Plugin not functioning as expected

  • Resolved biglawinvestor

    (@biglawinvestor)


    4 years, 9 months ago

    Hi –

    I could use some help with the Rewrite & Republish feature not performing as expected on my site. This worked on the staging version of my site, so I’m confused as to why it’s not working on the production version. I’m going to try again on the staging version and will update this thread if I learn anything.

    First, details on my site:

    Wordpress: 5.2.2
    Yoast Duplicate Post: 4.1.2

    Here’s an outline of the problem:

    When editing a Page in WordPress, I have the option to Rewrite & Republish: https://share.getcloudapp.com/o0uPG4wq

    Here’s an example of a post that I intended to use the Rewrite and Republish functionality.
    https://share.getcloudapp.com/X6ulR4wY

    Rather than having a button to “Republish” this article, WordPress is only giving me a “Publish” button.
    https://share.getcloudapp.com/Qwu5n6pA

    If I click the Publish button, WordPress creates a new version of this page rather than merging it into the old document. For example, in this particular case, it would create a new post https://www.biglawinvestor.com/lawyer-salaries-2/.

    Once I’m in this state, I can’t seem to get out of it. The original post no longer has an option for Rewrite and Republish: https://share.getcloudapp.com/eDuRXzqP

    Do you have any suggestions on how I can get the plugin to function as expected and merge the new content into the old content?

    -Josh

    The page I need help with: [log in to see the link]

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  • Thread Starter biglawinvestor

    (@biglawinvestor)

    4 years, 9 months ago

    Just a quick follow-up. The plugin is functioning as expected on the staging site. The only difference between the two sites is the staging site has WordPress 5.7.2 installed. Is that the problem? Or is there a user error and I’m doing something wrong?

    Plugin Support Michael Tiña

    (@mikes41720)

    4 years, 9 months ago

    Hi @biglawinvestor

    Just to clarify, on your production site, it’s on WordPress 5.2.2?

    We don’t recommend using older versions of WordPress (with reasons stated in the article here), so if the only difference between your staging site and your live site is the WP version, we would recommend updating the production site to 5.7.2 or the latest version of 5.8.1, and seeing if the rewrite & republish function in the Yoast Duplicate Post plugin then works as intended.

    Thread Starter biglawinvestor

    (@biglawinvestor)

    4 years, 9 months ago

    Thank you @mikes41720, I appreciate the response.

    Yes, the production site was on WordPress 5.2.2.

    We updated to WordPress 5.7.2 today and that solved the problem. The Yoast Duplicate Post plugin now works as intended.

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