My WordPress website is having some URL issue

Justin27 · Apr 22, 2020

We are facing a problem with the unexpected home page URL, (https://www.domain.com/page/2/) like this.
I identify a link is opening with any suffix number like this:-
https://www.domain.com/page/3/
https://www.domain.com/page/4/
https://www.domain.com/page/4000/
https://www.domain.com/page/3501/

My developer is saying that he checked the whole website and try to find out the cause of the issue, and try to fix it by changing in main function file and htaccess file but no luck with that, after that he searched for the same and got the result that it is the default behavior of WordPress websites and we can't change it. He also mentioned some famous Wordpress websites which have the same flow, he tested and they all have the same behavior as our website.

other website having same issue

https://www.obama.org/stories-hope-coronavirus-response/page/2365/

https://www.angrybirds.com/movie-2/page/66985/

http://www.creativeadawards.com/about/page/698742/

https://malaika-kids.org/int/how-to-help/page/23654/

https://zcg.dk/about-us/page/23654/

https://www.dealerbeats.com/about-us/page/23654/

https://hollandinstrumentation.nl/agenda/page/2365/

So is there is any solution to that?

xfiles999 · Apr 22, 2020

Permalink structure need fix i suppose. Better share URL to get better suggestions.

nSnoopy · Apr 22, 2020

Go to - /wp-admin/options-permalink.php and lets us know which option you have.

shubhamm · Apr 22, 2020

Hello can you provide me your anydesk I am a wordpress developer will fix it for free if it's in my skill
Mainly issue is permalink structure or realted to .htaccess may be it's under folder and root folder is have another .htaccess

Justin27 · Apr 22, 2020

xfiles999 said:
Permalink structure need fix i suppose. Better share URL to get better suggestions.

https://www.gammastack.com/page/3/

we use a permalink structure strictly the main problem is by adding /page/any random no like /page/871283, the page is not showing 404

Justin27 · Apr 22, 2020

other website having same issue

https://www.obama.org/stories-hope-coronavirus-response/page/2365/

https://www.angrybirds.com/movie-2/page/66985/

http://www.creativeadawards.com/about/page/698742/

https://malaika-kids.org/int/how-to-help/page/23654/

https://zcg.dk/about-us/page/23654/

https://www.dealerbeats.com/about-us/page/23654/

https://hollandinstrumentation.nl/agenda/page/2365/

xfiles999 · Apr 22, 2020

Let us know if your issue is resolved. Or i will give it a hand.

nSnoopy · Apr 22, 2020

Justin27 said:
https://www.gammastack.com/page/3/

we use a permalink structure strictly the main problem is by adding /page/any random no like /page/871283, the page is not showing 404

There is no problem on my side i don't see a random number after /page/3/ i even tried on about us page and it's showing about-us/ so there is no issue, but it's most likely related to htaccess.

Nargil · Apr 23, 2020

This is a default Wordpress behavior. On every site. Hasn't been fixed for years. All they did was, that they added canonicals to the default page URLs.

I am pretty sure that people giving you advice here have the same issue on their WP websites.

Here is a solution, worked for me - https://perishablepress.com/wordpress-infinite-duplicate-content/comment-page-4/#comments

xfiles999 · Apr 23, 2020

Nargil said:
This is a default Wordpress behavior. On every site. Hasn't been fixed for years. All they did was, that they added canonicals to the default page URLs.

I am pretty sure that people giving you advice here have the same issue on their WP websites.

Here is a solution, worked for me - https://perishablepress.com/wordpress-infinite-duplicate-content/comment-page-4/#comments

Yup i agree. And this doesnt hurt SEO too as they never get linked anywhere and doesnt get indexed as well.

So just skip the worry out of it.

Nargil · Apr 23, 2020

xfiles999 said:
Yup i agree. And this doesnt hurt SEO too as they never get linked anywhere and doesnt get indexed as well.

So just skip the worry out of it.

Oh some of mine got indexed alright. Might to do something with the current Google index issues, so I still advise to use that script.

xfiles999 · Apr 23, 2020

Nargil said:
Oh some of mine got indexed alright. Might to do something with the current Google index issues, so I still advise to use that script.

Which sitemap plugin you using?

I majorly used Yoast for my wp sites, and i control the sitemap from there. Never seen this happening before.

Nargil · Apr 23, 2020

xfiles999 said:
Which sitemap plugin you using?

I majorly used Yoast for my wp sites, and i control the sitemap from there. Never seen this happening before.

It was Yoast sitemap. But it was temporary and probably had to something with the current Google issues.

xfiles999 · Apr 23, 2020

Nargil said:
It was Yoast sitemap. But it was temporary and probably had to something with the current Google issues.

Were the links getting generated in your sitemap too?

Nargil · Apr 23, 2020

xfiles999 said:
Were the links getting generated in your sitemap too?

Not aware of that. Only a couple pages got indexed that way and they are already off. Still, that Wordpress bug should have been resolved ages ago. It's definitely not SEO friendly.

Jonathon Riley · Apr 23, 2020

Hi!
If your website(s) are on WordPress, open its control panel and browse into pages and into Permalinks and change the permalink options. This may solve your problem.

I hope this helps!
Cheers

monumohan · Apr 23, 2020

You can change permalink settings.

Turbo SEO · Apr 23, 2020

Change the permailnk option

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