[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #14383: Custom Permalink Structures Seem To Have Broken

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#14383: Custom Permalink Structures Seem To Have Broken
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 Reporter:  truthmedia     |       Owner:                                                            
     Type:  defect (bug)   |      Status:  new                                                       
 Priority:  normal         |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review                                           
Component:  Rewrite Rules  |     Version:  3.0                                                       
 Severity:  normal         |    Keywords:  rewrite, permalink, custom permalink, custom rewrite rules
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 Up until WordPress 3, we have been running some code in one of our plugins
 which changes how WordPress reads tag URL's. Instead of the standard
 /tags/oranges/ type structure, we've been using something along the lines
 of /s/37/tags/oranges/ which allowed us to split the site into multiple
 sections. (for example, the above might show different posts than say
 /s/25/tags/oranges/)

 The code we were using seemed to be working fine up until WordPress 3.0. I
 have included it below. It is an adapted form of the example found near
 the bottom of this page of Ryan Boren's Feed Director plugin:
 http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/WP_Rewrite

 The code we've been using:


 {{{
 add_action('generate_rewrite_rules', 'sectioncats_add_rewrite_rules');
 function sectioncats_add_rewrite_rules( $wp_rewrite )
 {
         $new_rules = array(
                 '[Ss]/([0-9]+)/tags/([^/]+)/?$' => 'index.php?' .
                         'tag=' . $wp_rewrite->preg_index(2) .
                         '&section_id=' . $wp_rewrite->preg_index(1),

                 '[Ss]/([0-9]+)/tags/([^/]+)/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$' =>
 'index.php?' .
                         'tag=' . $wp_rewrite->preg_index(2) .
                         '&paged=' . $wp_rewrite->preg_index(3) .
                         '&section_id=' . $wp_rewrite->preg_index(1),
         );

         $wp_rewrite->rules = $new_rules + $wp_rewrite->rules;
 }
 }}}


 As of WordPress 3, this no longer works. Well... it sorta works in that it
 keeps the proper section but redirects the browser to /tags/oranges/ (ie
 back to the default WP structure)

 So, my question is, What's the *right* way to do this? I've tried
 switching to use simple add_rewrite_rule commands, but those don't yield
 any better results.

 Thanks in advance for any help.
 James W.

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