I don’t have the reputation to comment so I’m sure this may be dumped if not totally complete/accurate; but, doesn’t WP work in a way that it goes through the core’s index.php file using rewrites and such. This being the case, if you don’t specify a specific file that you are accessing, you aren’t really … Read more
You might wish to try.. http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-author-base/ Hope that helps.. 😉
A basic rule that would work for your example: function wpd_foo_rewrite_rule() { add_rewrite_rule( ‘^foo/([^/]*)/?’, ‘index.php?pagename=$matches[1]¶m=foo’, ‘top’ ); } add_action( ‘init’, ‘wpd_foo_rewrite_rule’ ); This takes whatever comes after foo/ and sets that as pagename for the query, and then param gets the static value foo. If you need different URL patterns, you’ll need extra rules for … Read more
For some sites in German I use the following plugin to translate page to seite (the German word for page): <?php # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- /** * Plugin Name: T5 Page to Seite * Description: Ersetzt <code>/page/</code> durch <code>/seite/</code>. * Author: Fuxia Scholz * License: MIT * License URI: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php */ if ( ! … Read more
Does WP keep track of a posts url history, providing rewrites/redirects for former urls? Yes it does. If you change a post slug, wordpress 301 redirects the old to the new URL (if your server setup allows it). Any light on how WP handles this would be appreciated. Unfortunately, I’ve never seen this feature properly … Read more
I think the best option is an endpoint. You get all the data as a simple string, so you can decide how it will be parsed, and you don’t have to worry about collisions with other rewrite rules. One thing I learned about endpoints: keep the main work as abstract as possible, fix the glitches … Read more
You can just look at url, load the file and exit. That can be done when WordPress loaded its environment, e.g. on ‘init’. add_action(‘init’, function() { $url_path = trim(parse_url(add_query_arg(array()), PHP_URL_PATH), “https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/”); if ( $url_path === ‘retail’ ) { // load the file if exists $load = locate_template(‘template-retail.php’, true); if ($load) { exit(); // just exit … Read more
There are two ways I’ve discovered doing this: Author Page with a custom rewrite rule A custom template files paired with a rewrite rule The first is more simple to implement, but may not work in all circumstances (one of which I’ll describe soon). Custom Rewrite Rule I found this solution a few days ago … Read more
There are two types of rewrite rules in WordPress: internal rules (stored in the database and parsed by WP::parse_request()), and external rules (stored in .htaccess and parsed by Apache). You can choose either way, depending on how much of WordPress you need in your called file. External Rules: The external rule is the easiest to … Read more
Add this to your theme’s functions.php, or put it in a plugin. add_action( ‘init’, ‘wpse26388_rewrites_init’ ); function wpse26388_rewrites_init(){ add_rewrite_rule( ‘properties/([0-9]+)/?$’, ‘index.php?pagename=properties&property_id=$matches[1]’, ‘top’ ); } add_filter( ‘query_vars’, ‘wpse26388_query_vars’ ); function wpse26388_query_vars( $query_vars ){ $query_vars[] = ‘property_id’; return $query_vars; } This adds a rewrite rule which directs requests to /properties/ with any combination of numbers following to … Read more