diff --git a/apps/admin-x-settings/src/components/settings/growth/recommendations/AddRecommendationModal.tsx b/apps/admin-x-settings/src/components/settings/growth/recommendations/AddRecommendationModal.tsx
index 21e672f020..dc6e7b66b0 100644
--- a/apps/admin-x-settings/src/components/settings/growth/recommendations/AddRecommendationModal.tsx
+++ b/apps/admin-x-settings/src/components/settings/growth/recommendations/AddRecommendationModal.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import {EditOrAddRecommendation, useCheckRecommendation} from '@tryghost/admin-x
 import {ErrorMessages, useForm} from '@tryghost/admin-x-framework/hooks';
 import {Form, LoadingIndicator, Modal, TextField, dismissAllToasts, formatUrl, showToast} from '@tryghost/admin-x-design-system';
 import {RoutingModalProps, useRouting} from '@tryghost/admin-x-framework/routing';
-import {trimSearchAndHash} from '../../../../utils/url';
 
 interface AddRecommendationModalProps {
     recommendation?: EditOrAddRecommendation,
@@ -60,7 +59,6 @@ const AddRecommendationModal: React.FC<RoutingModalProps & AddRecommendationModa
         onSave: async () => {
             let validatedUrl: URL;
             validatedUrl = new URL(formState.url);
-            validatedUrl = trimSearchAndHash(validatedUrl);
 
             // Use the hostname as fallback title
             const defaultTitle = validatedUrl.hostname.replace('www.', '');
diff --git a/ghost/recommendations/src/BookshelfRecommendationRepository.ts b/ghost/recommendations/src/BookshelfRecommendationRepository.ts
index 9ba36b6197..b0338c8ee6 100644
--- a/ghost/recommendations/src/BookshelfRecommendationRepository.ts
+++ b/ghost/recommendations/src/BookshelfRecommendationRepository.ts
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ export class BookshelfRecommendationRepository extends BookshelfRepository<strin
         //  Query params, hash fragements, protocol and www are ignored.
         const existing = recommendations.find((r) => {
             return r.url.hostname.replace('www.', '') === url.hostname.replace('www.', '') &&
-                   r.url.pathname === url.pathname;
+                   r.url.pathname.replace(/\/$/, '') === url.pathname.replace(/\/$/, '');
         }) || null;
 
         return existing;
diff --git a/ghost/recommendations/src/InMemoryRecommendationRepository.ts b/ghost/recommendations/src/InMemoryRecommendationRepository.ts
index 31b5d3fe48..24043ce534 100644
--- a/ghost/recommendations/src/InMemoryRecommendationRepository.ts
+++ b/ghost/recommendations/src/InMemoryRecommendationRepository.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export class InMemoryRecommendationRepository extends InMemoryRepository<string,
         //  Query params, hash fragements, protocol and www are ignored.
         const existing = this.store.find((r) => {
             return r.url.hostname.replace('www.', '') === url.hostname.replace('www.', '') &&
-                   r.url.pathname === url.pathname;
+                   r.url.pathname.replace(/\/$/, '') === url.pathname.replace(/\/$/, '');
         }) || null;
 
         return existing;
diff --git a/ghost/recommendations/src/Recommendation.ts b/ghost/recommendations/src/Recommendation.ts
index 4ff593af7c..f0da1da2da 100644
--- a/ghost/recommendations/src/Recommendation.ts
+++ b/ghost/recommendations/src/Recommendation.ts
@@ -121,18 +121,10 @@ export class Recommendation {
             this.description = 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();
 
diff --git a/ghost/recommendations/test/BookshelfRecommendationRepository.test.ts b/ghost/recommendations/test/BookshelfRecommendationRepository.test.ts
index a36005af24..7577bfa05e 100644
--- a/ghost/recommendations/test/BookshelfRecommendationRepository.test.ts
+++ b/ghost/recommendations/test/BookshelfRecommendationRepository.test.ts
@@ -114,7 +114,35 @@ describe('BookshelfRecommendationRepository', function () {
         sinon.assert.calledOnce(stub);
     });
 
-    it('getByUrl returns if matching hostname', async function () {
+    it('getByUrl returns null if not matching path', async function () {
+        const repository = new BookshelfRecommendationRepository({} as any, {
+            sentry: undefined
+        });
+        const recommendation = Recommendation.create({
+            id: 'id',
+            title: 'title',
+            description: 'description',
+            excerpt: 'excerpt',
+            featuredImage: new URL('https://example.com'),
+            favicon: new URL('https://example.com'),
+            url: new URL('https://example.com/other-path'),
+            oneClickSubscribe: true,
+            createdAt: new Date('2021-01-01'),
+            updatedAt: new Date('2021-01-02')
+        });
+        const stub = sinon.stub(repository, 'getAll').returns(Promise.resolve([
+            recommendation
+        ]));
+        const entity = await repository.getByUrl(new URL('https://www.example.com/path'));
+
+        assert.equal(
+            entity,
+            null
+        );
+        sinon.assert.calledOnce(stub);
+    });
+
+    it('getByUrl returns if matching hostname and pathname', async function () {
         const repository = new BookshelfRecommendationRepository({} as any, {
             sentry: undefined
         });
@@ -142,7 +170,7 @@ describe('BookshelfRecommendationRepository', function () {
         sinon.assert.calledOnce(stub);
     });
 
-    it('getByUrl returns null if not matching path', async function () {
+    it('getByUrl returns if matching hostname and pathname, but not query params', async function () {
         const repository = new BookshelfRecommendationRepository({} as any, {
             sentry: undefined
         });
@@ -153,7 +181,35 @@ describe('BookshelfRecommendationRepository', function () {
             excerpt: 'excerpt',
             featuredImage: new URL('https://example.com'),
             favicon: new URL('https://example.com'),
-            url: new URL('https://example.com/other-path'),
+            url: new URL('https://example.com/path'),
+            oneClickSubscribe: true,
+            createdAt: new Date('2021-01-01'),
+            updatedAt: new Date('2021-01-02')
+        });
+        const stub = sinon.stub(repository, 'getAll').returns(Promise.resolve([
+            recommendation
+        ]));
+        const entity = await repository.getByUrl(new URL('https://www.example.com/path/?query=param'));
+
+        assert.equal(
+            entity,
+            recommendation
+        );
+        sinon.assert.calledOnce(stub);
+    });
+
+    it('getByUrl returns if matching hostname and pathname, but not hash fragments', async function () {
+        const repository = new BookshelfRecommendationRepository({} as any, {
+            sentry: undefined
+        });
+        const recommendation = Recommendation.create({
+            id: 'id',
+            title: 'title',
+            description: 'description',
+            excerpt: 'excerpt',
+            featuredImage: new URL('https://example.com'),
+            favicon: new URL('https://example.com'),
+            url: new URL('https://example.com/path/#section1'),
             oneClickSubscribe: true,
             createdAt: new Date('2021-01-01'),
             updatedAt: new Date('2021-01-02')
@@ -165,7 +221,7 @@ describe('BookshelfRecommendationRepository', function () {
 
         assert.equal(
             entity,
-            null
+            recommendation
         );
         sinon.assert.calledOnce(stub);
     });
diff --git a/ghost/recommendations/test/Recommendation.test.ts b/ghost/recommendations/test/Recommendation.test.ts
index a88e645d70..f7a8fc2357 100644
--- a/ghost/recommendations/test/Recommendation.test.ts
+++ b/ghost/recommendations/test/Recommendation.test.ts
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ describe('Recommendation', function () {
             assert.equal(recommendation.description, null);
         });
 
-        it('removes search and hash params', function () {
+        it('keeps search and hash params', function () {
             const recommendation = Recommendation.create({
                 title: 'Test',
                 description: '',
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ describe('Recommendation', function () {
                 updatedAt: new Date('2021-01-01T00:00:05Z')
             });
 
-            assert.equal(recommendation.url.toString(), 'https://example.com/');
+            assert.equal(recommendation.url.toString(), 'https://example.com/?query=1#hash');
         });
     });