I created a page template to serve information dynamically.
For url like
example/the-hamptons => index.php?page_id=92&filter=the-hamptons
For url like
example/page-that-exists <- show page
Basically, if the url points to a page that exists, show the page. If the page does not exist, pass everything after the / to the page template in variable 'filter'.
I added the following to functions.php in my child theme.
function add_query_vars($aVars) {
$aVars[] = "filter";
return $aVars;
}
// hook add_query_vars function into query_vars
add_filter('query_vars', 'add_query_vars');
and
function add_rewrite_rules($aRules) {
$aNewRules = array('/([^/]+)/?$' => 'index.php?page_id=92&filter=matches[1]');
$aRules = $aNewRules + $aRules;
return $aRules;
}
// hook add_rewrite_rules function into rewrite_rules_array
add_filter('rewrite_rules_array', 'add_rewrite_rules');
I get a page not found when I type a url that does not exist.
If type a url that exists, it shows the correct page in that url.
Thank you for the help.
I created a page template to serve information dynamically.
For url like
example/the-hamptons => index.php?page_id=92&filter=the-hamptons
For url like
example/page-that-exists <- show page
Basically, if the url points to a page that exists, show the page. If the page does not exist, pass everything after the / to the page template in variable 'filter'.
I added the following to functions.php in my child theme.
function add_query_vars($aVars) {
$aVars[] = "filter";
return $aVars;
}
// hook add_query_vars function into query_vars
add_filter('query_vars', 'add_query_vars');
and
function add_rewrite_rules($aRules) {
$aNewRules = array('/([^/]+)/?$' => 'index.php?page_id=92&filter=matches[1]');
$aRules = $aNewRules + $aRules;
return $aRules;
}
// hook add_rewrite_rules function into rewrite_rules_array
add_filter('rewrite_rules_array', 'add_rewrite_rules');
I get a page not found when I type a url that does not exist.
If type a url that exists, it shows the correct page in that url.
Thank you for the help.
Share Improve this question asked Feb 24, 2019 at 0:44 jdiasjdias 1831 silver badge5 bronze badges 3 |2 Answers
Reset to default 0You are getting a 'page not found' because it is exactly that, not found.
What you can do is create a page, for instance, called 'locations' then set it up like this
example/locations/the-hamptons => index.php?page_id=[id_of_locations]&filter=the-hamptons
What I recommend is to don't overly complicate the things, this is somewhat a task more complicatedly to do.
WordPress will redirect all the pages that don't exist to a 404.php File.
From there, the most handy thing is to make a page that have a title saying something like: "Ups, you are lost." Then maybe give some example of pages/post/ what you want to give where the user might be interested and jump to.
Creating a page dynamically that doesn't exist doesn't sound like a good idea to me, but maybe I'm just wrong, and you have a solid reason... Just my opinion.
https://codex.wordpress/Creating_an_Error_404_Page
categoryin the url, and custom post types have a post type slug, it makes those rules unique. you can certainly create a more specific rule, but you can't have a general catch-all rule. – Milo Commented Feb 24, 2019 at 16:11