Permalink Redirection and Regular Expressions in WordPress
I've got a pretty basic RegEx question but it's pressing enough that I don't have time to run down a tutorial on RegEx in order to answer it myself.
In short, I need: /2009/01/28/post-name/
redirected to /post-name/
As well as /post-name/author-name/
redirected to /post-name/
I promise to go take a class in RegEx before the month is out. Deal?
PS. Yes, I know that the Wordpress Redirection plugin will automate .htaccess but it won't write RegEx for me.
Solved using the Redirection plugin.
Source URL: /(\d*)/(\d*)/(\d*)/([A-Za-z0-9-]*) Target URL: /$4
As this may be found by someone in the future, I'm going to answer in as much detail as possible. I actually posted a blog on the subject here where I could discuss it.
The simplest solution uses very basic regex in concert with the Redirection plugin for WordPress. In this instance, you can use simple structures:
- (\d*) for a numeric string
- ([A-Za-z0-9-]*) for an alphanumeric string
- $# (in my case $4) to determine which of the outputs to keep
- a / for the directory seperator
So in the case of /yyyy/mm/dd/post-name we use:
- Source URL: /(\d*)/(\d*)/(\d*)/([A-Za-z0-9-]*)
- Target URL: /$4
in order to output /post-name as a 301.
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