Rewrite Rule working different than expected

Question

We have our blog posts on a custom page with a custom pagination. For example a blog post name is url.de/postname instead of url.de/blog/postname.

Therefore we have a page /blog/ which has the pagination on it. The links from the pagination module like /blog/2/ lead to a 404 error page, because the /page/ part is missing.

I cannot edit the page urls - therefore i would like to use a redirect rule for this.

What i got till now:

function my_pagination_rewrite() {
    add_rewrite_rule( '(([^/]+/)*blog)/?([0-9]{1,})/?$', 'index.php?pagename=$matches[1]&paged=$matches[3]', 'top' );
}

add_action( 'init', 'my_pagination_rewrite' );

But this leads to /blog/2/page/2 --> 404.

How can i get this code to return /blog/page/2 or just return /blog/2/ (and show the content of /blog/page/2)

Thanks for help!

Answer 1

I'll add another answer because the rule is only a part of the problem.

Here is what I have tested and is working :

<?php
class BadRewritesRules {

    public function __construct() {
        add_action('init', [$this, 'custom_post_types_rewrite_rules']);
        remove_filter('template_redirect', 'redirect_canonical');
    }

    public function custom_post_types_rewrite_rules() {
        add_rewrite_rule('(blog)/([0-9-]+)[/]?$', 'index.php?pagename=$matches[1]&paged=$matches[2]', 'top');
    }

}

new BadRewritesRules();

In reality, I used another URL and you can see it working here : https://tests.pierre-roels.com/bad-rewrite-rules/2/ You can use pagination and also view each "member" with the same slug.

But as I said, this is a poor solution in my opinion because we must remove the template_redirect action hook. It would be better to hook on the Laravel part to build links the right way :( Or maybe an .htaccess redirect ?

Don't forget to flush permalinks everytime you make a change. To do so, you can simply go to Settings > Permalinks and submit the page

Here is the solution with .htacess. Add this to your .htaccess :

RewriteRule (blog)/([0-9]+)/? /$1/page/$2/ [R=301,L]

and don't forget to fix you rule : add_rewrite_rule('(blog)/page/([0-9-]+)[/]?$', 'index.php?pagename=$matches[1]&paged=$matches[2]', 'top');.

I have made another test just for you : https://tests.pierre-roels.com/blog/2/

This solution allow you to not remove the template_redirect hook, it redirects the user the right end-url

Answer 2

You should keep the slug page in your URL. It is way more easier and better to read.

Here is something correct :

add_rewrite_rule( '(blog)/page/([0-9-]+)[/]?$', 'index.php?pagename=$matches[1]&paged=$matches[2]', 'top' );