I'm taking over a wp site that was not completed. All the pages that had been created were deleted.
I created a page and tried to rename its permalink to 'volunteer'.
However, I SUSPECT this page was once created because when I edit it and name it to /volunteer ... it automatically saves it as /volunteer-2 ?
IF I create a random named page ..i.e. testingPage, it will save the permalink like that just fine.
(My permalinks setting is set to: /%postname%/) ...
SO I am pretty sure there is a list somewhere of previously saved page names... can someone tell me where thats at and how I can clear it?
Are the deleted posts deleted from the database or just placed in the WordPress "Trash"? When you save a post, it gets a unique "slug" which is used in the %postname% part of the URL. Posts that are in the "Trash" still exist in the database, so the code picks it up. If you remove the old posts from the database, you can use the name again.