WordPress internal URL routing / Rewrite API

Question

I have a WordPress theme with Custom Post Types. My URL Structure is /%category%/%postname% (this has to stay that way)

I also have a Custom Post Type "Cars" and a Category "Cars". When I enter domain.com/cars, WordPress will route to the archive.php template file (which is correct default behaviour).

What I want instead, is that URL pointing to the pretty URL of a page (which would have a custom template) that has the Permalink domain.com/cars (ugly URL would be domain.com/index.php?pagename=cars)

I tried this:

add_action( 'init', 'add_rewrite_rules' );  
function add_rewrite_rules() {   
    add_rewrite_rule(  
        'cars/([^/]+)/?$',  
        'index.php?pagename=$matches[1]',  
        'top');
}

I also flushed Rewrite Rules, but it does not work (nothing happens). Any Ideas?

WordPress automatically creates a permalink for your custom post type. So domain.com/%category%/%postname%/ doesn't work? Or are you trying to create a new permalink to show all and specific "cars"? — WizzHead
– WizzHead, Commented Nov 12, 2014 at 10:54
domain.com/%category%/%postname%/ works perfectly fine and domain.com/%customposttype%/postname works fine. Problem: I want to route domain.com/cars to a page instead the archive. — Sebastian
– Sebastian, Commented Nov 12, 2014 at 11:55

Sebastian · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-12 13:57:37Z

1

I found this solution (for functions.php):

The first line matches URLs like cars/mustang, the second one points /cars to the page named cars.

add_rewrite_rule('^cars/([^/]*)/?','cars/$matches[1]','top');
add_rewrite_rule('^cars$','index.php?pagename=cars','top');

Don't forget to flush the rewrite rules in Settings->Permalinks

answered Nov 12, 2014 at 13:57

Sebastian

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