Duplicate URLs

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  smithadam78 · Member · May 21, 2020 at 1:09 pm

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  Hi There,

  Recently, I have created a website with two categories i.e. example.com/written-test and example/oral-test.

  Now, when I am trying to create a post using both posts then it is not working properly.

  Example….

  I want Two Posts

  First, example.com/written-test/America
  Second, example.com/oral-test/America

  But When I Am trying to publish second post then it is something like example.com/oral-test/America-2 instead of example.com/oral-test/America. I checked all posts under the category “oral-test” but no one is identical so How can I resolve this problem, I want URL example.com/oral-test/America not example.com/oral-test/America-2

  PLEASE HELP ME

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  adarshhalan · Member · May 21, 2020 at 2:07 pm

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  Hi,

  Try changing the permalink of your page. It should work.

  You can view the slug in the editor for a post or page in the Document settings under ‘Permalink’. It should be an option on the right.

  https://wordpress.com/support/permalinks-and-slugs/

  Hope this helps

  Thanks

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  smithadam78 · Member · May 21, 2020 at 5:13 pm

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  Hey Adarsh,

  I tried all the things but nothing worked.

  I have created 2 different categories “written-test” and “oral-test” and then published a post under the category “written-test” where the URL is example.com/written-test/america and now when i am trying to create an another webpage for america under different category then I am getting “-2”. I do not have any image in media section, no nothing, I have checked all the sections.

  Am i getting “-2” because I already created the webpage “America” under different category which is “written-test”??

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  staff-mckluskey · Staff · May 22, 2020 at 11:33 am

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  Hi there!

  It is not possible to use the same slug on two posts/pages, that’s why the second post gets the -2 added to it.
  The categories do not matter in this case, because the slug of the post does not contain the category.

  Here you can read more about slugs:

  https://wordpress.com/support/permalinks-and-slugs/