I've completely re-written this question as it got a bit long, and I was worried people skipped it without reading it completely.
I have a custom post type (procedure) that features a custom meta key/value with a page ID that I want to use as the slug.
I'm using this function (below) to create the permalinks in the admin area, but when viewing these, the pages are 404 errors. How can I create rewrite rules to use this same format?
function bv_procedure_parent_slug($url, $post) {
if(get_post_type($post) == 'procedure' && get_post_meta($post->ID, 'procedure_parent', true)) {
$procedure_parent = get_post(get_post_meta($post->ID, 'procedure_parent', true))->post_name;
if($procedure_parent) {
$url = str_replace('procedure', $procedure_parent, $url);
}
}
return $url;
}
add_filter('post_type_link', 'bv_procedure_parent_slug', 1, 3);
The goal here is that I'll have lots of posts here, that will contain a meta key/value of procedure_parent => 31
(where 31 is a page ID, and the post name is 'face'). When viewing the single post, rather than the URL being /procedure/facelift/
I would like it to be /face/facelift/
.
For this, I believe I need to be able to get access to $post when creating the rewrite rule so I can get use get_post_meta()
.
But how?
It seems like you've over complicated your problem a little. Would it work if you did the following?
- Install the Custom Post Type Permalinks plugin and
- Change the default permalink to
http://example.com/custompostname/%category%/%postname%/
.
- Then instead of creating some pages with categories with them, use WordPress' inbuilt archive functionality and make a custom archive template for your custom post.
Otherwise I think add_permastruct()
is the function you're missing. I'm theorising this looking at the solution at https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/a/253325/58884 for a similar problem. Some code like this:
function my_custom_rewrite() {
add_permastruct('procedure', '/%parent%/', false);
}
add_action('init', 'my_custom_rewrite');
rather than 'rewrite' => array( 'slug' => '%parent%', 'with_front' => false )
in the post type declaration. The 'slug' => '%parent%'
part of that declaration is an optional substitution for the name of the custom post type ($post_type
in the register_post_type() codex entry). So if you had 'rewrite' => array( 'slug' => 'wibblewobble', 'with_front' => true)
your url would change from http://example.com/procedure/%postname%/
to http://example.com/wibblewobble/%postname%/
. With 'with_front' => false
I don't think it does anything. When you've entered 'slug' => '%parent%'
I think WordPress is taking that as a string and not doing anything with it dynamically.
Also be sure to use flush_rewrite_rules();
. You can use it in the init
hooked function while testing and then move it to theme/plugin activation hooked function once it works.
Good luck!