Issue: Page Not Found (404) on Meta Site Post Links

[sumitsingh]

While browsing the ​https://make.wordpress.org/meta/

page, the following posts are resulting in a Page Not Found (404) error when clicked:

Matt Mullenweg 7:06 pm on April 11, 2026
X-post from +make.wordpress.org/core: Elevating Individuals

Matt Mullenweg 7:05 pm on April 11, 2026
X-post from +make.wordpress.org/marketing: X-post: Elevating Individuals

Matt Mullenweg 7:05 pm on April 11, 2026
X-post from +make.wordpress.org/community: X-post: Elevating Individuals

Matt Mullenweg 7:05 pm on April 11, 2026
X-post from +make.wordpress.org/design: X-post: Elevating Individuals - ​https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/04/11/elevating-individuals-2/

All posts are listed under Matt Mullenweg (April 11, 2026), but the links appear to be broken or incorrectly routed.

Expected Behavior:
Clicking on these posts should open the respective content or correctly redirect to the original post on the referenced Make site.

Actual Behavior:
Users are taken to a 404 Page Not Found error.

Impact:
This creates a poor user experience and prevents access to potentially important cross-posted content.

[sumitsingh]

you can see quick recording here.

[darshitrajyaguru97]

Issue Summary

While testing the reported links at ​https://make.wordpress.org/meta/, I can confirm that multiple X-post entries return 404 errors.

These posts appear to be cross-posts from other Make sites (Core, Marketing, Community, Design), but the generated links on the Meta site are not resolving correctly.

Observations

• The affected posts are labeled as “X-post from +make.wordpress.org/{team}”
• Clicking these links results in a 404 instead of:
  • Redirecting to the original post, or
  • Displaying a valid local copy

• Example: The Design team post links to: ​https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/04/11/elevating-individuals-2/

However, the Meta listing appears to treat it as a local post, leading to broken routing.

Possible Cause

It looks like the permalink generation for X-post entries is not correctly handling cross-site references.

Potential issues:

• Incorrect post_name or permalink structure being used
• Missing or misconfigured canonical/original URL mapping
• X-post metadata not being respected when generating links

Suggested Direction

• Ensure X-post entries use the original source URL instead of local permalinks
• Alternatively, implement a redirect mechanism for X-post entries
• Verify how cross-post data is stored and rendered (likely via custom post meta or taxonomy)

Testing

• Reproduced on multiple X-post entries listed under April 11, 2026
• Consistently results in 404 across all affected posts

Additional Notes

This impacts the discoverability of cross-team content and may affect user navigation across Make sites.
It may be helpful to confirm whether these posts are stored as:

• Actual posts on Meta with references to original content, or
• Dynamically aggregated entries from other Make sites

Depending on the implementation, the fix may belong in:

• The permalink generation logic, or
• The X-post rendering layer

Happy to help test a patch or investigate further if needed.

[Otto42]

We noticed the issue too. It is being handled. In the meantime, I have deleted the extraneous posts on the make/meta page.