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I am trying to redirect the category link to the first child post. I am using following code in category.php. This redirects, but link doesn't go to first child post. How can I redirect to the first child post, in ASC order by date?

/*
 Category Template:
 Template URI: 
 Description: 
 */
if ( have_posts() ) :
    while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
        wp_redirect( get_permalink( $post->ID ) );
    endwhile;
endif;
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You are much too late in the page load sequence to redirect. You need to redirect before headers are sent to the browser. The template_redirect hook should be a pretty good option:

function redirect_cat_wpse_207298() {
  if (is_category()) {
    global $post;
    wp_safe_redirect(get_permalink($post->ID));
    die;
  }
}
add_action('template_redirect','redirect_cat_wpse_207298');
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  • hi, this doesn't work. – Levent Kökdemir Nov 1 '15 at 21:29
  • Where did you put the code? It works fine when I test it. – s_ha_dum Nov 1 '15 at 21:30
  • sorry, I mistakenly added this to category.php, in functions.php working but this goes to newest child post not the oldest first post? how can I do that in ASC order? – Levent Kökdemir Nov 3 '15 at 21:10
  • To get the oldest you would need to use pre_get_posts to change the order argument for the archive. – s_ha_dum Nov 4 '15 at 4:14
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You could probably use get_posts() to refine what you are looking for/where you want to be redirected.

See the Codex for the general use of get_posts() and its parameters and you could use this (untested, hope it works) for your redirect:

<?php
$args = array('posts_per_page' => 1);
$postslist = get_posts($args);
foreach ($postslist as $post) :
  setup_postdata($post);
  wp_redirect(the_permalink());
endforeach; 
wp_reset_postdata();
?>
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  • Hi, thanks for reply, I've tested this, but doesn't work. – Levent Kökdemir Nov 1 '15 at 21:22
  • What does not work? – flomei Nov 2 '15 at 0:38
  • I've added this to category.php but not redirecting? – Levent Kökdemir Nov 3 '15 at 21:11
  • Ah, have a look at what @s_ha_dum wrote above. Your <code>category.php</code> runs too late, the redirect needs to be made much earlier. You could probably combine my code with his, for ordering and getting the first post... – flomei Nov 5 '15 at 12:43

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