I need help altering the htaccess file of my WordPress site to all me to add new variables to the end of every url.
Like i want to add /es/ to the end of my WordPress URLs
Please guide they way i can do it
i tried
custom paramlink like below but it did not worked
/%post_id%/es/
As was pointed out in the comments, you cannot accomplish this with .htaccess.
It looks like what you want to do is add an endpoint to your posts:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Rewrite_API/add_rewrite_endpoint
add_rewrite_endpoint( 'es', EP_PERMALINK | EP_PAGES );
The above code will add the es endpoint to your posts and pages. Make sure you flush your rewrite rules (by visiting the permalinks settings page) after adding that line, otherwise it won't have any affect.
You could then check if the endpoint is in use like this:
global $wp_query;
if(isset( $wp_query->query_vars['es'] )) {
...
}
If your end goal is to localize your site, I recommend you using something like WPML instead.
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I want to do a URL rewrite in the WordPress home page
I want to change my URL http://mysite.loc/?pays=senegal to look like http://mysite.loc/senegal.
The problem is that I am on the WordPress home page, so it will be confused with the URL of another page like http://transfert.loc/page-example.
I have already tried several optins but am completely blocked.
Here is my code example:
public function rewrite_urls(){
add_rewrite_tag( '%pays%','([^&]+)' );
add_rewrite_rule(
'([^/]+)',
'index.php?pays=$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');
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 been working with wordpress for a while now, but one aspect I never tried, until now, is the rewrite rules. I can create a profiles page by using a template and catching a user's ID via GET, but I want to do something better.
That is, I want to rewrite the URLs to something like http://www.example.com/profiles/username
and this should hold for all the themes chosen. I think that's how Buddypress does it. Any ideas?
To change the author base, add the following to your functions.php file:
add_action( 'init', 'so16194116_new_author_base' );
function so16194116_new_author_base()
{
global $wp_rewrite;
$author_slug = 'profiles';
$wp_rewrite->author_base = $author_slug;
}
Visit the permalinks admin page after you implemented this, to flush the rewrite rules.
Is it possible to rewrite only one category ?
I have a category "Photos" and just for this category.
I just want to rewrite it from /category/photos to /photos
You can do it with WP Rewrite API.
Add this to functions.php
add_action('init', 'register_rewrites');
function register_rewrites() {
add_rewrite_rule('^photos$', 'index.php?category_name=photos','top');
}
Remember to reload your rewrite settings: go to Settings -> Permalinks and click on Save button - no changes needed.
The Yoast SEO plugin has this function build in, I recommend this plugin in general.
no-category-base-wpml only does this
If you don't want to install a plugin for this. Around the web there are many tutorials which do this:
http://thisismyurl.com/6704/remove-category-url-wordpress/
http://www.webdevtuts.net/php/how-to-remove-category-from-wordpress-url-structure/
http://www.wprecipes.com/how-to-remove-category-from-your-wordpress-url
Too enable this for just one category I would advise the following:
create a page called photos.
create a theme template page for this photo page
In is set up a new query_posts* getting the category 'photos'
Include the category.php file.
assign that template to the photo page.
Not tested but should work. Because the page has the correct URL and should include the category. Questions, aks.
*query_posts is bad for performance if you want to do it totally correct use the pre_get_posts filter. It's requires more knowledge.
I am trying to pass an email address to a wordpress page like so:
http://www.website.com/?email=fakeemail#yeahwho.com
However, Wordpress turns it into this:
http://www.website.com/?email=fakeemailyeahwho.com
I even try URL encoding it like so:
http://www.website.com/?email=fakeemail%40yeahwho.com
But Wordpress is too smart and still removes the %40.
I understand that # is a reserved character, but I should be able to still use the URL encoded version. Alas, Wordpress does not want it to be so.
How can I force Wordpress to respect the # sign? I'm guessing I'll either have to hack the internals, or do some mod_rewrite magic.
from http://www.webopius.com/content/137/using-custom-url-parameters-in-wordpress
First, add this to your theme's functions.php file (or make a custom plugin to do it):
add_filter('query_vars', 'parameter_queryvars' );
function parameter_queryvars( $qvars )
{
$qvars[] = 'email';
return $qvars;
}
Next, try passing ?email=fakeemail-AT-yeahwho.com in the URL and then converting it back with something like this:
global $wp_query;
if (isset($wp_query->query_vars['email']))
{
$getemail = str_replace( '-AT-', '#', $wp_query->query_vars['email']);
}
// now use $getemail
This would only not work in the very rare occurrence of an email that actually has "-at-" in it. You could replace for an even more obscure string like '-AT6574892654738-' if you are concerned about this.
Whatever your final solution, don't hack the core to get it to work. :)
I was having a similar problem and I was able to isolate the issue to an SEO plugin. I'm sure the plugin added a filter to the functions.php but as the plugin wasn't being used uninstalling the plugin also resolved the issue.
I also had this problem, but it wasn't caused by a plugin. It was a result of the 301 redirect that WordPress does with regard to your Site URL having, or not having, a www. in it.
If my Site URL was defined as http://www.mydomain.com, then this would work as expected: http://www.mydomain.com/?email=user#domain.com
If the user came to the site as: http://mydomain.com/?email=user#domain.com (NOTE: no www), then WordPress would redirect to this: http://www.mydomain.com/?email=userdomain.com (NOTE: the stripped # symbol)
My solution was to hard code the www redirect in the htaccess file, so WordPress would never have the opportunity to mess with my URL. This page gives example htaccess lines to redirect non www to www and vice versa: http://dense13.com/blog/2008/02/27/redirecting-non-www-to-www-with-htaccess/
I was having a similar problem today when trying to pass Mailchimp data through to a Gravity Form in Wordpress. I found a solution. The original question stated that Wordpress was also stripping %40, but it didn't for me in this instance.
1) In Mailchimp create a new Merge tag. I called mine 'Email Param' and * |EMAIL2| *
2) Export your list of subscribers
3) Copy the normal 'email' column content into the new 'Email Param' column.
4) Do a Find and Replace for all # symbols to %40
5) Import your list and tick the box that Auto-updates that list
6) Update your URL to include the new parameter
* |EMAIL2| *
That worked for me.