How to work around Portfolio page permalink?

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  jonharrisphotog · Member · Aug 13, 2015 at 8:06 am

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  Hi!

  So I am building a site using Hyalite theme (although it shouldn’t make much difference what theme is applied for this issue).

  This theme has an option to use Portfolio, but I don’t want to use it as I can better create what I want using pages. However I want to be able to name one of my pages ‘Portfolio’.

  Problem is, the /portfolio/ permalink is obviously reserved, even if I deselect that I want to use Portfolio in settings.

  Is there a way of forcing WP to recognise that I am not using Portfolio in my theme config, and let me use /portfolio/ in my permalink?

  Thanks!
  Jon

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Aug 13, 2015 at 8:16 pm

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  Hi,

  Is there a way of forcing WP to recognise that I am not using Portfolio in my theme config, and let me use /portfolio/ in my permalink?

  Possibly, but it might require CSS customization. An easy workaround might be to use a static page with the slug “portfolio-1,” or anything other than “portfolio,” yet title the page “Portfolio.”

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Aug 13, 2015 at 8:17 pm

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  Have you tried that?

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  jonharrisphotog · Member · Aug 13, 2015 at 9:23 pm

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  Hi Musicdoc1,

  I am more than happy with CSS customisation and have a Premium upgrade to allow that… so if you know of any suggestions that would be fantastic.

  Currently I do have the page titled as ‘Portfolio’, and am using the slug ‘portfolio-1’… I was just hoping for a neater slug of ‘portfolio’ if possible.

  Thanks!
  Jon

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Aug 13, 2015 at 9:40 pm

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  Hi Jon,

  Thanks for the info. I am very uninformed regarding CSS customization. However, there are a number of volunteers who visit this forum regularly who are quite knowledgeable in that area. In order to expedite the process, you might try one or both of the following:
  1. Resubmit the request to the CSS Customization forum.
  2. Add a “modlook” tag to the sidebar of the topic to call for staff attention.

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  jonharrisphotog · Member · Aug 14, 2015 at 3:04 am

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  Thanks musicdoc1! Will do.

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Aug 14, 2015 at 3:31 am

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  You’re welcome, Jon.
  Note: I meant add a “modlook” tag to the sidebar of this topic to call for staff attention.

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  jonharrisphotog · Member · Aug 16, 2015 at 10:46 pm

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  Thanks musicodc1,

  I ended up going with the suggestion of just renaming the slug to ‘my-portfolio’… seems like an elegant solution for now.

  Thanks!
  Jon

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Aug 17, 2015 at 5:46 am

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  Jon,
  You’re welcome!
  Regards,
  doc