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Getting 404 error when reload page in react+wordpress


I am building a WordPress plugin using react and I'm using react on the WordPress frontend. When I change route using react and reload the page then I'm getting the 404 error

Here is my webpack.config.js file

const path = require('path');
const defaultConfig = require('@wordpress/scripts/config/webpack.config');

const ReactJs = {
    ...defaultConfig,
    entry: {
        'index': './src/index.js',
    },
    output: {
        path: path.resolve(__dirname, 'build/'),
        filename: '[name].js'
    }
}

module.exports = [ReactJs];

I want the solution within my plugin directory. Not in the .htaccess file


Solution

  • I found the solution on my own. Here is the solution. I load react on a page whose slug is frontend-dashboard. So I add a basename in BrowserRouter

    ReactDOM.render(
        <React.StrictMode>
            <BrowserRouter basename='/frontend-dashboard/'>
                <App />
            </BrowserRouter>
        </React.StrictMode>,
        document.getElementById("frontend-dashboard")
    );
    

    And after that, I create a custom endpoint for my WordPress plugin.

    add_action( 'init', 'tf_add_rewrite_endpoint' );
    function tf_add_rewrite_endpoint() {
        add_rewrite_endpoint( 'hotels', EP_ROOT | EP_PAGES );
        add_rewrite_endpoint( 'add-new-hotel', EP_ROOT | EP_PAGES );
    }
    

    Once I registered the new endpoint, I checked the newly registered endpoint in the current URL. If it matched, I am setting the template path to frontend-dashboard.php where actually react loaded by this id frontend-dashboard

    add_filter( 'template_include', 'tf_template_include' );
    function tf_template_include( $template ) {
        $page_slug = array('hotels', 'add-new-hotel');
        if ( is_page() && in_array( get_query_var( 'pagename' ), $page_slug ) ) {
            $template = TF_TEMPLATE_PATH . 'page-templates/frontend-dashboard.php';
        }
        return $template;
    }