id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
20224	WordPress should always add a / at the end of URLs	Confridin		"Users can change permalinks. They can add whatever they whant at the end of each url. For example :[[BR]]
- mydomain.com/myurl
- mydomain.com/myurl/
- mydomain.com/myurl.php
- mydomain.com/myurl.html
- mydomain.com/myurl.htm
- ...

There is a bug with search engines and empty URLs (mydomain.com/myurl). Google, Yahoo or Bing consider that it's not the same URl as mydomain.com/myurl/. They always try to add a / at the end of those URLs : it creates duplicate content for search engines that harms website visibility. For example, if a WordPress Blog uses /%postname% as permalink, Google is going to index both url:
- mydomain.com/myurl
- mydomain.com/myurl/

In order to correct this issue, WordPress should always add a / at the end of empty URLs (for example, without a / or without extension like .php, .asp, .html, ...)."	enhancement	reopened	normal	Awaiting Review	Canonical	3.4	normal		close