options-permalink.php: drop trailing slash

[jidanni]

Looking at the models offered on
wp-admin/options-permalink.php,
"month and name" is /%year%/%monthnum%/%postname%/ ,
But "numeric" is /archives/%post_id% .

Based on the responses in
​http://news.gmane.org/find-root.php?message_id=87bptq89me.fsf@jidanni.org
I would say in those models:

1) Be consistent.

2) Drop the trailing slash.

[filosofo]

Those responses say that it doesn't matter whether one uses the trailing slash, so it's not clear how you arrive at 2).

"Be consistent" with what? The permalink menu shows several different, common options, each of which is valid. Each when employed will be used consistently across the site. The menu examples demonstrate in a concise way the freedom of permalink construction.

[Elpie]

Replying to jidanni:

Based on the responses in
​http://news.gmane.org/find-root.php?message_id=87bptq89me.fsf@jidanni.org
I would say in those models:

1) Be consistent.

2) Drop the trailing slash.

I think you may be misinterpreting those responses.
WP gives uers the choice of how to construct their permalinks - this is not a defect but is a feature of WP.

WP also applies the permalink structure consistently across the site so its only the site admin that can do anything to cause inconsistency in the links used on the site.

This is something that should not be changed because doing so would create major issues for existing WP users.

[Viper007Bond]

This ticket makes no sense.

Recommend closing as invalid.

[simonwheatley]

Patch to add trailing slash to the numeric permalink example and auto-pop code

[simonwheatley]

I can see your point of view, Viper. This is a very minor improvement: added trailing slash to numeric permalink example and to the autopop code. Really only added a patch because it validated the time I spent working out the issue. :)

Verified permalinks still work (MAMP setup).

[filosofo]

But adding a trailing slash to the end of the numeric permalink example is not an improvement. The point is to illustrate that a trailing slash is optional.

[simonwheatley]

Replying to filosofo:

But adding a trailing slash to the end of the numeric permalink example is not an improvement. The point is to illustrate that a trailing slash is optional.

I see. IMHO that's pretty subtle, do we expect (or need?) most users to pick up on that subtlety; perhaps it would be better to say "The trailing slash is optional." (As I said before though, this is pretty minor.)

[Denis-de-Bernardy]

Adding to the general trend of opinions, I personally see things such as:

/nodes/%post_id%

... on Drupal sites or WP sites that imitate its structure, and it's seldom followed by a trailing slash.

Closing as wontfix as a result.