🗺️ Overview
Renaming a page in Website Studio — for example, changing Blog to Articles — is straightforward, but doing it incorrectly can cause the AI agent to create a duplicate page, break internal links, or produce 404 errors. This article explains the correct approach so your site stays clean and error-free.
⚠️ Why Duplicate Pages or 404 Errors Happen
Website Studio's AI agent monitors your site structure. If you ask the AI to rename a page rather than using the manual rename controls in the builder, it may interpret your request as an instruction to create a new page while leaving the original in place. This produces two pages with similar content and can orphan any links that pointed to the old page. Always rename pages using the manual controls inside the builder — not through the AI chat.
🛠️ How to Rename a Page in Website Studio
- Open Website Studio and navigate to your page list inside the builder.
- Locate the page you want to rename (for example, Blog).
- Use the rename option available for that page in the builder's page management controls to give it a new display name (for example, Articles) and confirm the change.
- If the builder offers to update the page's URL or apply a redirect from the old address to the new one, accept those options to prevent 404 errors for visitors and search engines.
- Save and publish your changes using the appropriate controls in the builder.
🔗 Updating Internal Links After a Name or URL Change
If your page's URL changed as part of the rename, any internal links on your site that pointed to the old URL will need to be updated to the new one. Review your other pages for links referencing the old address and update them accordingly. Keeping a redirect from the old URL to the new one active will ensure external links and bookmarks continue to work in the meantime.
🤖 What to Avoid When Using the AI Agent
The AI agent is designed to build and edit content, not to handle structural renames. To avoid unintended duplicates:
- Do not type instructions like "rename my Blog page to Articles" into the AI chat. This can trigger page creation instead of a rename.
- Do not delete the original page before confirming the renamed page is fully set up — deleting without a redirect in place will cause 404 errors immediately.
- If the AI does create a duplicate page by mistake, delete the unwanted duplicate through the page list before publishing, then verify no broken links remain.
If you need further assistance, open the chat widget in the bottom-right corner of the platform and type human teammate to be connected with a member of our team.