How can I restore the social media share counts for my last blog post?

woodbeez48 · Member · Mar 11, 2015 at 5:20 pm
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My share counts for my last blog post have reset. When I published it on Monday, I had over 50 shares via Twitter and FB by the end of the day. Then yesterday, those counts disappeared and now it looks like I’ve had hardly any, even though I know I have. Can I restore them at all? This is the post in question: https://juliestock.wordpress.com/2015/03/09/how-to-list-a-goodreads-giveaway-and-post-c2c-festival-fatigue/

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timethief · Member · Mar 11, 2015 at 5:22 pm
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woodbeez48 · Member · Mar 11, 2015 at 5:27 pm
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Thanks very much for that. I’m already subscribed I think. I hope they have an answer!
jeremeylduvall · Member · Mar 11, 2015 at 9:59 pm
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Hi @woodbeez48,

Did you happen to change the permalink for the post by change (the part after the date in the URL like this “how-to-list-a-goodreads-giveaway-and-post-c2c-festival-fatigue)? It looks like several changes were made to the title. So, I was wondering if the post URL was adjusted at all.
woodbeez48 · Member · Mar 11, 2015 at 10:41 pm
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Groan, yes, I did :(
raincoaster · Member · Mar 11, 2015 at 11:05 pm
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Then that’s why that happened, I’m afraid, and there is no going back.
woodbeez48 · Member · Mar 12, 2015 at 7:24 am
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Is that definite, even if I change it back to the old name? Thanks in advance.
raincoaster · Member · Mar 12, 2015 at 7:37 am
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Well, there’s a 24-48 hour period where you can’t resurrect a title, or WP.com puts -2 on the end of it. Perhaps if you wait 48 hours?
woodbeez48 · Member · Mar 12, 2015 at 7:57 am
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Okay, thanks. So if I changed it on Weds, by Friday, you think I might be able to change it back? Thanks so much for your help :)
jeremeylduvall · Member · Mar 12, 2015 at 4:35 pm
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I believe we can still pull back the social metrics if we change the permalink on the post (no need to change the title). You can use the Edit link shown here to change the permalink:

http://d.pr/i/17BVX

Can you try changing that back to the original value (that was shared on social media)?

The -2 would normally only be appended if a post existed on your site (trash or elsewhere) with the same URL. I’m not seeing that on your site at the moment.
woodbeez48 · Member · Mar 12, 2015 at 6:19 pm
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Yay! That did it :) Thank you so much everyone for your help. Jeremey, you really are a Happiness Engineer ;)
jeremeylduvall · Member · Mar 12, 2015 at 8:26 pm
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Woot! I’m glad that worked. Let us know if you need anything else.
woodbeez48 · Member · Mar 12, 2015 at 8:28 pm
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:) Cheers!

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