[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #29587: Duplicate content problem with URLs when using WP_Query in front-page.php (was: Problem with URLs when using WP_Query in front-page.php)

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#29587: Duplicate content problem with URLs when using WP_Query in front-page.php
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 Reporter:  henry.wright  |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Query         |     Version:  4.0
 Severity:  major         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |     Focuses:
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Changes (by henry.wright):

 * severity:  normal => major


Comment:

 I just spotted some related info in the
 [http://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_a_Static_Front_Page#Pagination/
 Creating a Static Front Page] article:

     Static front pages are not intended to be paged. None of the WordPress
 Previous / Next page link functions work with a static front page.
 Pagination on a static front page uses the page query variable, not the
 paged variable. See the WP_Query for details.

 So I shouldn't have expected to see paged query results.

 But, the duplicate content problem remains. For example:

 example.com/page2/
 example.com/page23/
 example.com/page35/ ... and so on...

 example.com/page/1/
 example.com/page/2/ ... and so on..

 ...all result in the exact same content displayed as that on example.com.

 Considering this affects the homepage, I think setting this ticket to
 ''major'' is appropriate? Please feel free to change back to ''normal'' if
 you feel differently.

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