the redirected URL is the same as the start redirect URL. So https://www.trainingtutorial.com/old post name/old child(s)/ is being redirected to https://www.trainingtutorial.com/new post name/old child(s)/ instead of https://www.trainingtutorial.com/new post name/new child(s). This is essentially the same problem with the link above except the link above is not in the htaccess file.

In the output from the Apache server there are two attempts to redirect the URL. I solved the second attempt by disabling the URL Guess Function using the “Disable URL Autocorrect Guessing” plugin. So now https://www.trainingtutorial.com/autodesk-inventor-tutorials/inventor-2015-training is just being redirected to https://www.trainingtutorial.com/autodesk-inventor-training/inventor-2015-training, which produces a 404 page not found. Note the parent permalink “autodesk-inventor-tutorials” changed to “autodesk-inventor-training”, but the child permalink “inventor-2015-training” did not change. Since this redirect is not in the htaccess file the URL should not be redirected, which will also produce a 404 page not found. I tried adding a redirect to the htaccess file to the appropriate URL, but the page is still being redirected to the wrong URL above.

Hi Weston, Being new to WordPress I don’t know where I should have looked to find these instructions. Can you tell me where I should have looked? I updated PWA, Activated the short name plugin, and then set the short name. All is working very well. Thank you so much for you help.

I installed and activated the PWA Manifest Short Name plugin, but the problem persists. The Site Health Status reports “Web App Manifest lacks a short name entry.” First I updated PWA to 4.0. Next I installed and activated the short name plugin, and then I checked the site health. The problem persisted. So I rolled back to the previous version of PWA and the problem was corrected.

I understand the code in the filter, but I’m not sure where I need to put it. I have the Woody Snippets plugin installed and have used it to write a custom plugin for a different purpose and is evoked by shortcode in my pages. In the Wookdy Snippets options I can have a plugin “run everywhere.” Should I write a new plugin with the filter code in it? Writing code is not new to me but the effect of doing it in a WordPress site is new. I’m not sure if I’ll create a conflict or cause other problems, and I’m not sure if “Run Everywhere” means short_name will be set every time a page is opened, when it most likely only needs to be set once. Maybe I’m over thinking it. What do you suggest?

I don’t know how it was added. I inherited this website and I’m more of an html, php, writer (old school) than WordPress website developer. The error said the short name would be listed in the Web App Manifest, and the line would read small_name=”YourSmallName”. In my research I’ve found this setting can be in the OceanWP functions.php, but I searched for the small_name variable in the file and couldn’t find it. I’ve rolled back the site to before the small name was missing (only PWA 4.0 was rolled back), but I haven’t found where it is set. Do you have any suggestions for where it is set? If I can find the setting I should be able to update PWA and then reset it.

Is there a way to keep my PWA settings after the latest PWA 4.0 update? I updated WordPress to 5.4. Confirmed this did not cause any problems by checking Site Health etc., and then updated PWA. After updating to PWA 4.0 Site Health says I am missing a short name in the Web App Manifest. I rolled the update back to the previous PWA version and the missing short name problem is gone. I’m new to WordPress. So I’m taking small steps as I update plugins. I’m using Elementor with OcianWP theme. What should I do to keep my settings and update PWA? Thanks