diff --git a/apps/admin-x-settings/package.json b/apps/admin-x-settings/package.json
index d2f54e3c09..e9172100a7 100644
--- a/apps/admin-x-settings/package.json
+++ b/apps/admin-x-settings/package.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     "build": "tsc && vite build",
     "lint": "yarn run lint:js",
     "lint:js": "eslint --ext .js,.ts,.cjs,.tsx --cache src test",
-    "test:unit": "yarn build",
+    "test:unit": "yarn build && vitest run",
     "test:e2e": "NODE_OPTIONS='--experimental-specifier-resolution=node --no-warnings' VITE_TEST=true playwright test",
     "test:slowmo": "TIMEOUT=100000 PLAYWRIGHT_SLOWMO=100 yarn test:e2e --headed",
     "test:e2e:full": "ALL_BROWSERS=1 yarn test:e2e",
diff --git a/apps/admin-x-settings/src/components/settings/site/recommendations/AddRecommendationModal.tsx b/apps/admin-x-settings/src/components/settings/site/recommendations/AddRecommendationModal.tsx
index 8c125d52a2..daf1c07a3a 100644
--- a/apps/admin-x-settings/src/components/settings/site/recommendations/AddRecommendationModal.tsx
+++ b/apps/admin-x-settings/src/components/settings/site/recommendations/AddRecommendationModal.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ import React from 'react';
 import URLTextField from '../../../../admin-x-ds/global/form/URLTextField';
 import useForm from '../../../../hooks/useForm';
 import useRouting from '../../../../hooks/useRouting';
-import {EditOrAddRecommendation} from '../../../../api/recommendations';
+import {EditOrAddRecommendation, useBrowseRecommendations} from '../../../../api/recommendations';
+import {arePathsEqual, trimSearchAndHash} from '../../../../utils/url';
 import {showToast} from '../../../../admin-x-ds/global/Toast';
 import {toast} from 'react-hot-toast';
 import {useExternalGhostSite} from '../../../../api/external-ghost-site';
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ const AddRecommendationModal: React.FC<AddRecommendationModalProps> = ({recommen
     const {updateRoute} = useRouting();
     const {query: queryOembed} = useGetOembed();
     const {query: queryExternalGhostSite} = useExternalGhostSite();
+    const {data: {recommendations} = {}} = useBrowseRecommendations();
 
     const {formState, updateForm, handleSave, errors, validate, saveState, clearError} = useForm({
         initialState: recommendation ?? {
@@ -34,28 +36,19 @@ const AddRecommendationModal: React.FC<AddRecommendationModalProps> = ({recommen
             one_click_subscribe: false
         },
         onSave: async () => {
-            let validatedUrl: URL | null = null;
-            try {
-                validatedUrl = new URL(formState.url);
-            } catch (e) {
-                // Ignore
-            }
+            let validatedUrl: URL;
+            validatedUrl = new URL(formState.url);
+            validatedUrl = trimSearchAndHash(validatedUrl);
 
             // First check if it s a Ghost site or not
-            let externalGhostSite = validatedUrl && validatedUrl.protocol === 'https:' ? (await queryExternalGhostSite('https://' + validatedUrl.host)) : null;
-            let defaultTitle = formState.title;
-            if (!defaultTitle) {
-                if (validatedUrl) {
-                    defaultTitle = validatedUrl.hostname.replace('www.', '');
-                } else {
-                    // Ignore
-                    defaultTitle = formState.url;
-                }
-            }
+            let externalGhostSite = validatedUrl.protocol === 'https:' ? (await queryExternalGhostSite('https://' + validatedUrl.host)) : null;
+
+            // Use the hostname as fallback title
+            const defaultTitle = validatedUrl.hostname.replace('www.', '');
 
             const updatedRecommendation = {
                 ...formState,
-                title: defaultTitle
+                url: validatedUrl.toString()
             };
 
             if (externalGhostSite) {
@@ -65,7 +58,6 @@ const AddRecommendationModal: React.FC<AddRecommendationModalProps> = ({recommen
                 updatedRecommendation.featured_image = externalGhostSite.site.cover_image?.toString() ?? formState.featured_image ?? null;
                 updatedRecommendation.favicon = externalGhostSite.site.icon?.toString() ?? externalGhostSite.site.logo?.toString() ?? formState.favicon ?? null;
                 updatedRecommendation.one_click_subscribe = externalGhostSite.site.allow_self_signup;
-                updatedRecommendation.url = externalGhostSite.site.url.toString();
             } else {
                 // For non-Ghost sites, we use the Oemebd API to fetch metadata
                 const oembed = await queryOembed({
@@ -95,10 +87,15 @@ const AddRecommendationModal: React.FC<AddRecommendationModalProps> = ({recommen
 
                 // Check domain includes a dot
                 if (!u.hostname.includes('.')) {
-                    newErrors.url = 'Please enter a valid URL';
+                    newErrors.url = 'Please enter a valid URL.';
+                }
+
+                // Check that it doesn't exist already
+                if (recommendations?.find(r => arePathsEqual(r.url, u.toString()))) {
+                    newErrors.url = 'A recommendation with this URL already exists.';
                 }
             } catch (e) {
-                newErrors.url = 'Please enter a valid URL';
+                newErrors.url = 'Please enter a valid URL.';
             }
 
             return newErrors;
@@ -133,18 +130,11 @@ const AddRecommendationModal: React.FC<AddRecommendationModalProps> = ({recommen
 
             toast.remove();
             try {
-                if (await handleSave({force: true})) {
-                    // Already handled
-                } else {
-                    showToast({
-                        type: 'pageError',
-                        message: 'One or more fields have errors, please double check that you\'ve filled all mandatory fields.'
-                    });
-                }
+                await handleSave({force: true});
             } catch (e) {
                 showToast({
                     type: 'pageError',
-                    message: 'Something went wrong while checking this URL, please try again'
+                    message: 'Something went wrong while checking this URL, please try again.'
                 });
             }
         }}
diff --git a/apps/admin-x-settings/src/components/settings/site/recommendations/AddRecommendationModalConfirm.tsx b/apps/admin-x-settings/src/components/settings/site/recommendations/AddRecommendationModalConfirm.tsx
index b2906c07e5..f139e0c36d 100644
--- a/apps/admin-x-settings/src/components/settings/site/recommendations/AddRecommendationModalConfirm.tsx
+++ b/apps/admin-x-settings/src/components/settings/site/recommendations/AddRecommendationModalConfirm.tsx
@@ -101,12 +101,12 @@ const AddRecommendationModalConfirm: React.FC<AddRecommendationModalProps> = ({r
             }
 
             dismissAllToasts();
-            if (await handleSave({force: true})) {
-                // Already handled
-            } else {
+            try {
+                await handleSave({force: true});
+            } catch (e) {
                 showToast({
                     type: 'pageError',
-                    message: 'One or more fields have errors, please double check that you\'ve filled all mandatory fields.'
+                    message: 'Something went wrong when adding this recommendation, please try again.'
                 });
             }
         }}
diff --git a/apps/admin-x-settings/src/utils/url.ts b/apps/admin-x-settings/src/utils/url.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..759b04bdd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/admin-x-settings/src/utils/url.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+export function trimSearch(url: URL) {
+    url.search = '';
+    return url;
+}
+
+export function trimHash(url: URL) {
+    url.hash = '';
+    return url;
+}
+
+export function trimSearchAndHash(url: URL) {
+    url.search = '';
+    url.hash = '';
+    return url;
+}
+
+/*  Compare two URLs based on their hostname and pathname.
+ *  Query params, hash fragements, protocol and www are ignored.
+ *
+ *  Example:
+ *  - https://a.com, http://a.com, https://www.a.com, https://a.com?param1=value, https://a.com/#segment-1 are all considered equal
+ *  - but, https://a.com/path-1 and  https://a.com/path-2 are not
+ */
+export function arePathsEqual(urlStr1: string, urlStr2: string) {
+    let url1, url2;
+
+    try {
+        url1 = new URL(urlStr1);
+        url2 = new URL(urlStr2);
+    } catch (e) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return (
+        url1.hostname.replace('www.', '') === url2.hostname.replace('www.', '') && 
+        url1.pathname === url2.pathname
+    );
+}
diff --git a/apps/admin-x-settings/test/unit/utils/url.test.ts b/apps/admin-x-settings/test/unit/utils/url.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3d1466b822
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/admin-x-settings/test/unit/utils/url.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+import * as assert from 'assert/strict';
+import {arePathsEqual, trimHash, trimSearch, trimSearchAndHash} from '../../../src/utils/url';
+
+describe('trimSearch', function () {
+    it('removes the query parameters from a URL', function () {
+        const url = 'https://example.com/?foo=bar&baz=qux';
+        const parsedUrl = new URL(url);
+
+        assert.equal(trimSearch(parsedUrl).toString(), 'https://example.com/');
+    });
+});
+
+describe('trimHash', function () {
+    it('removes the hash fragment from a URL', function () {
+        const url = 'https://example.com/path#section-1';
+        const parsedUrl = new URL(url);
+
+        assert.equal(trimHash(parsedUrl).toString(), 'https://example.com/path');
+    });
+});
+
+describe('trimSearchAndHash', function () {
+    it('removes the hash fragment from a URL', function () {
+        const url = 'https://example.com/path#section-1?foo=bar&baz=qux';
+        const parsedUrl = new URL(url);
+
+        assert.equal(trimSearchAndHash(parsedUrl).toString(), 'https://example.com/path');
+    });
+});
+
+describe('arePathsEqual', function () {
+    it('returns false if one of the param is not a URL', function () {
+        const url1 = 'foo';
+        const url2 = 'https://example.com';
+
+        assert.equal(arePathsEqual(url1, url2), false);
+    });
+
+    it('returns false if hostnames are different', function () {
+        const url1 = 'https://a.com';
+        const url2 = 'https://b.com';
+
+        assert.equal(arePathsEqual(url1, url2), false);
+    });
+
+    it('returns false if top level domains are different', function () {
+        const url1 = 'https://a.io';
+        const url2 = 'https://a.com';
+
+        assert.equal(arePathsEqual(url1, url2), false);
+    });
+
+    it('returns false if sub domains are different', function () {
+        const url1 = 'https://sub.a.com';
+        const url2 = 'https://subdiff.a.com';
+
+        assert.equal(arePathsEqual(url1, url2), false);
+    });
+
+    it('returns false if paths are different', function () {
+        const url1 = 'https://a.com/path-1';
+        const url2 = 'https://a.com/path-2';
+
+        assert.equal(arePathsEqual(url1, url2), false);
+    });
+
+    it('returns true even if protocols are different', function () {
+        const url1 = 'http://a.com';
+        const url2 = 'https://a.com';
+
+        assert.equal(arePathsEqual(url1, url2), true);
+    });
+
+    it('returns true even if www is used in one of the urls', function () {
+        const url1 = 'https://www.a.com';
+        const url2 = 'https://a.com';
+
+        assert.equal(arePathsEqual(url1, url2), true);
+    });
+
+    it('returns true even if query parameters are different', function () {
+        const url1 = 'http://a.com?foo=bar';
+        const url2 = 'http://a.com';
+
+        assert.equal(arePathsEqual(url1, url2), true);
+    });
+
+    it('returns true even if hash segments are different', function () {
+        const url1 = 'http://a.com#segment-1';
+        const url2 = 'http://a.com';
+
+        assert.equal(arePathsEqual(url1, url2), true);
+    });
+});
diff --git a/apps/admin-x-settings/vite.config.ts b/apps/admin-x-settings/vite.config.ts
index 611dac74ea..55a6e86227 100644
--- a/apps/admin-x-settings/vite.config.ts
+++ b/apps/admin-x-settings/vite.config.ts
@@ -74,8 +74,7 @@ export default (function viteConfig() {
         test: {
             globals: true, // required for @testing-library/jest-dom extensions
             environment: 'jsdom',
-            setupFiles: './test/test-setup.js',
-            include: ['./test/unit/*'],
+            include: ['./test/unit/**/*'],
             testTimeout: process.env.TIMEOUT ? parseInt(process.env.TIMEOUT) : 10000,
             ...(process.env.CI && { // https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/issues/1674
                 minThreads: 1,
diff --git a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/__snapshots__/recommendations.test.js.snap b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/__snapshots__/recommendations.test.js.snap
index 68abcff152..e31b6d1f18 100644
--- a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/__snapshots__/recommendations.test.js.snap
+++ b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/__snapshots__/recommendations.test.js.snap
@@ -115,12 +115,12 @@ Object {
   "recommendations": Array [
     Object {
       "created_at": StringMatching /\\\\d\\{4\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}T\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}\\\\\\.000Z/,
-      "excerpt": "Dogs are cute",
-      "favicon": "https://dogpictures.com/favicon.ico",
-      "featured_image": "https://dogpictures.com/dog.jpg",
+      "excerpt": null,
+      "favicon": null,
+      "featured_image": null,
       "id": StringMatching /\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{24\\}/,
-      "one_click_subscribe": true,
-      "reason": "Because dogs are cute",
+      "one_click_subscribe": false,
+      "reason": null,
       "title": "Dog Pictures",
       "updated_at": StringMatching /\\\\d\\{4\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}T\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}\\\\\\.000Z/,
       "url": "https://dogpictures.com/",
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ exports[`Recommendations Admin API Can browse 2: [headers] 1`] = `
 Object {
   "access-control-allow-origin": "http://127.0.0.1:2369",
   "cache-control": "no-cache, private, no-store, must-revalidate, max-stale=0, post-check=0, pre-check=0",
-  "content-length": "463",
+  "content-length": "372",
   "content-type": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
   "content-version": StringMatching /v\\\\d\\+\\\\\\.\\\\d\\+/,
   "etag": StringMatching /\\(\\?:W\\\\/\\)\\?"\\(\\?:\\[ !#-\\\\x7E\\\\x80-\\\\xFF\\]\\*\\|\\\\r\\\\n\\[\\\\t \\]\\|\\\\\\\\\\.\\)\\*"/,
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ Object {
       "reason": "Because cats are cute",
       "title": "Cat Pictures",
       "updated_at": StringMatching /\\\\d\\{4\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}T\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}\\\\\\.000Z/,
-      "url": "https://catpictures.com/",
+      "url": "https://dogpictures.com/",
     },
   ],
 }
@@ -198,22 +198,10 @@ Object {
       "page": 1,
       "pages": 2,
       "prev": null,
-      "total": 16,
+      "total": 15,
     },
   },
   "recommendations": Array [
-    Object {
-      "created_at": StringMatching /\\\\d\\{4\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}T\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}\\\\\\.000Z/,
-      "excerpt": "Dogs are cute",
-      "favicon": "https://dogpictures.com/favicon.ico",
-      "featured_image": "https://dogpictures.com/dog.jpg",
-      "id": StringMatching /\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{24\\}/,
-      "one_click_subscribe": true,
-      "reason": "Because dogs are cute",
-      "title": "Dog Pictures",
-      "updated_at": StringMatching /\\\\d\\{4\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}T\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}\\\\\\.000Z/,
-      "url": "https://dogpictures.com/",
-    },
     Object {
       "created_at": StringMatching /\\\\d\\{4\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}T\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}\\\\\\.000Z/,
       "excerpt": null,
@@ -322,6 +310,18 @@ Object {
       "updated_at": StringMatching /\\\\d\\{4\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}T\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}\\\\\\.000Z/,
       "url": "https://recommendation6.com/",
     },
+    Object {
+      "created_at": StringMatching /\\\\d\\{4\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}T\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}\\\\\\.000Z/,
+      "excerpt": null,
+      "favicon": null,
+      "featured_image": null,
+      "id": StringMatching /\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{24\\}/,
+      "one_click_subscribe": false,
+      "reason": "Reason 5",
+      "title": "Recommendation 5",
+      "updated_at": StringMatching /\\\\d\\{4\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}T\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}\\\\\\.000Z/,
+      "url": "https://recommendation5.com/",
+    },
   ],
 }
 `;
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ exports[`Recommendations Admin API Can request pages 2: [headers] 1`] = `
 Object {
   "access-control-allow-origin": "http://127.0.0.1:2369",
   "cache-control": "no-cache, private, no-store, must-revalidate, max-stale=0, post-check=0, pre-check=0",
-  "content-length": "2979",
+  "content-length": "2902",
   "content-type": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
   "content-version": StringMatching /v\\\\d\\+\\\\\\.\\\\d\\+/,
   "etag": StringMatching /\\(\\?:W\\\\/\\)\\?"\\(\\?:\\[ !#-\\\\x7E\\\\x80-\\\\xFF\\]\\*\\|\\\\r\\\\n\\[\\\\t \\]\\|\\\\\\\\\\.\\)\\*"/,
@@ -348,22 +348,10 @@ Object {
       "page": 2,
       "pages": 2,
       "prev": 1,
-      "total": 16,
+      "total": 15,
     },
   },
   "recommendations": Array [
-    Object {
-      "created_at": StringMatching /\\\\d\\{4\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}T\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}\\\\\\.000Z/,
-      "excerpt": null,
-      "favicon": null,
-      "featured_image": null,
-      "id": StringMatching /\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{24\\}/,
-      "one_click_subscribe": false,
-      "reason": "Reason 5",
-      "title": "Recommendation 5",
-      "updated_at": StringMatching /\\\\d\\{4\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}T\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}\\\\\\.000Z/,
-      "url": "https://recommendation5.com/",
-    },
     Object {
       "created_at": StringMatching /\\\\d\\{4\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}T\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}\\\\\\.000Z/,
       "excerpt": null,
@@ -432,7 +420,7 @@ exports[`Recommendations Admin API Can request pages 4: [headers] 1`] = `
 Object {
   "access-control-allow-origin": "http://127.0.0.1:2369",
   "cache-control": "no-cache, private, no-store, must-revalidate, max-stale=0, post-check=0, pre-check=0",
-  "content-length": "1775",
+  "content-length": "1497",
   "content-type": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
   "content-version": StringMatching /v\\\\d\\+\\\\\\.\\\\d\\+/,
   "etag": StringMatching /\\(\\?:W\\\\/\\)\\?"\\(\\?:\\[ !#-\\\\x7E\\\\x80-\\\\xFF\\]\\*\\|\\\\r\\\\n\\[\\\\t \\]\\|\\\\\\\\\\.\\)\\*"/,
@@ -507,7 +495,7 @@ exports[`Recommendations Admin API Uses default limit of 5 1: [headers] 1`] = `
 Object {
   "access-control-allow-origin": "http://127.0.0.1:2369",
   "cache-control": "no-cache, private, no-store, must-revalidate, max-stale=0, post-check=0, pre-check=0",
-  "content-length": "1585",
+  "content-length": "109",
   "content-type": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
   "content-version": StringMatching /v\\\\d\\+\\\\\\.\\\\d\\+/,
   "etag": StringMatching /\\(\\?:W\\\\/\\)\\?"\\(\\?:\\[ !#-\\\\x7E\\\\x80-\\\\xFF\\]\\*\\|\\\\r\\\\n\\[\\\\t \\]\\|\\\\\\\\\\.\\)\\*"/,
diff --git a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/recommendations.test.js b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/recommendations.test.js
index bb6937ac0c..0ea79db1e5 100644
--- a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/recommendations.test.js
+++ b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/recommendations.test.js
@@ -4,6 +4,17 @@ const assert = require('assert/strict');
 const recommendationsService = require('../../../core/server/services/recommendations');
 const {Recommendation} = require('@tryghost/recommendations');
 
+async function addDummyRecommendation(agent) {
+    await agent.post('recommendations/').body({
+        recommendations: [{
+            title: 'Dog Pictures',
+            url: 'https://dogpictures.com'
+        }]
+    });
+    const id = (await recommendationsService.repository.getAll())[0].id;
+    return id;
+}
+
 describe('Recommendations Admin API', function () {
     let agent;
 
@@ -11,15 +22,14 @@ describe('Recommendations Admin API', function () {
         agent = await agentProvider.getAdminAPIAgent();
         await fixtureManager.init('posts');
         await agent.loginAsOwner();
+    });
 
-        // Clear placeholders
+    afterEach(async function () {
         for (const recommendation of (await recommendationsService.repository.getAll())) {
             recommendation.delete();
             await recommendationsService.repository.save(recommendation);
         }
-    });
 
-    afterEach(function () {
         mockManager.restore();
     });
 
@@ -94,13 +104,32 @@ describe('Recommendations Admin API', function () {
         assert.equal(body.recommendations[0].one_click_subscribe, true);
     });
 
+    it('Cannot add the same recommendation twice', async function () {
+        await agent.post('recommendations/')
+            .body({
+                recommendations: [{
+                    title: 'Dog Pictures',
+                    url: 'https://dogpictures.com'
+                }]
+            });
+
+        await agent.post('recommendations/')
+            .body({
+                recommendations: [{
+                    title: 'Dog Pictures 2',
+                    url: 'https://dogpictures.com'
+                }]
+            })
+            .expectStatus(422);
+    });
+
     it('Can edit recommendation', async function () {
-        const id = (await recommendationsService.repository.getAll())[0].id;
+        const id = await addDummyRecommendation(agent);
         const {body} = await agent.put(`recommendations/${id}/`)
             .body({
                 recommendations: [{
                     title: 'Cat Pictures',
-                    url: 'https://catpictures.com',
+                    url: 'https://dogpictures.com',
                     reason: 'Because cats are cute',
                     excerpt: 'Cats are cute',
                     featured_image: 'https://catpictures.com/cat.jpg',
@@ -126,7 +155,7 @@ describe('Recommendations Admin API', function () {
         // Check everything is set correctly
         assert.equal(body.recommendations[0].id, id);
         assert.equal(body.recommendations[0].title, 'Cat Pictures');
-        assert.equal(body.recommendations[0].url, 'https://catpictures.com/');
+        assert.equal(body.recommendations[0].url, 'https://dogpictures.com/');
         assert.equal(body.recommendations[0].reason, 'Because cats are cute');
         assert.equal(body.recommendations[0].excerpt, 'Cats are cute');
         assert.equal(body.recommendations[0].featured_image, 'https://catpictures.com/cat.jpg');
@@ -135,16 +164,17 @@ describe('Recommendations Admin API', function () {
     });
 
     it('Cannot use invalid protocols when editing', async function () {
-        const id = (await recommendationsService.repository.getAll())[0].id;
+        const id = await addDummyRecommendation(agent);
+
         await agent.put(`recommendations/${id}/`)
             .body({
                 recommendations: [{
                     title: 'Cat Pictures',
-                    url: 'https://catpictures.com',
+                    url: 'https://dogpictures.com',
                     reason: 'Because cats are cute',
                     excerpt: 'Cats are cute',
-                    featured_image: 'ftp://catpictures.com/cat.jpg',
-                    favicon: 'ftp://catpictures.com/favicon.ico',
+                    featured_image: 'ftp://dogpictures.com/dog.jpg',
+                    favicon: 'ftp://dogpictures.com/favicon.ico',
                     one_click_subscribe: false
                 }]
             })
@@ -163,7 +193,7 @@ describe('Recommendations Admin API', function () {
     });
 
     it('Can delete recommendation', async function () {
-        const id = (await recommendationsService.repository.getAll())[0].id;
+        const id = await addDummyRecommendation(agent);
         await agent.delete(`recommendations/${id}/`)
             .expectStatus(204)
             .matchHeaderSnapshot({
@@ -174,6 +204,8 @@ describe('Recommendations Admin API', function () {
     });
 
     it('Can browse', async function () {
+        await addDummyRecommendation(agent);
+
         await agent.get('recommendations/')
             .expectStatus(200)
             .matchHeaderSnapshot({
@@ -227,7 +259,7 @@ describe('Recommendations Admin API', function () {
         assert.equal(page1.meta.pagination.pages, 2);
         assert.equal(page1.meta.pagination.next, 2);
         assert.equal(page1.meta.pagination.prev, null);
-        assert.equal(page1.meta.pagination.total, 16);
+        assert.equal(page1.meta.pagination.total, 15);
 
         const {body: page2} = await agent.get('recommendations/?page=2&limit=10')
             .expectStatus(200)
@@ -236,7 +268,7 @@ describe('Recommendations Admin API', function () {
                 etag: anyEtag
             })
             .matchBodySnapshot({
-                recommendations: new Array(6).fill({
+                recommendations: new Array(5).fill({
                     id: anyObjectId,
                     created_at: anyISODateTime,
                     updated_at: anyISODateTime
@@ -248,7 +280,7 @@ describe('Recommendations Admin API', function () {
         assert.equal(page2.meta.pagination.pages, 2);
         assert.equal(page2.meta.pagination.next, null);
         assert.equal(page2.meta.pagination.prev, 1);
-        assert.equal(page2.meta.pagination.total, 16);
+        assert.equal(page2.meta.pagination.total, 15);
     });
 
     it('Uses default limit of 5', async function () {
diff --git a/ghost/recommendations/src/BookshelfRecommendationRepository.ts b/ghost/recommendations/src/BookshelfRecommendationRepository.ts
index 5f2b76dbd5..96b1ad7aad 100644
--- a/ghost/recommendations/src/BookshelfRecommendationRepository.ts
+++ b/ghost/recommendations/src/BookshelfRecommendationRepository.ts
@@ -7,10 +7,19 @@ type Sentry = {
     captureException(err: unknown): void;
 }
 
+type RecommendationFindOneData<T> = {
+    id?: T;
+    url?: string;
+};
+
+type RecommendationModelClass<T> = ModelClass<T> & {
+    findOne: (data: RecommendationFindOneData<T>, options?: { require?: boolean }) => Promise<ModelInstance<T> | null>;
+};
+
 export class BookshelfRecommendationRepository extends BookshelfRepository<string, Recommendation> implements RecommendationRepository {
     sentry?: Sentry;
 
-    constructor(Model: ModelClass<string>, deps: {sentry?: Sentry} = {}) {
+    constructor(Model: RecommendationModelClass<string>, deps: {sentry?: Sentry} = {}) {
         super(Model);
         this.sentry = deps.sentry;
     }
@@ -65,4 +74,9 @@ export class BookshelfRecommendationRepository extends BookshelfRepository<strin
             updatedAt: 'updated_at'
         } as Record<keyof Recommendation, string>;
     }
+
+    async getByUrl(url: URL): Promise<Recommendation | null> {
+        const model = await (this.Model as RecommendationModelClass<string>).findOne({url: url.toString()}, {require: false});
+        return model ? this.modelToEntity(model) : null;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/ghost/recommendations/src/InMemoryRecommendationRepository.ts b/ghost/recommendations/src/InMemoryRecommendationRepository.ts
index a1ba20507d..95835e1ff4 100644
--- a/ghost/recommendations/src/InMemoryRecommendationRepository.ts
+++ b/ghost/recommendations/src/InMemoryRecommendationRepository.ts
@@ -6,4 +6,10 @@ export class InMemoryRecommendationRepository extends InMemoryRepository<string,
     toPrimitive(entity: Recommendation): object {
         return entity;
     }
+
+    getByUrl(url: URL): Promise<Recommendation | null> {
+        return this.getAll().then((recommendations) => {
+            return recommendations.find(recommendation => recommendation.url.toString() === url.toString()) || null;
+        });
+    }
 }
diff --git a/ghost/recommendations/src/Recommendation.ts b/ghost/recommendations/src/Recommendation.ts
index 8c76e72bea..4fe75e05ea 100644
--- a/ghost/recommendations/src/Recommendation.ts
+++ b/ghost/recommendations/src/Recommendation.ts
@@ -100,10 +100,18 @@ export class Recommendation {
             this.reason = null;
         }
 
+        this.url = this.cleanURL(this.url);
         this.createdAt.setMilliseconds(0);
         this.updatedAt?.setMilliseconds(0);
     }
 
+    cleanURL(url: URL) {
+        url.search = '';
+        url.hash = '';
+
+        return url;
+    };
+
     static create(data: RecommendationCreateData) {
         const id = data.id ?? ObjectId().toString();
 
@@ -123,6 +131,7 @@ export class Recommendation {
         this.validate(d);
         const recommendation = new Recommendation(d);
         recommendation.clean();
+
         return recommendation;
     }
 
diff --git a/ghost/recommendations/src/RecommendationRepository.ts b/ghost/recommendations/src/RecommendationRepository.ts
index c89b26535e..a569a7f3aa 100644
--- a/ghost/recommendations/src/RecommendationRepository.ts
+++ b/ghost/recommendations/src/RecommendationRepository.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {Recommendation} from './Recommendation';
 export interface RecommendationRepository {
     save(entity: Recommendation): Promise<void>;
     getById(id: string): Promise<Recommendation | null>;
+    getByUrl(url: URL): Promise<Recommendation | null>;
     getAll({filter, order}?: {filter?: string, order?: OrderOption<Recommendation>}): Promise<Recommendation[]>;
     getPage({filter, order, page, limit}: {
         filter?: string;
diff --git a/ghost/recommendations/src/RecommendationService.ts b/ghost/recommendations/src/RecommendationService.ts
index 41ae3f4664..c9385df214 100644
--- a/ghost/recommendations/src/RecommendationService.ts
+++ b/ghost/recommendations/src/RecommendationService.ts
@@ -76,6 +76,15 @@ export class RecommendationService {
 
     async addRecommendation(addRecommendation: AddRecommendation) {
         const recommendation = Recommendation.create(addRecommendation);
+
+        // If a recommendation with this URL already exists, throw an error
+        const existing = await this.repository.getByUrl(recommendation.url);
+        if (existing) {
+            throw new errors.ValidationError({
+                message: 'A recommendation with this URL already exists.'
+            });
+        }
+
         await this.repository.save(recommendation);
 
         const recommendations = await this.listRecommendations();