I am having problems editing a page's URL

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  jannoble · Member · Nov 2, 2014 at 4:56 pm

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  I can’t appear to use the slug /i/ at the end of a URL in a page I have created.

  I would like to have the url http://jannoble.co.uk/poetry/kickstarter-poems/i/
  (pages with slugs such as -poems/iii/ and -poems/v/ exist and work fine.)
  but when I edit the permalink a -2/ is always added to it.
  http://jannoble.co.uk/poetry/kickstarter-poems/i-2/

  There is no other page with this url, published, in private or in the trash.

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · Nov 3, 2014 at 4:32 pm

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  Hi there,

  I believe this is now working correctly. I was able to add a “ii” to the end of the URL as shown here:

  https://jannoble.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=3466&action=edit&message=1

  Can you take a look and let me know if you’re still having trouble?

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  jannoble · Member · Nov 3, 2014 at 6:53 pm

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  Hiya

  I was also able to add a ii/ previously. And as have I mentioned I’ve already got a URL ending in iii/ but I can’t make a simple i/ ! Always gives me i-2/ when I press OK and update.

  Thanks for your help!

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · Nov 4, 2014 at 12:39 am

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  Hi!

  I’m sorry for misunderstanding! It looks like this post actually uses the “i” slug:

  https://jannoble.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=3483&action=edit

  Can you try removing that post and then changing the page slug from “i-2” to “i” again and let me know if it sticks?

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  jannoble · Member · Nov 5, 2014 at 2:30 pm

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  Hiya

  I created that post just to see if an “i” slug would work. I have deleted it permanently now and still have the same problem – the page automatically adds “-2” to the end of “i”.

  I have also tried deleting the page http://jannoble.co.uk/poetry/kickstarter-poems/i-2/ and creating a new one. However the new page also defaults to http://jannoble.co.uk/poetry/kickstarter-poems/i-2/

  Just can’t appear to remove that “-2”

  Perhaps a page of this URL was created and deleted but its ghost is still lurking somewhere in code and refusing to die.

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · Nov 5, 2014 at 9:59 pm

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  Sorry for not realizing this sooner. The “i”-only slug cannot be used for pages. You can, however, use the “i”-only slug on posts due to the permalink structure.

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  jannoble · Member · Nov 9, 2014 at 1:17 pm

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  So “i” alone will not work on this page?

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · Nov 10, 2014 at 7:44 pm

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  No – you will not be able to have a page slug with just “i”.