As I said, the permalink changes from YEAR_NAME to 2023, but the link gets 404 error Yes, and it’s because the post slug no longer matched the value in the database (in the wp_posts table, column post_name), hence the permalink URL became invalid and WordPress displayed a 404 error page. So you need to add … Read more
Change default URL (or permalinks) in the back-end
WordPress keeps track of post slug change with wp_check_for_changed_slugs() function. The old slugs are saved in wp_postmeta table with _wp_old_slug meta_key and later redirects to current URL with wp_old_slug_redirect() function. That’s why even after changing a post’s slug, you get redirected to the correct post. However, WordPress doesn’t do this by default with pages (or … Read more
you can use the post_type_link hook. and then add a custom rewrite rule to your register_post_type function: function replace_post_link( $post_link, $id = 0 ){ $post = get_post($id); $post_type = get_post_type( $id ); if( is_object( $post ) && $post_type == ‘events’ ){ $custom_date = get_field(‘YOUR_CUSTOM_FIELD’); return str_replace( ‘%custom_date%’ , $custom_date, $post_link ); } return $post_link; } … Read more
My permalinks no longer have the “news” category prefix in the link and it’s causing 404 errors for articles published on the web
It looks like you’re passing the string ‘EP_PERMALINK’ instead of the constant (which is an alias for an int) EP_PERMALINK. It’s possible that PHP 8.1 is stricter than 7.4 when it comes to variable types. WP_Rewrite::generate_rewrite_rules() definitely expects an int for the 2nd parameter ($ep_mask).
How to use ‘blogs.dir’ as media upload instead of ‘uploads’ directory in WordPress multisite setup
In our case, the issue was caused by a specific plugin, in this case it was the Google XML Sitemaps version 4.1.5, upgrading to 4.1.7 resolved the problem. A bit of background: this non-profit site is highly seasonal and we usually upgrade and test everything before the 2-month peak season starts, and try to avoid … Read more
There must be a plugin that is affecting your htaccess file. (It shouldn’t.) The htaccess WordPress directives are rewritten when you change the permalinks in Settings. (Which is a good way to get them back if they aren’t there.) I’d do a text search of all plugin’s code for ‘htaccess’. Once you find the offending … Read more
Have you moved servers recently? In years past, Windows servers always treated them differently than on unix servers. Barring that, you can edit your .htaccess file to convert all URLs to lowercase. Here’s a guide editing depending if you have access to httpd.conf file or not; https://www.rewriteguide.com/apache-enforce-lower-case-urls/ As suggested by @Rup, a canonical URL should … Read more