Title: Help with permalink issue
Last modified: June 26, 2023

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# Help with permalink issue

 *  Resolved [rtwdave](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rtwdave/)
 * (@rtwdave)
 * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-permalink-issue/)
 * I accidentally created and published a new blog post with the slug (permalink)
   I wanted to use for a new category. I tried updating the blog post permalink 
   and then deleted it entirely, but the new category page still shows nothing. 
   At the least, it should show the Category Name “Japan” and a short description
   I created for it. I haven’t published any blog posts with it yet, so none appear
   as I type this. I’m working on the first one today.
 * Category URL — [https://feastio.com/japan/](https://feastio.com/japan/)
 * Existing Category URL with blog posts — [https://feastio.com/vietnam/](https://feastio.com/vietnam/)
 * Yoast SEO Premium plugin gives the option to redirect a permalink if you delete
   a post, but I didn’t do that as it wouldn’t allow me to have the exact category
   URL (the country name) that I wanted.
 * Is there a way that I can fix this without having to do something technical like
   edit the database?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fhelp-with-permalink-issue%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [George Appiah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gappiah/)
 * (@gappiah)
 * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-permalink-issue/#post-16849765)
 * > At the least, it should show the Category Name “Japan” and a short description
   > I created for it. I haven’t published any blog posts with it yet, so none appear
   > as I type this. I’m working on the first one today.
 * That would depend on how your theme is coded.
 * I’ll recommend you add a post to the category to test. You could assign an existing
   post just to test and then remove it.
 *  Thread Starter [rtwdave](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rtwdave/)
 * (@rtwdave)
 * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-permalink-issue/#post-16854698)
 * Thanks. I published the first post in the category and it turns out there doesn’t
   appear to have been an issue. I can see the category description and blog post
   assigned. [https://feastio.com/japan/](https://feastio.com/japan/)

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 * Last reply from: [rtwdave](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rtwdave/)
 * Last activity: [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-permalink-issue/#post-16854698)
 * Status: resolved

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