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WP Login forms action URLs displayed as pretty URLs in browser (ex with Restore Password)

I would like to use the WP native login/register/restore password/.. functionality, but display pretty URLs instead of wp-login.php I've been looking at the core code and noticed that most login ...
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Multiple URLS per post non-ascii

I am looking for some best practice / practical advise on a particular URL use case. I am finding myself using a lot of non-ASCII characters in my URLs. This doesn't really make it easy for users of ...
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Rewrite vs Redirect from ?p={ID}

WordPress does a 301 from http://example.com/?p=100 to http://example.com/post-title/, but I thought a URL rewrite was different from a redirect and therefore this wouldn't result in a 301. Can ...
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Passing the JQuery string to Worldpress URL

I have already followed the tutorial here: http://www.rlmseo.com/blog/passing-get-query-string-parameters-in-wordpress-url/ But it still doesn't work. In the function.php, my code is //decode ...
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Display posts in page url structure [closed]

I wonder if it is possible to "move" all posts into the page structure. Reason is that it would be great SEO but not sure what problems it would cause with Wordpress it self. Currently I have a ...
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Is Wordpress API visible from PHP file called in htaccess

I'm trying to add some rewriterules in the .htaccess file to deal with hotlinked images - specifically I want to add the URL from the post where the image appeared to the header location information ...
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Custom post type yearly/ monthly archive permalinks

I have a custom post type "news" in my Wordpress site. I am using Advanced Custom Fields plugin to add meta data to each post. I want to create an array of news items as an archive: [2013] ...
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How to Force WWW. in Domain With WordPress MU Domain Mapping Plugin?

I created a thread (How to make www. and no www. Go to same site, for all sites?) in the support forums for the WordPress plugin: WordPress MU Domain Mapping. Everything is fine and dandy. I have a ...
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My wordpress site must be being affected by outside sources [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Error 310 too many redirects after switching domains Some of my pages are resulting in 310 errors. We recently switched domains from kgstiles.com to ...
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Add forward slash on categories url (serve one version of a url)

How can I a add forward slash on categories URLs and serve only that version of a category (meaning URLs not ending in forward-slash will redirect to URLs ending in forward slash). I manage to remove ...
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627 views

How to disable the default WordPress redirect to non-www URLs?

I am trying to redirect all non-www to www URLs in my WordPress MultiSite install. I am using a simple .htaccess rule like this: # Redirect non-www to www: RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC] ...
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add_rewrite_rule and template redirect not working

I have a strange problem , I have the following pairs : add_rewrite_rule('^questions/ask/?','index.php?pagename=ask','top'); if(is_page('ask')){ $tname = 'add-question.php'; ...
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Auto 301 to full post permalink? (using /posts/%post_id%/%postname%)

I update my permalink structure to /post/%post_id%/%postname%, but if someone uses a URL like /post/1234 instead of the full URL of /post/1234/bingo-rulz, WordPress shows the post without giving a 301 ...
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How to configure Multisite Network with randomized hostnames?

I'm trying to convert a freshly-installed and functional WordPress into a multisite network. But I'm having problems because of our Apache configuration. We use Apache to randomly redirect requests ...
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Sub domain redirection to taxonomy

Hi all I want to use sub domain for my taxonomy like that : http://taxonomy.domain.com/apple map to http://www.domain.com/taxonomy/apple I add this to my vhost RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ...
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Changes done to .htaccess are not getting reverted back

I am new to WordPress and playing around with it to get some idea about its working. I have done some changes to WordPress' .htaccess file to add some redirection and that worked perfectly fine. Now ...
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How to redirect a link to a new link?

I am about to change the slug for my page's permalink. Since I dont want to loose the traffic, i would like to redirect the visitors to the new more SEo friendly link. Can I achieve this with the ...
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flush_rewrite_rules not working on plugin deactivation, invalid URLs not showing 404

i'm just about to release a community plug-in and have a few last anoying issues. First, whenever i visit a page that would not be valid for the plugin, www.mydomain.com/forms/tester it will take me ...
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How are rewrite rules applied in WordPress?

How are rewrite rules applied in WordPress? I don't see any rules in the .htaccess file... For example, if I set the address URL to www.example.com, then calls to example.com will 301 redirect to ...
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Wordpress removes spaces in URL on pagination

I'm having a problem with wordpress rewriting my URLs, basically I have a regular search form with method set as GET, when I submit it the URL looks like this at first: ...
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871 views

301 Redirect all posts urls from .html to / (without .html)

How can i redirect all posts permalinks from .html to / ,in Wordpress ? now all my posts url are ending in / ,but before it was with .html to be more clear ,for example a post url like this ...
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add_rewrite_rule: $matches var not replaced by captured value

I want to access a plugin file (when <a> is clicked) without exposing actual path of the file. I am using the following rewrite rule: add_rewrite_rule( 'continue/([0-9]+)/?$', ...
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Redirecting when changing custom post type slugs?

I changed the name of two of my custom post types. The original slugs for them did not properly reflect the post type. So I need to redirect requests for posts beginning with designer_lingerie (the ...
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860 views

How does WordPress handle permalinks?

WordPress auto corrects the permalinks(URLs) even if it is entered incorrectly. For e.g. WordPress will land you in example.com/some-post even if you enter example.com/idontexist/some-post or even ...
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Can I change default registration link (without htaccess)?

I'm using url like «wp-login.php?action=register&role=patient» and «register_form» hook for add extra inputs form which depends on urls like this: ...
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Wordpress 3.1.2 Network Enabled non-www to www

OK so i am drawing a blank. I have setup a WordPress 3.1.2 Network site and want the main site to appear with www.mydomain.com not mydomain.com and i can get that to work but the back-end on the ...
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Redirecting all old links from previous EE site to new WP site in one go?

I'm about to migrate from an old Expression Engine website to a new WordPress site on the same domain. Is there anything I should be aware of with respects to redirecting old links? The old site is ...
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510 views

Redirect Problems with Archive Page and GET variables

I'm having an issue with a third party plugin called WP-Calendar, where clicking on the "next" and "prev" links in a small calendar results in a redirect error. This problem only appears to be ...
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URL rewrite based on a custom field value

I'm working on a migration from another CMS to WordPress. The old site had terrible SEO-unfriendly URLs in the format http://example.com?lid=1234. We have imported all the posts from the old site ...
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Preventing index.php?category_name=something from redirecting

I'm trying to filter posts in a category by the year of the post's date. I also want to do this without being redirected to the year template so my ideal URL would be ...
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Wordpress CMS - hide content from public while in editing stages

I'm setting up a simple web site for a member of my family, using wordpress as a CMS. I've already registered a domain name and I'm about to set up wordpress. I want them to be able to edit the site ...
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How to? Redirect /category/sci-fi/ to /category/scifi/?

I changed the wordpress category slug from "sci-fi" to "scifi" a few months back by accident. How can I redirect /category/sci-fi/ to /category/scifi/ so that /category/sci-fi/page/2/, ...
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Wordpress 3.0 Multisite - Child sites and backends appearing blank

I've just installed wordpress on our Rackspace server - I've set wordpress up for Multisite as I have done many times before. The main wordpress site at the root functions fine - however when I add a ...
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Making a plugin file accessible via url rewrite?

In my WordPress plugin I have a php file that generates some stats about the blog and outputs it as a simple text file. To access WordPress functions I've included this at the top of the file: ...
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Custom permalinks with NextGEN Gallery

i set my wordpress permlink to /%category%/%postname% now i'm using Nextgen Gallery so when i have a gallery in a page it will be something like /cat/page?gallery=10 i want to make it something like ...
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Using WP rather than .htaccess to redirect pages/posts

I run a site with over 100 specific redirects in the htaccess for legacy html files that were subsequently brought into WP. There are also rules for pages within a date range to redirect to the home ...