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markjaquith / page-links-to

#WordPressPlugin: Lets you make a WordPress page (or other content type) link to an external URL of your choosing, instead of its WordPress URL.
GNU General Public License v2.0
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Could not rechange link #158

Open Dragonfighter0021 opened 2 years ago

Dragonfighter0021 commented 2 years ago

Hello there, so the issue is that I created a false link. Then I noticed the link was false so I tried to change it but it still links to the old link. Even If I try it without linking. So I deactivated it and tried it again but it still links to the false page. And to make it even worse, I deinstalled the plugin and it still links to the false page. I don't really get this. Luckily this was no important page and I don't want users to visit it but now it links to a non existing page and is found on google. This is shit. Just mention it therefore you can fix this whatever the problem is. With best regards Leon

MadtownLems commented 2 years ago

I believe you're experiencing this because Page Links To uses a 301 redirect, which is permanent. Hence, your browser is remembering that "old URL" should go to "new URL", and it's cutting out the middleman and just taking you to new URL.

To confirm this is the issue you're experiencing, you could try visiting the old URL in a new incognito/private window and seeing if the problem persists there as well (it shouldn't).