[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #32903: Url request order of priority - why "search" 3rd, after category, tag but before author, date, post etc?

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#32903: Url request order of priority - why "search" 3rd, after category, tag but
before author, date, post etc?
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 Reporter:  luciandavidescu  |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement      |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Permalinks       |    Version:  4.2.2
 Severity:  normal           |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                   |
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 I'm not too good at hooking into internal WP function, neither do I know
 if this particular hook could even be done (no documentation as far as I
 was able to search). I have this
 (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/31170657/redirecting-404-to-search-
 with-pagination-on-404-template/) situation where I need that the URL
 request be parsed into a search after anything else was exhausted.

 By trial and error, I found that there is a list of priorities whenever an
 url is requested. First, Wordpress will test if it's a category, if match
 serve, else test if tag, if match serve, else try a search. Anything else
 (author, date, custom taxonomy, post! etc) is parsed only after.

 I know that this particular issue of mine wouldn't warrant any effort, but
 on the other hand, if there are no hard constraints preventing it, search
 would be much better suited at the very end of this queue. It's more
 logical that a search is absolutely the least specific type of url and it
 may also find it's way in numerous other applications.

 So, IMO, url requests should be interpreted as a search only as the very
 last resort, either by default or at least via some documented hook into
 the code.

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