I need to use javascript redirection in one of my scripts. With /%postname%/ WP permalinks structure redirection works like it should but with default it always redirects to home page.

/%postname%/ structure script:

window.location.replace(encodeURIComponent(""));

default permalinks structure script:

window.location.replace(encodeURIComponent("/?customposttype=postslug"))

I need to use javascript redirection in one of my scripts. With /%postname%/ WP permalinks structure redirection works like it should but with default it always redirects to home page.

/%postname%/ structure script:

window.location.replace(encodeURIComponent("http://www.url/customposttype/postslug"));

default permalinks structure script:

window.location.replace(encodeURIComponent("http://www.url/?customposttype=postslug"))

• permalinks
• javascript
• redirect

• Does the page load properly when you put http://www.url/?customposttype=postslug into your browser? – random_user_name Commented Mar 18, 2014 at 20:13
• Yes it loads normaly – raaaa Commented Mar 18, 2014 at 20:16
• But when the script runs on the page, you are saying to loads the home page? Does the actual correct URL show up in the browser url bar, or does it just load the home page directly? – random_user_name Commented Mar 18, 2014 at 21:44
• Correct URL shows but it loads home page – raaaa Commented Mar 18, 2014 at 21:54
• Check the browser title bar - are you sure it's not loading a 404 / Page not found? – random_user_name Commented Mar 18, 2014 at 22:49

1 Answer 1

The issue is that your script is doing a replace, but really what you want is to set the window location:

Change your redirects from:

window.location.replace(encodeURIComponent("http://www.url/?customposttype=postslug"))

to

window.location = "http://www.url/?customposttype=postslug";

And it should work properly.