Title: WordPress Creating Duplicate Content
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# WordPress Creating Duplicate Content

 *  [wper000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpresser000/)
 * (@wordpresser000)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-creating-duplicate-content/)
 * Hi all,
 * I ran a report of URL’s that my site was creating and i discovered a LOT of URL’s
   like this:
 * [http://www.example.com/?fp=jweNI893KO43fa02nami589AfFS4oIA4OPNfs%2O43fa02ni4oIA4OPNam589AfFSs%3D%3D&prvtof=T8ujxE%ad465h5hKKGAAWqq7j68k%3D&poru=%8u32rhjOPUHIA23441FDRSkuioy5%3D%3D](http://www.example.com/?fp=jweNI893KO43fa02nami589AfFS4oIA4OPNfs%2O43fa02ni4oIA4OPNam589AfFSs%3D%3D&prvtof=T8ujxE%ad465h5hKKGAAWqq7j68k%3D&poru=%8u32rhjOPUHIA23441FDRSkuioy5%3D%3D)
 * Does anyone know what is causing this as I think it’s creating a duplicate content
   issue?

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-creating-duplicate-content/#post-3103530)
 * Have you tried:
 * – deactivating **all** plugins to see if this resolves the problem. If this works,
   re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s).
 * – switching to the Twenty Eleven theme to rule out any theme-specific problems.
 * – [resetting the plugins folder](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#How_to_deactivate_all_plugins_when_not_able_to_access_the_administrative_menus.3F)
   by FTP or PhpMyAdmin. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause
   problems.
 *  Thread Starter [wper000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpresser000/)
 * (@wordpresser000)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-creating-duplicate-content/#post-3103610)
 * Is there a way to make WordPress stop displaying any URL that begins with [http://www.example.com/?xxxxxx](http://www.example.com/?xxxxxx),
   i.e. perhaps forward any URL’s begining with a ? to a 404 page or similar?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-creating-duplicate-content/#post-3103636)
 * Not easily, no. Did you try any of the above steps?
 *  Thread Starter [wper000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpresser000/)
 * (@wordpresser000)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-creating-duplicate-content/#post-3103644)
 * I tried the above but there was so much damage done in the search engines because
   of it, i disabled the entire installation and flipped it to a static site.
 * I’m just trying to avoid the same issue on any other websites that I have running.
 * Thanks for the help regardless!
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-creating-duplicate-content/#post-3103651)
 * Welcome to WordPress Troubleshooting 101 – a process of elimination deliberately
   designed to locate the root cause as quickly as possible by first removing the
   most obvious and common culprits. These are not permanent steps but the first
   part of a longer troubleshooting process. However, unless you are willing to 
   take those first steps, there isn’t a lot we can do to help you.

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 * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-creating-duplicate-content/#post-3103651)
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