#4170 closed defect (bug) (fixed)
Profile URLs on the support forum return a 404 status
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| Milestone: | Priority: | high | |
| Component: | Support Forums | Keywords: | seo |
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Description
E.g., https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonoaldersonwp/
I'm presuming that this was done intentionally to prevent conflict/cannibalisation with https://profiles.wordpress.org/jonoaldersonwp/.
In which case, can we please:
- Return a 200 on the
supportversion - Add a canonical URL tag on the support version to the
profilesversion.
Change History (8)
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6 years ago
The 404 is coming from bbPress, and will be fixed in bbPress 2.6: https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3047
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6 years ago
- Resolution fixed deleted
- Status changed from closed to reopened
Replying to dd32:
That being said, A canonical link redirecting to the main profiles.wordpress.org domain seems reasonable, even if the content (including bio) can be widely different.
Pages like https://wordpress.org/support/users/sergeybiryukov/replied-to/page/2/ now have an invalid canonical URL: https://profiles.wordpress.org/sergeybiryukov/page/2/, which shows a "Page not found" error, because WP.org profiles don't have pagination. Noticed while working on #4142.
While it seems reasonable to make the canonical for https://wordpress.org/support/users/sergeybiryukov/ point to https://profiles.wordpress.org/sergeybiryukov/, not sure if it makes sense for subpages: Topics Started, Replies Created, Reviews Written, etc.
I don't think the 404 is intentional at all, and from a user perspective they're two completely separate profiles (Don't ask).
That being said, A canonical link redirecting to the main profiles.wordpress.org domain seems reasonable, even if the content (including bio) can be widely different.