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Anthony-123
Iron Contributor
Jul 01, 2025

New post titles aren't saving for the page title and URL

When users create a new page, the page URL is something like https://company.sharepoint.com/sites/Region/SitePages/Page(6).aspx instead of the title of the post.   I see there's now a new location t...
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MarcelCroonen
Brass Contributor
Jul 02, 2025

The page URL no longer automatically uses the post title is due to the SharePoint Online “Banner” title area update rolled out in 2024. This update decouples the page’s visible title from the file name to allow more flexible layouts (including no title banner or multiple banners) and improve accessibility

Improvements to the title area at the top of SharePoint Pages and News | Microsoft Community Hub

The new design requires authors to set the page title explicitly (either on the page or via the command bar field). The system will generate the file name from that title only the first time the page is saved. And in some cases this auto-generation doesn’t occur, leaving a default “Page#.aspx” name

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/create-and-use-modern-pages-on-a-sharepoint-site-b3d46deb-27a6-4b1e-87b8-df851e503dec#:~:text=

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