Time for Jim to Embarass Himself
http://example.com/2012/12/30/post-name
http://example.com/?p=123
Despite the tons of examples and docs, mod_rewrite is voodoo. Damned cool voodoo, but still voodoo.
-- Brian Moore
Stored within the site host config file
/**
* Rewrite rules for urls that have been changed
*/
public function action_rewrite_rules( $rewrite ) {
$series_rules = $rewrite->generate_rewrite_rules( '/series/%postname%/', EP_ALL, true, true, false, false, true );
$rewrite->rules = array_merge( $series_rules, (array) $rewrite->rules );
}
add_action( 'generate_rewrite_rules', 'action_rewrite_rules' );
/**
* Filter that will override certain url types.
*/
public function filter_post_link( $permalink, $post, $leavename ) {
$series_overrides = array(
'series-one',
'series-2',
);
/*
* For posts that have been flagged as a series we want to get rid of the
* date stamp and substitute it with the word 'series'.
* Since we only need the slug, array key 4 from matches will provide.
*/
if ( in_array( $post->post_name, $series_overrides, true ) && 'publish' === get_post_status( $post->ID ) ) {
preg_match( '#([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/([^/]+)(?:/([0-9]+))?#', $url, $matches );
if ( is_array( $matches ) && ! empty( $matches ) && 5 === count( $matches ) ) {
$permalink = home_url() . '/series/' . $matches[4] . '/';
}
}
return $permalink;
}
add_filter( 'post_link', 'filter_post_link', 10, 3 );
