Title: [Plugin: Permalink Editor] Permalink Alias question
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Permalink Editor] Permalink Alias question

 *  [snow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/snowmoon/)
 * (@snowmoon)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-permalink-editor-permalink-alias-question/)
 * Hi. I am using the Duplicate Post plugin alongside Permalink Editor. Both plugins
   are great, except for the following problem.
 * When I duplicate a post, the Permalink Alias also gets duplicated. So for example,
   let’s say I have a post called post-1.html. When I duplicate this, I can change
   the custom permalink to post-2.html with no problem. But further down the page,
   I see this:
 * Permalink Alias
    [http://www.xxx.com/%5B](http://www.xxx.com/%5B) ] –> /post-
   1.html
 * and there’s no way to edit the “post-1.html” part. So when I click update, this
   gets saved. Now when I click on a link for my new post post-2.html, it will redirect
   to post-1.html. There is a way I can remedy this, but it takes a couple of minutes
   for each post I duplicate. So I would rather have this problem fixed properly.
 * In Duplicate Post, there is a place where I can specify which meta fields not
   to duplicate, but I would need to know the meta field which refers to the Permalink
   Alias.
 * Does anyone know?
 * Thanks!
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/permalink-editor/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/permalink-editor/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Steve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/36flavours/)
 * (@36flavours)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-permalink-editor-permalink-alias-question/#post-2242283)
 * Hi,
 * The field that stores the alias value and needs to be excluded is called `custom_permalink_alias`.
 * It would probably be useful to have this mentioned in the readme file.
 * – Steve
 *  Thread Starter [snow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/snowmoon/)
 * (@snowmoon)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-permalink-editor-permalink-alias-question/#post-2242288)
 * Thanks Steve! I have tried this but the permalink alias is still being duplicated.
   I guess this is now a question for the Duplicate Post author? Thanks for your
   response though. Much appreciated.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Steve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/36flavours/)
 * (@36flavours)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-permalink-editor-permalink-alias-question/#post-2242289)
 * Sorry, my mistake – it’s actually prefixed with an underscore.
 * “`_custom_permalink_alias`“
 * (This prevents it showing in the list of custom meta fields on the edit screen).
 *  Thread Starter [snow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/snowmoon/)
 * (@snowmoon)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-permalink-editor-permalink-alias-question/#post-2242291)
 * Thanks Steve. Unfortunately it’s still being duplicated 🙁

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