I believe a solution to this would apply to any WordPress core function, but this is a specific example I'm having struggle with.
I want to make some custom URL guessing, before the default one. It would look something like this:
function custom_redirect_guessing( $requested_url = null, $do_redirect = true ) {
// My custom logic
// If none of my logic checks out, execute the default one.
default_guessing();
}
add_filter( 'redirect_canonical', 'custom_redirect_guessing' );
But this of course doesn't work.
My main goal is to fix URLs coming from the previous website, for example:
example.com/fr/news/slug => example.com/fr/slug
This would normally work, but my client's previous website has all the slugs in EN, so WP's automatic guessing redirects all trafic to EN, instead of keeping the visitor in the respect language.
Currently, WP's automatic guessing is doing something like this (because FR and EN share the same slug):
example.com/fr/news/slug => example.com/en/slug
Any ideas on how to do fix this?
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I want to do a URL rewrite in the WordPress home page
I want to change my URL http://mysite.loc/?pays=senegal to look like http://mysite.loc/senegal.
The problem is that I am on the WordPress home page, so it will be confused with the URL of another page like http://transfert.loc/page-example.
I have already tried several optins but am completely blocked.
Here is my code example:
public function rewrite_urls(){
add_rewrite_tag( '%pays%','([^&]+)' );
add_rewrite_rule(
'([^/]+)',
'index.php?pays=$matches[1]',
'top'
);
}
Can someone help me please!
Thanks
Two problems I see- rewrite rules need to set query vars that will result in a successful main query. Setting just a custom var like slide doesn't parse to anything WordPress can load. Additionally, slide needs to be added to the recognized query vars for it to get parsed within a rule.
So, what would a rule look like that would load the front page posts in the main query? That's a good question- the posts page is a special case, the absence of any other query vars. I haven't found a way to do that with a rule, though it may exist.
An easier way to do this is with a rewrite endpoint:
function wpd_endpoint(){
add_rewrite_endpoint( 'page-example', EP_ROOT );
}
add_action( 'init', 'wpd_endpoint' );
Keep in mind that if you have code accessing values via $_GET, this still won't work, because WordPress doesn't put query vars there when rules are parsed. You can change the code to use get_query_var, or just assign it before the code tries to access it:
$_GET['page-example'] = get_query_var('page-example');
I would like to use a custom URL parameter for my wordpress site, called country.
This parameter should only be used internally.
For translation I use WPML. I know that it would be possible to create a language for every country / language combination but then I would have to maintain the same language for so many countries and that would be too much effort.
Anybody got an idea how I can make the url look something like that?
www.my-domain.com/de/at -> front page
www.my-domain.com/de/at/my-post -> other page
add_action('init', 'rewritecustom');
function rewritecustom(){
add_rewrite_tag('%country%', '([^&]+)', 'country=');
add_rewrite_tag('%lang%', '([^&]+)', 'lang=');
add_rewrite_rule(
'^([a-z]{2})\/([a-z]{2})\/([^\/]*)',
'index.php?pagename=$matches[3]&country=$matches[2]&lang=$matches[1]',
'top'
);
}
In the permalink settings I set the url to
https://www.my-domain.com/%lang%/%country%/%postname%/
But unfortunately I get a 404 error when I try this.
Anybody got an idea how to solve it?
I have this site :
example.com/watches (watches is a custom post type)
There are two available languages : EN(default language), GR.
When i change to GR (while on page example.com/watches)
it redirects to example.com/el/watches which is right.
When i am on example.com/watches/rolex and i try to change language it redirects to example.com/el/taxwatches/rolex-el but i want it just to be example.com/el/watches/rolex/.
taxwatches is my custom taxonomy.
rolex-el is the slug of the term inside that taxonomy.
Has anyone experienced an issue like this before?
I've tried to save the permalinks again and check my WMPL settings but i can't see something wrong.
EDIT 1 : If i manually go to example.com/el/watches/rolex it will work fine.
Both example.com/el/watches/rolex and example.com/el/taxwatches/rolex-el work.
EDIT 2: From what i understand WPML takes the slugs, is there a way to change it so it takes the names?
Ok so for anyone having problems with multi language sites - but want to have the "same slugs" in the urls (will never be same slugs - but going to look like that) read the below.
WPML uses slugs which are created from the wordpress core structure - you can't have two slugs with the exactly same name. If default language is EN and you have a secondary, in my case GR, then one slug is going to be "myslug" and the other "myslug-gr" (you can customize this "-gr" through WPML settings).
In functions.php you can filter the "wpml_ls_filter" function which is fired when your Language switcher is created.
Code as below :
add_filter('icl_ls_languages', 'wpml_ls_filter');
function wpml_ls_filter($languages) {
foreach ($languages as $lang_code => $language) {
$mTempString = $languages[$lang_code]['url'];
echo $mTempString; // HERE
// If "tax" is found in that string, replace it with "" - remove it.
if (strpos($mTempString, "tax") !== false) {
$languages[$lang_code]['url'] = str_replace("tax", "", $mTempString);
}
}
return $languages;
}
The above echo is going to show you the url that is created (and you can manipulate it) of each language button when pressed whenever you visit a page/post.
I haven't wrote a complete solution because that really depends on what you want to do. For example the above code helped me achieve to remove "tax" if found in the url.
This answer is providing an alternative way to achieve multiple languages with same slug
Polylang with Polylang Slug these 2 plugins can do
https://wordpress.org/plugins/polylang/
https://github.com/grappler/polylang-slug/
You can use my plugin, it is based on the newest Polylang Pro module and does what you need: https://github.com/lufton/polylang-share-slug
So here's the problem: We don't like the fact that WordPress doesn't allow duplicate slugs, even for sub categories meaning we cannot have urls like:
product-1/guides
product-1/articles
product-2/guides
product-2/articles
That's very annoying! One solution we are considering is setting up our slugs like this:
product-1/product-1-guides
product-1/product-1-articles
product-2/product-2-guides
product-2/product-2-articles
But in our htaccess - can we use it to pick up such urls and rewrite them as prettier urls which have the product name removed from the sub folder? We don't mind hard coding these as we'll only ever have 5-10 products on the site.
This would keep the WordPress install happy with unique slugs, but the SEO tick in the box with better looking urls.
I just need a hand with the syntax please?
EDIT 1:
After looking at the WordPress Rewrite API, I'm failing to get anywhere with what I think is a really simple test. I have the following code in my functions.php which is running as I tested an echo, but no rewriting is taking place?
add_action( 'init', 'productRewrites' );
function productRewrites() {
add_rewrite_rule('^wordpress/james?','index.php?author_name=jwilson','top');
}
Nothing happens when I hit:
mysite.com/wordpress/james
Edit 2:
Cool I realise I now have to click save each time. The problem I now have is the following does not work not when I use $matches[1] - it only works if I hard code the author_name value (to jwilson for example):
function productRewrites() {
add_rewrite_rule(
"writer/([^/]+)/?",
"index.php?author_name=$matches[1]",
"top");
}
When I use $matches[1] it just returns everything! So clearly isn't using ([^/]+) in the url?!
you have to reset permalink structure
in order to do that, move to Settings -> Permalinks and press Save changes button
I have a beginner question. What is the best way to address the change management issues in WordPress? I have an all-pages WordPress installation. Suppose name of some event or an entity changes from A to B, then I have to go to all the pages to make that change. Is there any better way of doing it? Like externalization or something.
Or the way similar to how WordPress handle blog name using bloginfo() function. You change blog name at one place and it is reflected everywhere.
Thanks,
Paras
If a URL on your site changes, it is always wise to leave a redirect to the new page. This will help your visitors and search engines. If you create redirects, it doesn't matter too much if you still have a link to the old address in one of your posts. There will probably be a plugin for this, but I don't know which one.
If you really want to keep all links pointing to the latest version, you could replace them with shortcodes that are evaluated to the real URL. <a href="[linkto postid=123]"> would then result in <a href="/2010/08/05/some-post">. I think this is doable, but I don't know whether a plugin already exists for this.
You can also use this technique to replace short snippets, like your company name. The Shortcode API is really easy:
// [company_name]
function replace_company_name($atts) {
return "My Awesome Company";
}
add_shortcode('company_name', 'replace_company_name');
// More generic
// [replace r='company_name']
// [replace r='company_motto']
function do_replacement($atts) {
$replacements = array(
'company_name' => 'My Awesome Company',
'company_motto' => 'A Company so Awesome even you would want to work here!',
);
return $replacements[$atts['r']];
}
add_shortcode('replace', 'do_replacement');
You can hardcode the strings in your plugin code, or you could create a Wordpress options page where users can add and edit new shortcodes.