rewrite-rules

It is atypical to edit .htaccess for custom rewrite rules, usually there is no need. WP works on passing everything to its PHP core and sorting it out there. For your specific use case I suspect you would have better lack using rewrite endpoint. It is quite robust way to handle an extra level in … Read more

Using add_rewrite_rule in conditional statement using $_SERVER

A part of regular expression in add_rewrite_rule function not working

There are a couple of issues with your regular expression: ^model_more/(\d*)$ ^— Says “match start of line” In your URLs, the start of the line is actually /model/, so ^model_more will never match. Instead, try a regex like this: ^model/[^/]+/model_more/(\d+)/?$ [^/]+ says “match anything except /, since I would guess there are multiple models under … Read more

WordPress matching URLs with trailing tildes code correction

so the problem with the colon is that it has no special meaning so your regex is looking to match :/ literally – that would work for a string with a structure like: /madagascar/subpage:/2 you would get a full match and 4 groups: array ( [0] => ‘madagascar/subpage:/2’ [1] => ‘madagascar’ [2] => ‘subpage’ [3] … Read more

You can use author_rewrite_rules filter to change rules to look like ones you want them to look, and then implement redirection on request or template_redirect filters/actions. P.S. URL you want to implement isn’t really good as it already fits to the page rewrite rules.