Title: Problem using the same permalink slug
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Problem using the same permalink slug

 *  Resolved [WPChina](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpresschina/)
 * (@wordpresschina)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-using-the-same-permalink-slug/)
 * I am combining a site that previously had 2 languages in separate WordPRess insances
   into one. So I am combining these 2:
    a) [http://www.domain.com](http://www.domain.com)
   b) [http://www.domain.com/zh/](http://www.domain.com/zh/)
 * And they will now retain the same URL structure as above previously, but now 
   run off the same WordPress instance running Polylang.
 * Previously, I had permalink URLs the same on each like this:
    a) [http://www.domain.com/about-services](http://www.domain.com/about-services)
   b) [http://www.domain.com/zh/about-services](http://www.domain.com/zh/about-services)
 * Now when I combine them, WordPress is forcing the Chinese to look like this:
   
   a) [http://www.domain.com/about-services](http://www.domain.com/about-services)
   b) [http://www.domain.com/zh/about-services-2](http://www.domain.com/zh/about-services-2)
 * You see it is adding “-2” on the end because the taxonomy is the same. Is there
   a way around this problem so I can use identical slugs in the permalink?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/polylang/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/polylang/)

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 *  [Kochhase](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kochhase/)
 * (@kochhase)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-using-the-same-permalink-slug/#post-6921071)
 * hi WPchina,
    maybe this plugin will help you.
 * [https://github.com/grappler/polylang-slug](https://github.com/grappler/polylang-slug)
 * it is working up to Polylang 1.8 beta2
 * “Hi Chuby” will you integrate this plugin code into core?
 *  Thread Starter [WPChina](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpresschina/)
 * (@wordpresschina)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-using-the-same-permalink-slug/#post-6921079)
 * > maybe this plugin will help you.
   >  [https://github.com/grappler/polylang-slug](https://github.com/grappler/polylang-slug)
   > it is working up to Polylang 1.8 beta2
 * Thanks for the link. I saw this on some other threads, but also some feedback
   that is caused some problems with URL looping and redirection ot the default 
   language in some situations. But I will test it to see its effect~
 *  Thread Starter [WPChina](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpresschina/)
 * (@wordpresschina)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-using-the-same-permalink-slug/#post-6921080)
 * Ok, at first glance this does appear to work fine 🙂
 * I will continue testing and setting up different scenarios to see if there appears
   any issues.
 *  [MikevZ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikevz/)
 * (@mikevz)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-using-the-same-permalink-slug/#post-6921186)
 * I’d love to have the polylang-slug functionality integrated in Polylang’s core.
   Especially for my tech blogs since most category slugs represent product and 
   vendor names or general definitions. So thanks in advance Chuby 🙂

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 * Last reply from: [MikevZ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikevz/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-using-the-same-permalink-slug/#post-6921186)
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