[wp-hackers] Unique Stubs

Otto otto at ottodestruct.com
Thu Feb 7 18:05:54 GMT 2008


That's really not a minor change. The post_name is a primary key. It
can't have dupes.

-Otto



On Feb 7, 2008 12:01 PM, Stephen Rider <wp-hackers at striderweb.com> wrote:
> At the least we might put in some way to turn it off.  I can see how
> people might like it either way.
>
> Sounds like a plugin, Viper.
>
> Stephen
>
>
> On Feb 7, 2008, at 8:48 AM, Ozh wrote:
>
> >> Just drives me nuts that when I happen to make a post with the
> >> same name as
> >> like a year ago, it sticks a suffix on it. :(
> >
> > Actually, I love this feature, which I noticed about after more than 2
> > years of using WP.
> > http://planetozh.com/blog/2004/06/offline-for-a-month/
> > http://planetozh.com/blog/2005/07/offline-for-a-month-2/
> > http://planetozh.com/blog/2006/06/offline-for-a-month-3/
> > http://planetozh.com/blog/2007/07/offline-for-a-month-4/
> > Can't wait for the #5 next summer! :)
> >
> > Also, from a strict SEO perspective, I think it's rather negligible:
> > adding a number to your slug doesnt add or take any SEO (keyword)
> > value
> > from it. Seems like the best option to me.
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