Wordpress: Why do the URLs of my posts keep changing to match the posts titles?

[GerardAdlum]

I'll try to keep this brief.

The URLs of my posts keep snapping back to exactly match their post titles, no matter how often I try to change them.

e.g.

title: How to Tie Your Shoelaces

desired URL: tie-shoelaces

BUT

actual URL: how-to-tie-your-shoelaces

Anyone come across/ resolved this issue before?

[PeacefulConquest.com]

Just to clarify - do you manually edit the URL (slug) press the button "update" but the URL slug is not saving but reverting back to its prior (default) value? If that is the case, there must be something wrong with URL (not allowed symbols) or some plugin issue messing it up. I would try to disable plugins one by one and see if any of them is causing the issue.

[GerardAdlum]

Yes, even after manually altering the URL, it reverts back to the prior value (the title of the post).

Once published, if you change the title it will also change the URL (but not create a redirect)

However

Once published, if you change the URL it will (sometimes) stick and create a redirect.

[PeacefulConquest.com]

Few things more I'd try to troubleshoot the issue:

• Trying to do edit slug using "quick edit" and "edit"
• See if the same issue is for all posts or just one specific post

Also, the slug will not update until you click Update button on the Edit Post screen. If you click on Permalink then edit, that will allow you to update the slug, then hit OK, but when you click on OK that will not update the permalink.