First off, the add_rewrite_rule()
syntax is add_rewrite_rule( 'RegEx pattern', 'WordPress query string/vars', 'position/priority - top or bottom' )
.
Now I could see you’re trying to have the following permalink structure:
Structure: example.com/foodguide/<post ID>/<post slug>
Example: example.com/foodguide/1/sample-food-guide
But your rewrite rule (the second one in your code) does not have the proper RegEx subpattern for the post ID part in the permalink; hence, the permalink leads to a 404
error page.
And to fix the issue, you can add \d+/
to the rewrite rule:
add_rewrite_rule(
'foodguide/\d+/([^/]+)(?:/([0-9]+))?/?$', // <- here, add the \d+/
'index.php?category_name=foodguide&name=$matches[1]&page=$matches[2]',
'top'
);
Alternatively, in the RegEx pattern, you can “capture” the post ID (i.e. use (\d+)
) and not the post slug, and then in the WordPress query, use the p
(i.e. ID) parameter instead of name
(i.e. slug):
add_rewrite_rule(
'foodguide/(\d+)/[^/]+(?:/([0-9]+))?/?$', // capture the \d+
// $matches[1] is now the post ID, so use &p= instead of &name="index.php?category_name=foodguide&p=$matches[1]&page=$matches[2]",
'top'
);
PS: Don’t forget to flush the rewrite rules — just visit the permalink settings page.
UPDATE
If you want the post permalink to end with a .html
, then:
-
In
custom_permalink()
, make the following change:// Change this: $permalink = trailingslashit( home_url("https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/". $cat_name . "https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/" . $post->ID . "https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/" . $post->post_name ."https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/" ) ); // To this: $permalink = untrailingslashit( home_url( "https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/". $cat_name . "https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/" . $post->ID . "https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/" . $post->post_name . '.html' ) );
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In
custom_rewrite_rules()
, change the secondadd_rewrite_rule()
to this:add_rewrite_rule( '^foodguide/(\d+)/[^/]+\.html$', 'index.php?category_name=foodguide&p=$matches[1]', 'top' );
-
After the
function custom_rewrite_rules() { ... }
, add this:function cancel_canonical_redirect( $wp ) { if ( '^foodguide/(\d+)/[^/]+\.html$' === $wp->matched_rule ) { remove_action( 'template_redirect', 'redirect_canonical' ); } } add_action( 'parse_request', 'cancel_canonical_redirect' );
That would prevent “adding” the ending slash (
/
) to the permalink URL.
And once again, don’t forget to flush the permalinks.
Also, I’ve not added support for paginated requests (i.e. posts having the <!--nextpage-->
tag or the Page Break block in Gutenberg); and if you need that, let me know.
UPDATE 2
For paginated requests with this permalink/URL structure:
example.com/foodguide/<post ID>/<post slug>/page-<page number>.html
-
In
custom_rewrite_rules()
, change the secondadd_rewrite_rule()
to this:add_rewrite_rule( '^foodguide/(\d+)/[^/]+(?:/page-(\d+)|)\.html$', 'index.php?category_name=foodguide&p=$matches[1]&page=$matches[2]', 'top' );
-
Change the
cancel_canonical_redirect
to (* the RegEx pattern needs to match the one used in the aboveadd_rewrite_rule()
):function cancel_canonical_redirect( $wp ) { if ( '^foodguide/(\d+)/[^/]+(?:/page-(\d+)|)\.html$' === $wp->matched_rule ) { remove_action( 'template_redirect', 'redirect_canonical' ); } } add_action( 'parse_request', 'cancel_canonical_redirect' );
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After the above code, add this:
function custom_wp_link_pages_link( $link, $i ) { if ( in_category( 'foodguide' ) ) { $name = get_post_field( 'post_name' ); $link = str_replace( "{$name}.html/$i/", // replace example.com/foodguide/<post ID>/<post slug>.html/<page number>/ "$name/page-{$i}.html", // with example.com/foodguide/<post ID>/<post slug>/page-<page number>.html $link ); } return $link; } add_filter( 'wp_link_pages_link', 'custom_wp_link_pages_link', 10, 2 );
And as always, be sure to flush the permalinks.