Permalink Conflict Between Posts and Pages with Identical Titles in WordPress

[akshat2802]

Permalink setting: Post Name

On publishing a page and post with the same title there is an override with permalink. And the latter one created renders on clicking 'view'.

For Example:
We create a post having the title 'Sample one'
Then we create a page having the title 'Sample one'

Then the permalink for both will be the same '​https://yoursite.com/sample-one'

And it will render content of Sample one Page every time.

[parthvataliya]

Reproduction Report

Description

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Environment

• WordPress: 6.8-alpha-59274-src
• PHP: 8.2.26
• Server: nginx/1.27.3
• Database: mysqli (Server: 8.0.40 / Client: mysqlnd 8.2.26)
• Browser: Chrome 131.0.0.0
• OS: Linux
• Theme: Twenty Twenty-Five 1.0
• MU Plugins: None activated
• Plugins:
  • Test Reports 1.2.0

Actual Results

1. ✅ Error condition occurs (reproduced).

Additional Notes

• This issue is reproduced when the permalink structure is set to Post name.

[kadiwala]

Duplicate of #13459.

Hi @akshat2802

This issue occurs because both posts and pages can share the same slug (permalink). However, WordPress uses a priority system to determine which content to display when accessing a URL with a common slug.

By default, WordPress prioritizes pages over posts. So, when you create a page with the same title (and therefore the same permalink) as a post, the page's content will be shown because it takes precedence over the post.