Change permalinks for post type 'post' only

Question

Like many other, I would like to have: domain.com/post-title changed into domain.com/blog/post-title but only for the post type 'post', not for 'page' and especially not for the custom post types (of which my theme seems to have many).

I have done my research on this forum and other sources and I know the general answer seems to be:

When you register your post type, the with_front argument of rewrite should be false.

$args = array(
    'rewrite' => array( 'with_front' => false ),
); 
register_post_type( 'your-post-type', $args );

Unfortunately, this does not help the beginners. We don't know what is meant by the instructions above. Apparently we should somehow re-register the default post type "post" (although the post type "post" already exists and is in use), but we don't know how and where to do that. If anyone can shed some light on the necessary procedure for changing the blog posts URLs, I would be most grateful.

Answer 1

I found the answer here. Remember to pop in there and give it a like.

I'll post it here, for people in a rush.

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Put this into the functions.php-file:

function wp1482371_custom_post_type_args( $args, $post_type ) {
  if ( $post_type == "post" ) {
    $args['rewrite'] = array(
      'slug' => 'blog'
    );
  }

  return $args;
}
add_filter( 'register_post_type_args', 'wp1482371_custom_post_type_args', 20, 2 );

(Tested and works).

Remember!!

Remember A) Remember to update your permalinks afterwards (by going into Settings >> Permalinks >> Click 'Save Changes' ).

Remember B) If you get wierd results, then try opening an incognito-window and see if it words there. WordPress has a feature that redirects to 'Nearest Matching URL', that can seem confusing, when playing around with permalinks.

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You could also try to find a Plugin that does it. I wouldn't do that, since it's quite extensive to add a plugin for that sole purpose. But hey, - sometimes it can be satisfying to shoot birds with canons (no bird was harmed making this joke).

Answer 2

Did you tried this?

function generate_rewrite_rules( $wp_rewrite ) {
      $new_rules = array(
        '(.?.+?)/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$' => 'index.php?pagename=$matches[1]&paged=$matches[2]',
        'blog/([^/]+)/?$' => 'index.php?post_type=post&name=$matches[1]',
        'blog/[^/]+/attachment/([^/]+)/?$' => 'index.php?post_type=post&attachment=$matches[1]',
        'blog/[^/]+/attachment/([^/]+)/trackback/?$' => 'index.php?post_type=post&attachment=$matches[1]&tb=1',
        'blog/[^/]+/attachment/([^/]+)/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$' => 'index.php?post_type=post&attachment=$matches[1]&feed=$matches[2]',
        'blog/[^/]+/attachment/([^/]+)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$' => 'index.php?post_type=post&attachment=$matches[1]&feed=$matches[2]',
        'blog/[^/]+/attachment/([^/]+)/comment-page-([0-9]{1,})/?$' => 'index.php?post_type=post&attachment=$matches[1]&cpage=$matches[2]',     
        'blog/[^/]+/attachment/([^/]+)/embed/?$' => 'index.php?post_type=post&attachment=$matches[1]&embed=true',
        'blog/[^/]+/embed/([^/]+)/?$' => 'index.php?post_type=post&attachment=$matches[1]&embed=true',
        'blog/([^/]+)/embed/?$' => 'index.php?post_type=post&name=$matches[1]&embed=true',
        'blog/[^/]+/([^/]+)/embed/?$' => 'index.php?post_type=post&attachment=$matches[1]&embed=true',
        'blog/([^/]+)/trackback/?$' => 'index.php?post_type=post&name=$matches[1]&tb=1',
        'blog/([^/]+)/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$' => 'index.php?post_type=post&name=$matches[1]&feed=$matches[2]',
        'blog/([^/]+)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$' => 'index.php?post_type=post&name=$matches[1]&feed=$matches[2]',
        'blog/page/([0-9]{1,})/?$' => 'index.php?post_type=post&paged=$matches[1]',
        'blog/[^/]+/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$' => 'index.php?post_type=post&name=$matches[1]&paged=$matches[2]',
        'blog/([^/]+)/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$' => 'index.php?post_type=post&name=$matches[1]&paged=$matches[2]',
        'blog/([^/]+)/comment-page-([0-9]{1,})/?$' => 'index.php?post_type=post&name=$matches[1]&cpage=$matches[2]',
        'blog/([^/]+)(/[0-9]+)?/?$' => 'index.php?post_type=post&name=$matches[1]&page=$matches[2]',
        'blog/[^/]+/([^/]+)/?$' => 'index.php?post_type=post&attachment=$matches[1]',
        'blog/[^/]+/([^/]+)/trackback/?$' => 'index.php?post_type=post&attachment=$matches[1]&tb=1',
        'blog/[^/]+/([^/]+)/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$' => 'index.php?post_type=post&attachment=$matches[1]&feed=$matches[2]',
        'blog/[^/]+/([^/]+)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$' => 'index.php?post_type=post&attachment=$matches[1]&feed=$matches[2]',
        'blog/[^/]+/([^/]+)/comment-page-([0-9]{1,})/?$' => 'index.php?post_type=post&attachment=$matches[1]&cpage=$matches[2]',
      );
      $wp_rewrite->rules = $new_rules + $wp_rewrite->rules;
    }
    add_action( 'generate_rewrite_rules', 'generate_rewrite_rules' );

    function update_post_link( $post_link, $id = 0 ) {
      $post = get_post( $id );
      if( is_object( $post ) && $post->post_type == 'post' ) {
        return home_url( '/blog/' . $post->post_name );
      }
      return $post_link;
    }
    add_filter( 'post_link', 'update_post_link', 1, 3 );

Answer 3

//Place code in function.php 
add_action('init', 'my_new_default_post_type', 1); 
function my_new_default_post_type() 
{ 
    register_post_type('post', array(
        // 'labels' => $labels, 
        'public' => true, 
        //'show_in_admin_bar' => true,
        '_builtin' => false, 
        '_edit_link' => 'post.php?post=%d', 
        'capability_type' => 'post', 
        'map_meta_cap' => true, 
        'hierarchical' => false, 
        'rewrite' => array('slug' => 'resources/blog'), // Add your slug here 
        'query_var' => false, 
        'supports' => array('title', 'editor', 'author', 'thumbnail', 'excerpt', 'trackbacks', 'custom-fields', 'comments', 'revisions', 'post-formats'),
    )); 
    /* If you add above code in function.php, Your blog pagination is stopped to working, You need to add rewrite rule using "Debug This" Plugin under Query >> Rewrite Section & modify your rewrite_rule. */ 
    add_rewrite_rule('(.?.+?)/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$', 'index.php?pagename=resources/blog&paged=$matches[1]', 'top');
}