Permalink structure and dedicated comment pages

Question

I want to edit my permalink structure so that individual post URLs are structured like this...blog.com/p1, blog.com/p2, blog.com/p523, etc

I also want to edit my permalink structure so that comment URLs are structured like this this...blog.com/c1, blog.com/c2, blog.com/c324, etc

Are these two things possible via the permalink settings? If not could it be possible via building a customized plugin?

Also...I'd like each comment to live on a dedicated page. Comments would still appear below posts, but each comment would have its own permalink that went to a dedicate page containing just that comment. Would something like this be possible via building a customized plugin?

Thanks in advance for any advice you can offer!

Eddie

Answer 1

You can change the permalink setting to /p%post_id%, but this will also set the front property of the WP_Rewrite object to /p, so some URLs will also get this in front (/pauthor for example). You can counter this by changing the $wp_rewrite->front property again:

add_action( 'permalink_structure_changed', 'wpse5595_rewrite_front_reset' );
add_action( 'init', 'wpse5595_rewrite_front_reset' );
function wpse5595_rewrite_front_reset()
{
    $GLOBALS['wp_rewrite']->front = '/';
}

You must do this on every init so the generated links are OK, and on every permalink_structure_changed so the generated rules (that handle incoming URLs) are OK.

Comments on separate pages should be possible. I suggest you first try to find a plugin that does this, then we can figure out how to change the URL structure it uses.

Answer 2

Separate pages for individual comments seems like what SEO Super Comments plugin does.