Automatic numbering of permalinks

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  stephensonediting · Member · Jul 30, 2013 at 12:16 pm

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  Hi. I’m having trouble changing some of the permalinks on my page, particularly the numbering. For example, the permalink to my FAQ page is http://stephensonediting.com/faq-2/ ‎and I would prefer it to be http://stephensonediting.com/faq/

  I do not already have a page with the permalink http://stephensonediting.com/faq/ but it doesn’t let me change it. Any ideas why or how I can get around this?

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  timethief · Member · Jul 30, 2013 at 5:57 pm

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  The sequential number indicates you deleted the first one you created. Go to your Trash and make sure you permanently delete it if it’s in there. http://en.support.wordpress.com/trash/#permanently-deleting-a-post-or-page

  Then edit the page slug on this one http://stephensonediting.com/faq-2/ and remove the “-2” and click update.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/new-page-screen/#page-title-and-url

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  stephensonediting · Member · Jul 31, 2013 at 7:46 am

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  Fantastic, thank you timethief! I didn’t realise the old pages still existed in the trash, but that makes sense, and has fixed the problem. Cheers!

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  timethief · Member · Aug 2, 2013 at 5:52 pm

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  You’re welcome and best wishes. :)