Removing slug in url from custom post type
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Hi,
I recently created some functionality on my site to remove the slug from the URL of a custom post type.
ie. instead of accessing the custom post type from https://www.website.com/custom_type/article_name
you could access it from https://www.website.com/article_name like any other regular post or pageI had to do this in a “hacky” way.
Here is a link to the page where I go this “hack”: https://www.markwarddesign.com/2014/02/12/remove-custom-post-type-slug-permalink/My question is, is there a better, non-hacky way to do this? And do you believe this “hack” will work in the long term? It seems to have worked since 2014, so it seems to me like its likely to keep working, but would be great to get some feedback from seasoned wordpress developers.
Here is the code if you want to avoid visiting the site:
Remove Post Type Slug from CPT /** * Remove the slug from published post permalinks. Only affect our CPT though. */ function vipx_remove_cpt_slug( $post_link, $post, $leavename ) { if ( ! in_array( $post->post_type, array( 'event' ) ) || 'publish' != $post->post_status ) return $post_link; $post_link = str_replace( '/' . $post->post_type . '/', '/', $post_link ); return $post_link; } add_filter( 'post_type_link', 'vipx_remove_cpt_slug', 10, 3 ); function vipx_parse_request_tricksy( $query ) { // Only noop the main query if ( ! $query->is_main_query() ) return; // Only noop our very specific rewrite rule match if ( 2 != count( $query->query ) || ! isset( $query->query['page'] ) ) return; // 'name' will be set if post permalinks are just post_name, otherwise the page rule will match if ( ! empty( $query->query['name'] ) ) $query->set( 'post_type', array( 'post', 'your_post_type', 'page' ) ); } add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'vipx_parse_request_tricksy' ); /** * Remove the slug from published post permalinks. Only affect our CPT though. */ function vipx_remove_cpt_slug( $post_link, $post, $leavename ) { if ( ! in_array( $post->post_type, array( 'event' ) ) || 'publish' != $post->post_status ) return $post_link; $post_link = str_replace( '/' . $post->post_type . '/', '/', $post_link ); return $post_link; } add_filter( 'post_type_link', 'vipx_remove_cpt_slug', 10, 3 ); function vipx_parse_request_tricksy( $query ) { // Only noop the main query if ( ! $query->is_main_query() ) return; // Only noop our very specific rewrite rule match if ( 2 != count( $query->query ) || ! isset( $query->query['page'] ) ) return; // 'name' will be set if post permalinks are just post_name, otherwise the page rule will match if ( ! empty( $query->query['name'] ) ) $query->set( 'post_type', array( 'post', 'your_post_type', 'page' ) ); } add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'vipx_parse_request_tricksy' );Thanks in advance!
Gab
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@leadsoft thank you for the solution, but thats the almost identical solution that I have already implemented. It works well, but I was wondering if there was a better way of doing this.
@corrinarusso – I tried using rewrites but the problem seems to be that when I do a re-write for my specific custom post, it overwrites the re-write for standard posts and pages and they give a 404. It looks like wordpress queries the database for the custom type when there is a match in the rewrite instead of querying for pages/posts. I couldnt find a way to get the same rewrite rule to look for the custom post as well as for post and pages. The solution I have (same as the one provided by @leadsoft) seems to be the only way to bypass this (that I could find).
Do you have a specific solution that I might have missed?
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