Refers to the process whereby an URL is manipulated to create what in WordPress is called a "pretty permalink"
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Rewrite custom post type url's adding meta box values
I've got these custom post types (CPT) and meta boxes:
Movies (CPT)
Genre (Meta box)
Genres (CPT)
If one movie is called Die hard then I want the permalink to be:
/genres/action/die-hard
This ...
0
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0answers
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Custom Post Type and Rewrite Slug Not working for Archive page
I'm hoping someone can help me out. I asked this on Wordpress.org but figured no harm in asking here too.
I read an article about using a custom plugin to create custom post types. So I did. ...
3
votes
3answers
9k views
How to redirect/rewrite all /wp-login requests
Is there any simple way to have wordpress, php or apache rewrite all urls which involve /wp-admin to /admin?
I have added this entry to my .htaccess file:
RewriteRule ^admin /wp-login.php [L]
...
0
votes
1answer
145 views
database not responding on localhost
I'm trying to work on an existing WordPress site on my Mac using MAMP. I've setup a new database using phpMyAdmin and imported the tables from the backup of the online version. I pasted this into ...
1
vote
1answer
99 views
Custom rewrite rule is not picked by Wordpress
I am trying to create a custom Rewrite URL something like
function add_my_rule() {
global $wp;
$wp->add_query_var('state');
$wp->add_query_var('state_destination');
...
-1
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2answers
358 views
How to improve WordPress security by hiding non public facing files?
e.g.
curl -I http://ma.tt/blog/wp-config.php
200 OK
The wp-config.php is not public facing file, since it currently just return blank page, so why not return 404 instead. (so will not be cached by ...
0
votes
3answers
56 views
how to move another machine or server without dealing with IP
Wordpress website for a small company. i am able to install wordpress in IIS server.
my doubt is when installing , i am giving the ip address as "192.168.0.101:87".Everything works fine.I created ...
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vote
1answer
106 views
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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vote
2answers
381 views
Combine Multiple Categories Into One URL Slug
I have a Wordpress website with 20+ categories. To make it easier to navigate I want to decrease the categories, but at the same time keep the original categories. In other words I want to be able to ...
0
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1answer
56 views
How to obfuscate theme directory URLs
I'm rewriting this question because I realized it was totally unclear what I want to do. I'm looking for a way to "obscure" the theme directory so that absolute URLs that reference things like images ...
1
vote
1answer
74 views
Adding paged query to custom URL rewrite
I have set up the following to create 'pretty' post type and category permalinks:
function kdev_add_category_rules() {
$post_types = array(
'kdev_photos',
'kdev_videos',
...
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0answers
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Custom permalinks structure and custom post types
For all posts, regardless of of the post type I want the URL to be, /read/%post_id%/%postname% and have the custom post types be archives so you can go to /%post_type% and /%post_type%/%category%.
...
0
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0answers
29 views
Fix my url problem in wordpress [closed]
I have a website which runs on a bing api. The site is imgpot.com and if you open the site in chrome and open any image on the right side then you will see the URL is broken and it adds %20 between ...
4
votes
3answers
323 views
How to add a custom URL placeholder to author archives?
I am working with a client who has a directory site that allows users to create accounts, then lists of items from the directory. Right now, whenever a user creates an account, she gets a profile URL ...
0
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0answers
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Affiliate linking id to payment page
I'm sorry if this has been repeated but I haven't found anything exactly to what I need. I have a website for a client that will be sending links to affiliates. The affiliates will link to our ...
0
votes
1answer
29 views
Custom taxonomy rewrite using tax name instead of rewrite slug
I Created a custom taxonomy for my projects custom post type.
function projects_taxonomy() {
$labels = array(
'name' => __('projects Categories'),
'singular_name' => ...
0
votes
1answer
54 views
Redirect URL to an existing page with query string or #! added on
I'm trying to make a photo gallery where the individual photos can be shared on Facebook and Twitter, and when you click the link, the photo that was shared will open in a lightbox automatically.
...
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vote
1answer
58 views
Author Profile URL
I have 2 user roles. "photographer" and "subscriber"
I have set my author.php like this
<?php get_header();
$thisauthor = get_userdata(intval($author));
$author_user = ...
0
votes
0answers
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Rewrite Admin URLs
I am creating settings pages for my plugin. Is there some method of making it so that my admin pages have nicer permalinks? (perhaps using wp_rewrite?). For instance, the url for my settings page ...
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vote
0answers
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How to pass url as a parameter in a add_rewrite_rule
I am building a plugin which relies on passing the url as a GET parameter. Now, I am trying to prettify the links by using rewrite rules but am stuck.
What I have now:
function ...
0
votes
1answer
38 views
Access $_POST data after redirect
How can I access $_POST data after a page redirect?
I guess there is some way to tell WordPress to pass all $_POST data to the redirected address, like it does with $_GET data, using Rewrite Rules, ...
0
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1answer
96 views
Make Author Archive Page URL be a Subdirectory of a Custom Post Type URL
I have a custom post type with a custom URL structure so it works like:
http://domain.com/custom-post-type/post1
http://domain.com/custom-post-type/post2
http://domain.com/custom-post-type/post3
etc.
...
0
votes
1answer
38 views
Wordpress Rewrites - How can I pass a variable to Custom Post Type?
I'm looking for a wordpress rewrite that will let me pass a query var. I have a custom post type that produces urls like this:
example.com/custom-post-slug/custom-post-title/
my goal is to have
...
1
vote
1answer
1k views
“.#[random-char-string]” being inserted at end of URLs
I've seen this on a couple of sites now and I'm having trouble finding information about (probably because it's awkward to describe):
All internal URLs like this for example:
...
0
votes
0answers
51 views
Pretty URLs for lost password functionality
I have WP installed in sub-directory and I'd like to have pretty URLs for the lost password functionality. So, something like this, from WP native -> pretty URL:
Initial and any errors lost password ...
0
votes
1answer
53 views
“set_front” => false on custom post type breaks wp_list_categories links [closed]
My question is related to this one. I would like my post permalinks to be prefixed by /blog/, but I don't want this prefix to be applied to my custom post type portfolio. In other words, I expect post ...
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0answers
34 views
Change URL of static page set as homepage
I've been on this one for a while and just cant seem to find the proper way of doing it....
I have a static page called 'digital' set as my homepage. I just want the home url to display:
...
6
votes
1answer
132 views
Two (or more) parallel (sub-)TLDs that are retained when surfing the site / dynamically set the site address?
I am running a site for a German NGO under the domain sub.example.org.
Recently, I added sub.example.ch for its Swiss spin-off.
Both (sub-)domains are pointing to the same physical location, a WP ...
0
votes
1answer
49 views
Per Page Permalink Structure for Page Post Type
I am trying to Re-Write Page URL's so that they END with .htm
I was able to do this using...
/* Add .htm extension to Page URL Links */
add_action('init', 'htm_page_permalink', -1);
function ...
0
votes
1answer
47 views
How to change pagination base from slash to query form?
Can this function...
function custom_pagination_base() {
global $wp_rewrite;
$wp_rewrite->pagination_base = 'p';
$wp_rewrite->flush_rules();
}
add_action( 'init', 'custom_pagination_base' );
...
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vote
1answer
684 views
Sorting Posts Via Custom Taxonomy Values Using Checkboxes?
I am working on a project that has a dropdown of custom taxonomy values called "Disciplines", there are only 4 of them in the dropdown. The way it has been designed is that you can select more than ...
0
votes
1answer
33 views
Prevent Wordpress from automatically correcting URLs
I notice that if I type in http://www.example.com/pag I can land on an existing page that has a name like http://www.example.com/page_five. I don't know exactly what causes this, but I want to know if ...
0
votes
1answer
58 views
Custom post type and custom taxonomy archive inaccessible
I've created some custom post type let say:
post_type_1
post_type_2
Those post types are related to each other, every post_type_1 has parent of many post_type_2.
Then I created a custom taxonomy ...
0
votes
4answers
1k views
Wordpress not respecting template hierarchy (fetches index.php instead of single.php or page.php)
I've encountered a strange error while developing a custom theme.
After finishing editing the template for a custom post type single view, I passed onto working at the template files for pages and I ...
0
votes
0answers
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Wordpress adding in site URL to header links
A little information: I am developing a one page theme that uses posts as sections on the main page. I have created code that allows users to add a menu item in the post page from a meta box when they ...
0
votes
2answers
619 views
How to remove the index.php in the url?
I have installed wordpress in a subdirectory (blog). In the root directory I have installed Magento. Now the file directory is as following:
app
downloader
includes
media
....
blog/wp-admin
My ...
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votes
0answers
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Adding in Custom Directory/Path in URL Without Effecting Permalinks
After several tries of piecing together different forms of add_rewrite_rule() and .htaccess edits, I have not been able to find a solution that works. I want to add in a custom directory to a ...
0
votes
1answer
33 views
how rewrite is working in wordpress
I have installed a plugin called marketpress.
And it have a url as http://www.mydomain.com/store/shopping-cart/shipping/
Now i just want to know which php page it refers to.
In my db and found ...
1
vote
1answer
24 views
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 ...
0
votes
0answers
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how to set up permalinks to contain special characters
I have been trying for months to make a one page WordPress site. This site has need for a special character set in the navigation in order to work. Each page is set up in an unordered list based on ...
0
votes
0answers
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How Wordpress Rewrite Rule Work
This is my rewrite rule under function.php file
include('add_rewrite_rules.php');
$options = array(
'query_vars' => array('state', 'state_destination','state_name'),
'rules' =>
...
0
votes
2answers
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username in rewritten URL, howto use it in a template
on my site user profiles can be accessed on /user/xxx. Now i created a rewrite rule and all user links are handled on the template page. But how can i access the xxx(user) in the template file?
The ...
3
votes
2answers
85 views
How to modify author base slug with groups and slug to use nice_nickname?
After reading the following suggestions from Jan Fabry regarding URL rewrite and the author slug I took the challenge in combining both solution in one.
Change author base slug for different roles
...
1
vote
1answer
103 views
Get Taxonomy Term Title by it's URL
I have a URL - http://localhost/products/product-name/ and I want to use this URL to retrieve the title Product Name
This is out of loop, so the URL provided is all I have to work from. Product Name ...
8
votes
3answers
805 views
How to create a front end user profile with a friendly permalink
I want to create a public front-end profile page with a friendly url like this format.
mysite.com/user/someusername
Any idea on how can i achieve this? I know it has something to do with rewrite ...
0
votes
1answer
38 views
What is the proper way to use add_rewrite_rule to remove the (question mark)?
I have a page called "People" with a custom template that takes in a variable called name:
example.com/people/?name=FirstLast
What I want is this:
example.com/people/FristLast
I know I need to use ...
0
votes
1answer
55 views
Need Help With A Rewrite Issue
On the site im getting this
"mysitehere.com/pro/my-everyday/?auth=my%20author%20title"
I would love to have it like
"mysitehere.com/pro/my-everyday/my-author-title"
I have looked around and found ...
1
vote
2answers
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open all .docs in word online
Hey I'm trying to make all .doc/docx .xls/xlsx files open in office online.
This would mean that every link to a .doc
http://mywebsite.com/wp-content/uploads.link.doc
would have to instead point ...
0
votes
1answer
38 views
Custom Rewrite Problem
I'm creating some custom rewrites using the code below. Everything works fine, as far as urls such as this:
example.com/reviews/showname
Tells my theme to use the special archive page and passes ...
1
vote
0answers
54 views
How to rewrite a URL to another rewritten URL without changing the address?
Just got to the end of a site build and the client is now saying the original site URL's need to stay the same and do not want to do 301 redirects due to loss of link juice.
The structure of the site ...
