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get variable from url?

You are looking for get_query_var() function: $orderby = get_query_var(‘orderby’);

You could add a rewrite rule. Rewrite rules are the regular expressions that WP uses to parse out the query from friendly URLs. But I think this would potentially mess things up. How would WP distinguish between /this-is-a-page/this-is-a-child-page/ and /this-is-a-page/this-is-a-parameter/? A better option, I think, would be to hook into the parse_request action. This gets … Read more

How do I get posts to appear at mydomain.com/blog?

Check out the Codex, specifically step 2. What you need to do is create a new page, name it “Blog”. Make sure the permalink is http://xxxx.com/blog. Then, in Settings > Reading, select that page as your posts page.

Rewrite rule that wp-login.php?action=register is left alone

I’m assuming that you’re working with one of the latest versions, but I used the latest 1.5.1. Without knowing how your specific Facebook Connect plugin works and why it breaks here’s what I’ve come up with. Short answer // bp-members/bp-members-signup.php ~ line 611 if ( defined( ‘BP_SKIP_REGISTRATION_REDIRECT’ ) and BP_SKIP_REGISTRATION_REDIRECT ) wp_redirect( ‘/?pagename=register’ ); And … Read more

How are rewrite rules applied in WordPress?

index.php acts as a router. All requests are sent through index.php which looks up the rules in the database and directs you to the correct location. This should give you an idea of how a PHP router works. The .htaccess just removes index.php from the URL. More rules can be created using the WP_Rewrite class.

Can’t use a specific custom URL (slug)?

The easiest explanation I can think of is that you have a file or directory in your site’s directory named “pitch” (such as public_html/pitch or public_html/my-domain/pitch). This can easily be caused by creating the folder for some reason and forgetting about it later or setting up a subdomain such as pitch.my-domain.com which typically will create … Read more

change url for portfolio image

Basically, what you are looking at in the theme you mentioned is just a dummy link with # That’s why it just takes you to the start of the page. If you check the href attribute of the link for SEO Optimization it has # in the end. http://www.gallyapp.com/tf_themes/chamber_wp/?page_id=11# My suggestion is that you need … Read more

How can I allow trailing slashes on some URLs without a redirect, but not on others?

Use flush_rewrite_rules(): add_action( ‘init’, ‘my_rewrite_func’ ); function my_rewrite_func() { add_rewrite_rule( ‘post4/$’, ‘index.php?p=12’, ‘top’ ); flush_rewrite_rules(); } and / or whichever rewrite rules you use, you could always use /? for optional trailing slashes or force the trailing slash if you would prefer for it to always be there.

Rewrite custom taxonomy slug – but only parent items

This is possible, but, the effort required is not trivial, and it is not performant, I would advise against doing it. Your regions taxonomy will have a rewrite rule similar to this: regions/(.+?)/?$ -> region: (.+?) What you’re wanting is something similar to this: (.+?)/?$ -> region(.+?) The problem here is that this rule doesn’t … Read more

modify URL with mod_rewrite or hook

i fixed it using the apache proxy module: <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !location RewriteRule ^(boston|newyork)/$ /index.php?location=$1 [NC,QSA,P] RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !location RewriteRule ^(boston|newyork)/(.*)$ /$2?location=$1 [NC,QSA,P] RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] </IfModule> the [P] option does the trick.

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