How do you create %post_type%/%postname%/ permalink structure?

Question

How do you create %post_type%/%postname%/ permalink structure?

This is what is not working:

eg. ( domain.com/blog/ ) -> "click on post" -> ( domain.com/post-name )

How do I make "blog post" permalinks work like this...

eg. ( domain.com/blog/ ) -> "click on post" -> ( domain.com/blog/post-name )

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Although other custom post types work?...

eg. ( domain.com/portfolio/ ) -> "click on portfolio piece" -> ( domain.com/portfolio/project )

Also, should I reflush the Permalinks?

Here is the Custom Post Types code & Taxonomies code in my functions.php file:

  // Add Custom Post Type "Portfolio"
register_post_type('portfolio', array(  'label' => 'Portfolio',
'description' => '',
'public' => true,
'show_ui' => true,
'show_in_menu' => true,
'capability_type' => 'post',
'hierarchical' => false,
'rewrite' => array('slug' => 'portfolio'),
'query_var' => true,
'supports' => array('title',
'revisions',),
'taxonomies' => array('Portfolio Category',),
'labels' => array (
  'name' => 'Portfolio',
  'singular_name' => 'Project',
  'menu_name' => 'Portfolio',
  'add_new' => 'Add Project',
  'add_new_item' => 'Add New Project',
  'edit' => 'Edit',
  'edit_item' => 'Edit Project',
  'new_item' => 'New Project',
  'view' => 'View',
  'view_item' => 'View Portfolio Piece',
  'search_items' => 'Search Portfolio',
  'not_found' => 'No Portfolio Pieces Found',
  'not_found_in_trash' => 'No Portfolio Pieces found in Trash',
  'parent' => 'Parent Project',
),) );

// Add Custom Post Type "Testimonials"
register_post_type('testimonials', array(   
'label' => 'Testimonials',
'description' => '',
'public' => true,'show_ui' => true,
'show_in_menu' => true,
'capability_type' => 'post',
'hierarchical' => false,
'rewrite' => array('slug' => ''),
'query_var' => true,
'supports' => array('title',
'revisions',),
'labels' => array (
  'name' => 'Testimonials',
  'singular_name' => 'Testimonial',
  'menu_name' => 'Testimonials',
  'add_new' => 'Add New',
  'add_new_item' => 'Add New Testimonial',
  'edit' => 'Edit',
  'edit_item' => 'Edit Testimonial',
  'new_item' => 'New Testimonial',
  'view' => 'View',
  'view_item' => 'View Testimonial',
  'search_items' => 'Search Testimonials',
  'not_found' => 'No Testimonials Found',
  'not_found_in_trash' => 'No Testimonials Found in Trash',
  'parent' => 'Parent Testimonial',
),) );

//Add Taxonomy for Portfolio Category
add_action( 'init', 'portfolio_create_taxonomies', 0 );

function portfolio_create_taxonomies()
{
    //Porfolio Category
    $portfolio_labels = array(
        'name' => _x( 'Portfolio Category', 'taxonomy general name' ),
        'singular_name' => _x( 'Portfolio Category', 'taxonomy singular name' ),
        'search_items' =>  __( 'Search in portfolio category' ),
        'all_items' => __( 'All portfolio categories' ),
        'most_used_items' => null,
        'parent_item' => null,
        'parent_item_colon' => null,
        'edit_item' => __( 'Edit portfolio category' ),
        'update_item' => __( 'Update portfolio category' ),
        'add_new_item' => __( 'Add new portfolio category' ),
        'new_item_name' => __( 'New portfolio category' ),
        'menu_name' => __( 'Portfolio Categories' ),
    );
    register_taxonomy('portfolio-category',array('portfolio'),array(  
        'hierarchical' => true,
        'labels' => $portfolio_labels,
        'show_ui' => true,
        'query_var' => true,
        'rewrite' => array('slug' => 'portfolio-category')
    ));
}

EDIT: I think this problem is occuring because of a template heirachy issue the blog page is using "index.php" when it should be using "template-blog.php" file.

Answer 1

Beyond the fact that disabling 'pretty' permalinks in the Settings > Permalink page disables pretty permalinks for all post types and taxonomies, the options do not effect custom post types or taxonomies.

If you set the permalinks to blog/%postname% then your posts will have the structure: www.yoursite.com/blog/hello-world.

On the other hand, when a post type is registered (by default) it will set the permalink to www.yoursite.com/post-type/newpost (assuming you have pretty permalinks enabled, and the post type is post-type).

The same goes for custom taxonomies: A custom taxonomy will display as www.yoursite.com/custom-taxonomy/ and a custom taxonomy term will display as www.yoursite.com/custom-taxonomy/custom-taxonomy-term/.

There are a couple of things that have to be in place for this to happen though.

In register_posttype() of the post type the following must be set:

'rewrite' => true,
'has_archive' => 'post-type-name', // "post-type-name" is replaced with your post type name

Rewrite simply allows WordPress to rewrite the URL. It is set to true by default. has_archive defines the name of the archive (index) page for this post type. If this value is not set the post type has no index page.

The same is true for custom taxonomies. In register_taxonomy():

'rewrite' => array('slug' => 'hierarchical-taxonomy' ),

From the Codex:

rewrite (boolean or array) (optional) Set to false to prevent automatic URL rewriting a.k.a. "pretty permalinks". Pass an $args array to override default URL settings for permalinks as outlined below.

$args array

• 'slug' - Used as pretty permalink text (i.e. /tag/) - defaults to $taxonomy (taxonomy's name slug)
• 'with_front' - allowing permalinks to be prepended with front base - defaults to true 'hierarchical' - true or false allow hierarchical
• urls (implemented in Version 3.1)

Note: You may need to flush the rewrite rules after changing this. You can do it manually by going to the Permalink Settings page and re-saving the rules -- you don't need to change them -- or by calling $wp_rewrite->flush_rules(). You should only flush the rules once after the taxonomy has been created, not every time the plugin/theme loads.

Answer 2

The easiest way is to login into wp-admin, go to settings and click permalink options. From there you can change the structure of permalinks to a custom style.

For instance, mine is setup this way /blog/%postname%/. You can also tinker with .htaccess code if you want but that gets a little messy.

The other way you can do it is kind of a cheat way, but if you create custom page templates in .php in the head name your template name whatever you want, and then link it up.

<?php
/**
 * Template Name: About
 * Description: A full-width for About
 */
get_header(); ?>

Then create a new page, select the page template, and then make sure the permalink matches up. Most of the time this will work. You just have to have both ends in sync.

Hope this helps.

http://codex.wordpress.org/Post_Types ^This may aid you as well on Post Types.

Answer 3

Very easy, NO NEED ANY hacks. Just leave your code as it is and go to Settings-Permalinks Select Custom structure and paste this: /%category%/%postname%/

and save it, and it will make urls like POSTYPE/POSTNAME

i use this and it works.