Title: Permalink Issue
Last modified: January 7, 2018

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# Permalink Issue

 *  Resolved [Noor Alam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/naa986/)
 * (@naa986)
 * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-issue-88/)
 * When I create a new post titled “How to Do Something” this is how the permalink
   is shown in the edit screen:
 * Permalink: `https://example.com/do-something/`
 * But when I save it as draft or publish, it becomes:
 * Permalink: `https://example.com/how-to-do-something/`
 * I understand that Yoast SEO automatically removes stop words from the URL (and
   I like that too). But why is it saving `https://example.com/how-to-do-something/`
   when it’s showing `https://example.com/do-something/` in edit mode?
 * I’m having to manually edit the permalink after saving/publishing a post.

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 *  [Rumejan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/onlyincebu/)
 * (@onlyincebu)
 * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-issue-88/#post-9842308)
 * If Yoast SEO is changing your slug for you, and you don’t want it, you can disable
   that functionality under SEO → Advanced→ Permalinks menu. Please refer to this
   kb article: [https://kb.yoast.com/kb/wordpress-seo-is-changing-my-slug/](https://kb.yoast.com/kb/wordpress-seo-is-changing-my-slug/).
 *  Thread Starter [Noor Alam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/naa986/)
 * (@naa986)
 * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-issue-88/#post-9842546)
 * [@onlyincebu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/onlyincebu/), Did I say that
   I don’t like that feature? I’m trying to report a potential bug in the post edit
   screen when this feature is enabled.
 *  [Md Mazedul Islam Khan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mazedulislamkhan/)
 * (@mazedulislamkhan)
 * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-issue-88/#post-9844825)
 * Thanks for bringing this to our attention [@naa986](https://wordpress.org/support/users/naa986/).
   While Yoast SEO doesn’t remove the stop words from slug when saving a post or
   page as the draft, we can confirm that when you publish it, the stop words will
   be removed from the slug by Yoast SEO.
 * That said the Yoast SEO should still remove the stop words from the slug when
   saving the page or post as a draft. So, we are expecting this to be a bug. We’re
   actively using the bug tracking on our GitHub repository so your best next step
   would be to create a new issue for our developers at [https://github.com/Yoast/wordpress-seo/issues/new](https://github.com/Yoast/wordpress-seo/issues/new).
   You will need an account to create a new issue. If this is your first bug report,
   please check out: [https://kb.yoast.com/kb/how-to-write-a-good-bug-report/](https://kb.yoast.com/kb/how-to-write-a-good-bug-report/).
 * Don’t forget to include the URL to this conversation in your bug report.
 *  Plugin Support [amboutwe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amboutwe/)
 * (@amboutwe)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-issue-88/#post-9867016)
 * This thread has been marked as resolved due to lack of activity.
 * You’re always welcome to open a new topic. Please read [this post](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-this-before-your-post/)
   before [open a new request](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-seo#new-post).
 * Thanks for understanding!

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 * 4 replies
 * 4 participants
 * Last reply from: [amboutwe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amboutwe/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-issue-88/#post-9867016)
 * Status: resolved