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Utilizing WordPress's permalink structure on custom post types


I need to rewrite some URLs to custom templates. For example, I have a page at domain.com/page, and when a user clicks 'remove' on an element, it goes to domain.com/page/?remove=54. I'd like it to rewrite to domain.com/page/remove/54.

Help is appreciated, thank you in advance!


Solution

  • This exact code is untested, but it's derived from another instance of a similar situation that I did solve recently:

    add_action( 'init', 'ss_permalinks' );
    function ss_permalinks() {
        add_rewrite_rule(
            'page/remove/([^/]+)/?',
            'index.php?pagename=page&service=$matches[1]',
            'top'
    );
    }
    add_filter( 'query_vars', 'ss_query_vars' );
    function ss_query_vars( $query_vars ) {
        $query_vars[] = 'removeid';
        return $query_vars;
    }
    

    Re-save your permalink settings once after implementing. page is the slug of the page to point to when the user access this URL (domain.com/page/remove/432), and $matches[1] should be the number after remove/ in the URL. This number is accessible by the variable specified later, $query_vars[] = 'removeid';/ $removeid on the target page's template will be the number in the URL, if specified.