I ran into an issue with a site that needs the category base also included in the custom permalink structure. I know this is an issue and I have read many posts like this that gave me some insight...
I need to get the permalinks to work like this:
http://www.new1450.dev/industries/ {Main blog post only showing category selection}
http://www.new1450.dev/industries/development/ {a parent category}
http://www.new1450.dev/industries/development/parent-category-i/ {child of parent}
http://www.new1450.dev/industries/development/parent-category-i/child-category-i/ {child of child}
http://www.new1450.dev/industries/development/parent-category-i/child-category-i/some-cool-post/ {actual post}
My permalink settings are: Custom Structure:
/industries/%category%/%postname%/
Category Base:
industries/.
This gets me working with:
http://www.new1450.dev/industries/ {Main blog post only showing category selection}
http://www.new1450.dev/industries/development/ {a parent category}
http://www.new1450.dev/industries/development/parent-category-i/child-category-i/some-cool-post/ {actual post}
So it appears it's just the child categories that pose a problem..
http://www.new1450.dev/industries/development/parent-category-i/ {child of parent}
http://www.new1450.dev/industries/development/parent-category-i/child-category-i/ {child of child}
I am able to get the category ID by intercepting the 404 but I cannot see how to load the categories page with the proper category ID.
So my question is: Is there a way to load the categories page by calling some internal command or will I have to write my own way of loading the categories page? I was hoping that I could use a WP function as this would be ideal. if this is the latter, is there anything special I need to be aware of? I do know I have to set: status_header(200);
but wanted to know if there are any other headers or important steps that need to be taken.
Also, a redirect will not work for my purpose. I need to load the categories page with the new ID. If it helps, the hook I am using in WP to catch the 404 is: template_redirect
Thanks for any information you can provide on this subject.