Changing Slug on Individual Events Gives 404 Instead of Redirecting

[ericbonnici]

Hello,

I have been having several issues with 404s and the Events Calendar. For now I would like to focus on the changing of Slugs.

Normally, when you change a slug WP automatically will redirect anyone who goes to the old permalink to the new one.

I tried this on regular posts and it works fine but when i change slugs on individual events/the events calendar, WP is not redirecting to the new url. I tried to go to settings and resaving my permalinks settings but that does not work.

Any ideas what is going on and how to fix this?

Thanks
Eric

[Brook]

Howdy Eric,

That is odd. Our plugin uses standard WordPress functionality there, that is something WP does for all post types. I just confirmed that it is working fine for me running the latest version of our plugin.

If you are the sort of gent who does not mind diving into the database, try running something like this query SELECT * FROM wp_postmeta WHERE meta_key LIKE '%_wp_old_slug%'. Are you seeing your old slugs in there? If so, WP should be redirecting. If not, something is interfering with the plugin.

Eitherway I think the best first step here is to do some conflict testing. Since it is working for me and not for you, there is obviously a difference between our two setups. Let us try and isolate what that difference is so we can troubleshoot further. Would it be possible for you to test if this is one of the customizations to your site that might be conflicting. This guide will help you test if something is conflicting. If something is, it then walks you through identifying what is conflicting. Once we know that we can work towards a fix.

Also, you might give our 404 tutorial a look through. Perhaps that will help you with your other issues?

Does that make sense? Anything I can clarify or help with along the way? Please let me know. Cheers!

– Brook

[charrame]

Hola,
Tengo un problema similar. En mi caso todo funciona bien , pero “de repente”, todos los eventos me dan un error 404. La única forma de solucionarlo es, dentro del menú “enlaces permanentes”, volver a presionar “guardar”.

Es un problema muy serio, ¿Qué puedo hacer?

[Brook]

Hola charrame,

In spite of my living for many months in Central America my Spanish is not good enough to provide tech support. It sounds like you are seeing 404s in more places than this. If that is correct you might be interested in this link: https://theeventscalendar.com/support/documentation/troubleshooting-404-errors/

Either way it sounds like your issue is a little different. Would you mind creating a new topic to address your problem if that link does not help you fix it? Also, if you can speak English it will make communication much easier. Thank you!

– Brook

 

[Brook]

Since this topic has gone for a spell without a response I am going to archive it. If you do need anything else please feel free to open a new topic. Cheers!

– Brook

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