[genConnect]

We are seeing a bug from the Buddypress install that is breaking our site URLs and messing up SEO.

If you look at our list http://www.genconnect.com/experts/ of profiles whenever we update/edit a profile the Buddypress system is adding a -2 at the end of the URL.

So http://www.genconnect.com/author/dr-alan-altman/ becomes http://www.genconnect.com/author/dr-alan-altman-2-2-2/

This is an issue as it is breaking links we have out to people and messes with pages indexed with search engines.

This issue was reported 3 weeks ago but still hasn’t been fixed. When can we expect a fix? If we don’t have a fix soon we will need to find a solution to replace Buddypress.

Thanks!

[rich! @ etiviti]

did you file a trac ticket?

nevermind – found it
https://trac.buddypress.org/ticket/2642

[genConnect]

I will check with our developer but I believe it was filed three weeks ago.

[rich! @ etiviti]

fwiw – the wordpress backend checks if the same user_nicename AND user_login exist. if it does, it will attach a suffix (this is part of wp-includes/registration.php – wp_insert_user)

[Hugo Ashmore]

edit// ignore my ramblings: Previous two posts added while writing – mine null and void

Are you sure this is a BP issue though? I can’t replicate your issue on a local test install, that you have a customised site with members listed in some manner of grouping is suggestive of a plugin at work possibly? I may be wide of the mark though on that.

As was asked is there actually a ticket on this that we can look at or do you have a link to the post you made raising the issue.

[rich! @ etiviti]

i think its a hybrid issue – if you update the user via wp-admin – that uses wp_insert_user (maybe the name is being changed or something to trigger the suffix increased that is used in wp instead of the buddypress front-end way)

[genConnect]

Here is the trac ticket https://trac.buddypress.org/ticket/2642

[Hugo Ashmore]

@nuprn1
fwiw – the wordpress backend checks if the same user_nicename AND user_login exist. if it does, it will attach a suffix (this is part of wp-includes/registration.php – wp_insert_user)

So does that imply it’s not strictly a BP issue/ in which case the ticket really needs directing to WP if it’s to be dealt with.

[Paul Wong-Gibbs]

I’ve put my comments on the trac ticket.

[Jeff Farthing]

Obviously when you edit a user in WP, it doesn’t append anything to the user_nicename.This happens when BP is active.

[Hugo Ashmore]

I’ve added to the ticket, can’t replicate the issue.

[Jeff Farthing]

I’ve added to the ticket, found the cause.

[Michel Fortin]

Jeff, what’s the solution then? Or how do we prevent this in the future? I read the ticket, but I’m at a loss. I’m encountering this problem right now, and I had to go into phpmyadmin to correct all the user_nicename fields to remove the -2 at the end. do we simply ask people not to put spaces in their usernames?