Changing Permalinks – why do Posts redirect, but Pages give 404?

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    rctoymemories · Member ·

    I’ve searched around, but couldn’t find an answer to this. So either there’s a incredibly simple answer, or it’s a whole new question :)

    When you change the permalink of a Post, but then visit the original URL, you are auto-redirected to the new URL. Quite handy.

    But when you do the same with a Page, you get a 404. Or at least I do.
    Which suggests the Permalink of a page should never be changed – unless you’re prepared to lose your Google pagerank of that page.

    Can anyone explain why it’s different between the two? And is there a way to prevent a 404s on a Page, after changing the Permalink? Any info much appreciated.

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