[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #17653: Canonical Redirect when space(s) are used instead of hyphens when requesting a page

[WordPress Trac]

#17653: Canonical Redirect when space(s) are used instead of hyphens when
requesting a page
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 Reporter:  jamescollins  |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement   |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Canonical     |    Version:  3.2
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
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 Create a page with a slug that contains a hyphen (eg. /page-name/).

 If you then visit /page name/ (ie. use a space instead of a hyphen),
 WordPress currently manages to locate and display the page-name page. This
 could cause duplicate content issues.

 The same issue occurs if multiple spaces are used instead of a hyphen.

 As an example, this is the original page: http://jamesc.id.au/test-page/

 This page is accessible via:
 * http://jamesc.id.au/test%20page/
 * http://jamesc.id.au/test%20%20page/
 * http://jamesc.id.au/test%20%20%20page/
 * http://jamesc.id.au/test%20%20%20%20page/

 and so on.

 WordPress should either output a 404 error, or redirect to /page-name/.

 Tested using the latest 3.2 trunk (r18110).

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