[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #20688: Forward slash in custom taxonomy rewrite causes 404s because of (unnecessary?) attachment rule

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#20688: Forward slash in custom taxonomy rewrite causes 404s because of
(unnecessary?) attachment rule
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 Reporter:  harikaram      |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)   |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal         |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Rewrite Rules  |    Version:  3.3.2
 Severity:  normal         |   Keywords:
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 I implement a custom taxonomy with a rewrite that is designed to create
 urls like:

 "/apps/about/sometag"

 {{{
         $name = 'apps';
         register_taxonomy($name.'-tag', $name.'-post', array(
             'label' => ucfirst($name) . ' Tags',
             'public' => true,
             'has_archive' => true,
             'hierarchical' => false,
             'update_count_callback' => '_update_post_term_count',
             'rewrite' => array('slug' => "$name/about", with_front=>true)
         ));
 }}}

 However I was getting a 404 (yes I was flushing the rules) unless I
 changed the '/' to say a '-'.  Upon inspection of the rules, I found this
 one whose precedence was causing the problem:

 {{{
 'apps/[^/]+/([^/]+)/?$' => 'index.php?attachment=$matches[1]'
 }}}

 Upon removing it inside the "rewrite_rules_array" hook, the problem was
 solved.

 It seems odd to me that this generic rule exists and rewrites to an
 attachment of all things...

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