Can't publish a new post instead it publishes it as a new page
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I’ve clicked the create post icon, next to my profile icon, upper right corner. I then post my new post. But instead of a new post. It created a new page of the post. It never happened like that before.
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Hi there. What is the URL of the post that published as a page?
If you go to the WP-Admin dashboard: http://portal2workshopauthorpolaxiszega.wordpress.com/wp-admin/
Does it appear under All Posts or All Pages?
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It sometimes ends up as a (no parent) page, ending up on the blog’s toolbar menu. But when viewing the posts in dashboard via all posts. It is under posts but still ends up being as a new (no parent) page and the post doesn’t show up on the homepage with the other existing earlier posts.
I tried a workaround and tried scheduling the post. That worked. But when publishing the post immediately. It ends up being a new page.
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Can you please give a link to a post where this happened? That will enable staff to check what’s going on.
Additionally, are you using the new editor when this happens?
Can you also tell us what browser and version you’re using? https://www.whatismybrowser.com/
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I’m using Chrome and the version is Version 45.0.2454.101 m
I did switch to the new editor mode because I went into the link that I saw on top of the list of posts. So I switched to it. But for some odd reason it switched back to the old editor tool.
Look I’ve already explained the problem. It happens every time I click the post icon in top right corner. Once I finished creating the post. I publish it immediately. But instead it creates it as a new page instead of a new post. It happens each time I publish a new post immediately. There are no specific posts that it only does it with. Only the latest new ones at the publishing point of time.
But for strange unknown reason. It does publish it as a post if I had scheduled the post to be posted.
You can get the staff to trial it by them publishing a temporary post. As it happens each time I publish a post immediately.
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Okay, I’ve tagged this for staff to look into. Please be patient while waiting for them to answer.
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Hi there,
Thanks for reporting this issue and the detailed steps you’re taking. I’ve done some testing on my end and can’t reproduce the problem you’re having, so I have a couple questions to help track down what’s going on:
1. You mentioned that it switched back to the old editor tool:
I did switch to the new editor mode because I went into the link that I saw on top of the list of posts. So I switched to it. But for some odd reason it switched back to the old editor tool.
To make sure sure I understand correctly, when you click the new post icon (the pencil icon) in the top right, do you end up in the editor at https://portal2workshopauthorpolaxiszega.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post-new.php or https://wordpress.com/post/ ?
2. You mentioned you’re using Chrome. Does this problem also happen in other browsers, or only in Chrome?
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I don’t know how many times I have to repeat myself. Of course the pencil icon in the top right corner of the screen.
I click the pencil icon. It loads the editing tool or as creating a new post as I called it as I explained before. After I typed my post. I publish it immediately. But instead of a new post. It published it as a new page.
But for strange unknown reason. It does publish it as a post if I had scheduled the post to be posted.
I’m not sure if my account has a problem. When I clicked the pencil Icon to create a new post. I was given a notice popup about the new editor tool. I clicked the Get Started button. But it only showed me the usual editor tool that I’ve used before.
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After you click the pencil icon and editor opens, what address appears in your browser’s address bar? Is it:
- https://portal2workshopauthorpolaxiszega.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post-new.php
- https://wordpress.com/post/
- A different address (please copy and paste it in your reply)
If you use a different browser besides Chrome, does the same problem happen?
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@rachelmcr
Another user had this issue last week. See: https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/when-i-write-a-new-post-it-keeps-publishing-it-as-a-page-how-do-i-fix-this?replies=4#post-2469617 -
This is what it looks like when creating a new post.
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Thank you for that link. Does the same problem happen if you use a different browser (not Chrome)?
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Do you have another browser you can try this out in? Knowing if it also happens in another browser will help me narrow down possible causes.
Also, please clear your browser’s cache in Chrome and then try creating a new post. Let me know how that goes and I can keep troubleshooting this for you.
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Ok I’ve cleaned out the browser’s cache using Norton 360 tool. I decided to try Internet Explorer 10 on my Windows 10. I created a new post and hey presto. It published it as a new post. Not as a page this time. I then tried Chrome again. And that worked and posted it as a post as well.
So does this mean that it’s most likely to be a browser cache issue since I cleared it?
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Thanks for trying that and letting me know! That means something was saved in your browser’s cache that was causing the posts to always come out as pages.
Hopefully clearing the browser’s cache will completely resolve the problem for you. If the problem comes back, though, please let me know.
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