How to change post URL and/or use redirect

[Roxana]

I am trying to set up 301 redirects. I tried via .htaccess in file manager and it didn't work. Then I tried using the Redirection Word Press plugin. But it is still not working.

A handful of my recipe post URLs changed on their own and I suspect that the latest Word Press revision of that recipe just got saved as new URL with number extension (example: revision 4) when I was updating.

So for example, instead of the original URL slug of "moist-maple-cake" it got converted to "moist-maple-cake-4". I want to revert back to the original slug but for some reason it is not working - the URL just reverts back to the new one with the number extension.

http://www.thedeliciouscrescent.com/moist-maple-sweet-potato-walnut-butter-cake-5/

I have tried to edit the slug within the post too but it is not working. I have lost the previous share counts. But more importantly I would like to have the original slug without the number extension. My belief is that Word Press treats both the versions as the same so that's why it may not be working. But I would like to revert to the old one.
Thanks so much for any help.

http://www.thedeliciouscrescent.com/moist-maple-sweet-potato-walnut-butter-cake-5/

[Victor Font]

Revisions in WordPress are not published. A WordPress update would not change slugs in the database. The only way to see URLs with the dash number is if you have multiple published posts with the same title. Any chance of restoring the database from an earlier version?

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