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Flush_rewrite_rules not working when settings updated

Does this work for you? Seems to work when I try it. function qd_settings_api_init() { add_settings_section( ‘qd_theme_setting_section’, ‘Theme Reading Settings’, ‘qd_theme_setting_section_callback_function’, ‘reading’ ); add_settings_field( ‘qd_news_page’, ‘News Page’, ‘qd_news_page_dropdown_cbf’, ‘reading’, ‘qd_theme_setting_section’ ); if (delete_transient(‘qd_flush_rules’)) flush_rewrite_rules(); // * Added register_setting( ‘reading’, ‘qd_news_page’, ‘qd_sanitize’ ); // * Changed } /* Added this function. */ function qd_sanitize($input) { set_transient(‘qd_flush_rules’); … Read more

add_rewrite_rule not producing anything in $_GET

You can use the function get_query_var(). Like so: $event_slug = get_query_var(‘event_slug’); More info in the Codex.

Custom post types and custom variables — add_rewrite_tag() question

function add_places_rewrite_tags() { add_rewrite_tag(‘%action%’,'([^&]+)’); } add_action( ‘init’, ‘add_places_rewrite_tags’ ); First add the rewrite tag action (action=xxxx) function add_places_rewrite_rules() { add_rewrite_rule(‘^area/([^/]*)/places/?’,’index.php?post_type=area&name=$matches[1]&action=places’,’top’); add_rewrite_rule(‘^area/([^/]*)/([^/]*)/places/?’,’index.php?post_type=area&name=$matches[2]&action=places’,’top’); } add_action( ‘init’, ‘add_places_rewrite_rules’ ); Then add a custom rewrite rule. (post_type=area may be different if you made a custom slug for the posttype, use the posttype name). Remember to flush your rewrite rules … Read more

Querystring parameter getting lost in rewrite rule

I think it’s probably your front end code that’s the problem. Try this: <?php if( $letter = get_query_var( ‘letter’ ) ) { echo ‘Current Letter: ‘ . $letter; } else { echo ‘Current Letter: All’; }

How to check if a rewrite rule exists

If I understand correctly then you can hook into the rewrite api/process and flush or manipulate the rules that way? Read: Plugin Hooks on this page http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/WP_Rewrite Maybe something like: // flush_rules() if our rules are not yet included function my_flush_rules() { $rules = get_option( ‘rewrite_rules’ ); if ( ! isset( $rules[‘(project)/(\d*)$’] ) ) { … Read more

add_rewrite_rule() vs $wp_rewrite->rules vs ‘rewrite_rules_array’?

First of all use add_rewrite_rule() over messing directly with $wp_rewrite->rules if possible. The latter is a bit low-level. Regarding the ‘url not updating’ – this isn’t the job of the rewrite rules. These simply point urls to their content, but they don’t update the user’s address bar. The file that is responsible for this is … Read more

Why does everybody hook add_rewrite_rule on init

You are right saying that without flushing rules, add_rewrite_rule() does not work, and the reason is that WordPress fetches rules from database, and add_rewrite_rule() does not add the rule to database. However, is not possible to use admin_init and the reason is that admin_init is too late. WordPress sometimes calls flush_rewrite_rules() on admin screens before … Read more

When should add_rewrite_tag() be used?

The fundamental difference is: The add_rewrite_rule() adds a particular rule which is interpreted The add_rewrite_tag() adds a placeholder to use in url structures. This placeholder is then used to generate multiple rules. For instance – suppose you’re a travel agent advertising hotels in various countries. You may want a hotel’s url to be like www.example.com/hotels/UK/Balmoral … Read more

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