ok so after searching again i found this and it worked
/**
* Add new rewrite rule
*/
function create_new_url_querystring() {
add_rewrite_rule(
'recipes/([^/]*)$',
'index.php?name=$matches[1]',
'top'
);
add_rewrite_tag('%recipes%','([^/]*)');
}
add_action('init', 'create_new_url_querystring', 999 );
/**
* Modify post link
* This will print /recipes/post-name instead of /post-name
*/
function append_query_string( $url, $post, $leavename ) {
if ( $post->post_type == 'post' ) {
$url = home_url( user_trailingslashit( "recipes/$post->post_name" ) );
}
return $url;
}
add_filter( 'post_link', 'append_query_string', 10, 3 );
/**
* Redirect all posts to new url
* If you get error 'Too many redirects' or 'Redirect loop', then delete everything below
*/
function redirect_old_urls() {
if ( is_singular('post') ) {
global $post;
if ( strpos( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], '/recipes/') === false) {
wp_redirect( home_url( user_trailingslashit( "recipes/$post->post_name" ) ), 301 );
exit();
}
}
}
add_filter( 'template_redirect', 'redirect_old_urls' );
link to the full post can be found a link here.