Custom slug/permalink is changed after an update of the post

[benoitchantre]

Describe the bug
When you save a post that has a custom slug, the slug is reset to to sanitized version from the title when you save the post.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Change the slug of a page using Quick Edit
2. Open the page, do some changes in the content
3. Save your changes
4. See the page: the URL doesn't contain the custom slug you set previously

Expected behavior
The custom slug should be kep.

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Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: OX X 10.13.6
• Browser: Firefox 62

Additional context

• Gutenberg 3.8

[designsimply]

Thank you for reporting this! I think it can be consolidated with #7002. Please let me know if you disagree and we can re-open here.

[benoitchantre]

@designsimply I'm not sure it's a duplicate, but they are related. #7002 describes a temporary wrong value for the slug when you reset it, until you save the post. This one is about an unwanted change of the slug by Gutenberg when you save the post (the custom slug is replaced by the default generated from the title).

[designsimply]

Okay. Notes for testing:

• Check to see if you can save a custom slug when not using Quick Edit.
• Test all sorts of ways of changing the slug using Quick Edit and make sure they work when the editor is opened.

[benoitchantre]

@designsimply It seems that this issue was caused by Polylang Pro.

[earnjam]

Closing as an issue with the plugin and not Gutenberg.

[bplus78]

Dear Team,

I got exactly the same issue.

From the quick editor the slug can be correctly edited, but when i use the Guttenberg editor, he change automatically the slug by a old article.

This bug kill actually a big parts of my SEO !

Furthermore, you seems to have the same issue with SEO pluggin in Guttenberg editor.

Can you check ASAP quickly please ?

Thanks in advance

Best Regards

Robert

[SargentoKero]

Same error here, i have yoast seo pro if you need to know. But i tested without it and the error is the same.

[atkoehler]

Closing as an issue with the plugin and not Gutenberg.

@earnjam Also have this issue still, when author edits a page they must submit for review (rather than update) which is a separate issue. However, upon submitting for review the permalink URL is changed to the default value rather than the previously set value when the page was published.

This is an issue with Gutenberg not a plugin.

[earnjam]

@atkoehler By default the author role cannot edit pages. They can, however, publish and edit their own posts. If your author role is submitting page edits for review, then something is manipulating the user role capabilities.

The contributor role cannot publish anything, but can submit posts for review. You are correct it appears to wipe the saved custom slug when submitted for review. That is a separate issue from the one originally described here, so I've created a new issue to track that in #13857.

[sim1-81]

i also have this issue for my custom post type