I tried different tutorials, answers on stack etc. - but can't seem to make this work on my particular case.
I'm trying to use Wordpress' Rewrite Rules to rewrite an ugly URL containing a variable, making it look nice and SEO-friendly. But whatever I do, it doesn't seem to apply. Tried printing $wp_rewrite->rules which returns my custom rule at the top, so I guess the system works as it should, however URL isn't being rewritten.
Here's the function in functions.php:
function create_new_url_querystring()
{
add_rewrite_tag('%hovedgruppe%', '([^&]+)');
add_rewrite_rule(
'(.+)/?$',
'index.php?page_id=75&hovedgruppe=$matches[1]',
'top'
);
}
add_action('init', 'create_new_url_querystring');
The URL I'm testing this on is www.domain.com/produkter/gruppe/?hovedgruppe=value (which means /produkter/gruppe is a page with ID 75). The ideal result would be www.domain.com/value
Tried different variations of the rewrite rule. And yes I'm flushing the rewrite rules when making changes (entering the permalink page in wp-admin). Anyone able to understand how the rewrite rule should be written to make it work?
Never mind! It actually works as it is, I just didn't realize it was working, because I was expecting the URLs to automatically change from non-rewritten to rewritten. It doesn't, but if I enter a rewritten URL, it works. :D
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Is anyone able to comment why this does not work.
I have created a custom post type called "knowledge-hub". I also then created a page called "knowledge-hub" to act as the landing page for my CPT listings, which I show using code. On one of the CPT pages, "minimum-wage-policies", I want to be able to access a variable in the URL, e.g. ?some_var=xyz. But I want it friendly like /knowledge-hub/minimum-wage-policies/xyz.
So I have created rewrite URLs. The page name "minimum-wage-policies" will vary for many of the CPT pages, so I cant hard code this. I want to access it using a URL part.
But I cant get the add_rewrite_rule() to match matches[1] to the page name. If I hard code this page name in the add_rewrite_rule it works! But as soon as I replace it with matches[1] it does not work, its either a 404 or a redirect back to minimum-wage-policies with no variable on the end.
URL would be:
http://my-domain.com/knowledge-hub/minimum-wage-policies/some_var
Referencing the child page name works:
add_rewrite_rule(
'knowledge-hub/([^/]*)?/([^/]*)/?$',
'index.php?post_type=knowledge-hub&pagename=minimum-wage-policies&my_var=$matches[2]',
'top'
);
matches[2] is working in this case as I can see the value passed in the URL in my code.
But using matches[1] does not work and returns a 404:
add_rewrite_rule(
'knowledge-hub/([^/]*)?/([^/]*)/?$',
'index.php?post_type=knowledge-hub&pagename=$matches[1]&my_var=$matches[2]',
'top'
);
Visiting the WP URL http://my-domain.com/index.php?post_type=knowledge-hub&pagename=minimum-wage-policies&my_var=xyz works, so that structure is OK.
I have tried various regex expressions used by various others on the internet, so not just ([^/])?. So am not sure if it is to do with the regex and I just have not found the right one. I want to match anything. Same issue with (.)
I also have this:
function add_my_vars($vars)
{
$vars[] = 'my_var';
return $vars;
}
add_filter('query_vars', 'add_my_vars');
Update:
Using $request->matched_query I could see the URLs being called.
When I use pagename=minimum-wage-policies the URL is as expected:
post_type=knowledge-hub&pagename=minimum-wage-policies&my_var=xyz
When I use matches[1] is completely changed which is quite bizarre:
knowledge-hub=minimum-wage-policies%2Fxyz&page=
I managed to get it working with this rewrite_rule but I have not found this structure online so not sure if its technically correct but it works. Note the use of knowledge-hub=$matches[1]. This was discovered from viewing the $request->matched_query I mentioned was bizarre above. Replicating it in the rewrite_rule makes it work.
add_rewrite_rule(
'knowledge-hub/([^/]*)?/([^/]*)/?$',
'index.php?knowledge-hub=$matches[1]&my_var=$matches[2]',
'top'
);
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:
$_GET['page-example'] = get_query_var('page-example');
I have a parent/child and another parent/child/child pages. I have 2 separate page templates for both pages and the following add_rewrite_rule() code in place:
add_rewrite_rule( '^user/dashboard/([^/]*)/?’, 'index.php?pagename=user/dashboard&profile=$matches[1]', 'top' );
add_rewrite_rule( '^user/dashboard/billing/([^/]*)/?’, 'index.php?pagename='user/dashboard/billing&profile=$matches[1]', 'top' );
The first one (i.e. parent/child) works fine but the 2nd one (i.e parent/child/child) is not working. Meaning when I go to the parent/child/child page, it is using the template of the parent/child page and not the one assigned to itself.
If I comment out the first add_rewrite_rule() line, it works as expected. Seems like the first one is overriding the 2nd one.
I have tried flushing the rewrite rules manually by going to settings > permalinks.
I have even tried to change the order of the rewriting rules i.e. I tried registering the parent/child/child path before parent/child rule and then flushed the rules manually. But that also didn't help.
Any help is appreciated.
You need to change the order, first comes the more specific add_rewrite_rule , then the general one, try this
add_rewrite_rule( '^user/dashboard/billing/([^/]*)/?', 'index.php?pagename=user/dashboard/billing&profile=$matches[1]', 'top' );
add_rewrite_rule( '^user/dashboard/([^/]*)/?', 'index.php?pagename=user/dashboard&profile=$matches[1]', 'top' );
After the change, you have to turn off/on the permalinks in the settings to clear the cache.
I'm trying to force display the list view in my Woocommerce store but I can't seem to get it working.
The theme has support for list view and you can force it by appending "?product_view=list" so a category URL becomes:
http://subliminalscience.com/product-category/icbch-hypnosis-certification/?product_view=list
Instead of the default one:
http://subliminalscience.com/product-category/icbch-hypnosis-certification/
I added this Rewrite Rule to my htaccess but it doesnt:
RewriteRule ^product-category(.*)$ http://subliminalscience.com/product-category$1?product_view=list
It seems Wordpress ignores this Rewrite rule. Any ideas?
I'm surprised this answer stands as the only one.
Making changes in .htaccess to force this sort of behaviour seems really unnecessary and obviously isn't useful for others trying to solve this issue, especially those users on nginx servers or on shared hosting without .htaccess access.
You should try to fix this in PHP using an action.
Looking at your question, I can tell that theme you have is checking for GET data in the URL bar, which is the ?key1=value1&key2=value2 part of an URL. GET is an HTTP method that you can read about here if you want to learn more.
You can actually set GET data in PHP, and you can safely put this into your functions.php file.
You will want to create a function that simply checks the current page, and if it's a product category page sets the GET data.
At the bottom of your functions.php, you'd want to add something like this:
<?php
//Force all category pages to list view.
add_action('woocommerce_before_main_content','force_category_list_view', 5);
function force_category_list_view(){
if(is_product_category()){
$_GET['product_view'] = 'list';
}
};
?>
I actually can't test this, but I think it'd work. Essentially, in the woocommerce template archive-product.php, the first action that runs is 'woocommerce_before_main_content'. What we're doing is calling our function, which checks the page is indeed a product category. If it is, it sets the GET variable as list, which is exactly what the URL is telling the page to do already.
Mainly this is just a better practise than altering your .htaccess, but someone determined could also override that GET data by changing the URL to read ?product_view=list&product_view=xyz I can't imagine this would be an issue in this instance, but in other instances it might be.
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