I have a taxonomy car and a couple terms like kia, honda, and toyota.

Using the function get_term_link(), I can get a term archive link like this:

site/car/honda/

I am trying to use custom rewrite rules to get this structure:

site/car/honda/{$trim}

My rewrite rule looks like this:

add_rewrite_rule(
    home_url() . '/car/([^/]*)/([^/]*)/?',
    'index.php?taxonomy=car&term=$matches[1]&model=$matches[1]&trim=$matches[2]',
    'top'
);

However it does not work properly. The default term archive links work (site/car/honda), but if I add anything as a $trim, WordPress redirects to a 404 which leads me to believe that my regex isn't being matched at all.

My taxonomy is non-hierarchical.

Any help would be appreciated, thank you.

I have a taxonomy car and a couple terms like kia, honda, and toyota.

Using the function get_term_link(), I can get a term archive link like this:

site/car/honda/

I am trying to use custom rewrite rules to get this structure:

site/car/honda/{$trim}

My rewrite rule looks like this:

add_rewrite_rule(
    home_url() . '/car/([^/]*)/([^/]*)/?',
    'index.php?taxonomy=car&term=$matches[1]&model=$matches[1]&trim=$matches[2]',
    'top'
);

However it does not work properly. The default term archive links work (site/car/honda), but if I add anything as a $trim, WordPress redirects to a 404 which leads me to believe that my regex isn't being matched at all.

My taxonomy is non-hierarchical.

Any help would be appreciated, thank you.

• url-rewriting
• rewrite-rules

1 Answer 1

(Revised answer)

So Let's See The Issues With Your Rewrite Rule..

1. The first parameter passed to add_rewrite_rule() (which is the regular expression pattern) should not start with home_url() or any functions which outputs the website URL. So this is wrong:

   home_url() . '/car/([^/]*)/([^/]*)/?'
   

   because the generated regular expression (RegEx) pattern would be:

   http://example/car/([^/]*)/([^/]*)/?
   

   which will never be matched, because the request (see WP::$request) never starts with the website URL. And it doesn't even start with /.

2. Is the &model=$matches[1] part a typo?

   index.php?taxonomy=car&term=$matches[1]&model=$matches[1]&trim=$matches[2]
   

Now The Fixes

1. The home_url() . '/car/([^/]*)/([^/]*)/?' should be (no trailing / at the start):

   '^car/([^/]*)/([^/]*)/?'
   

2. The index.php?taxonomy=car&term=$matches[1]&model=$matches[1]&trim=$matches[2] should probably be without the &model=$matches[1]:

   index.php?taxonomy=car&term=$matches[1]&trim=$matches[2]
   

   However, even with that &model=$matches[1], the rule actually worked in my case.

3. And not sure if you've already added this somewhere in your code, but I'd add it so that I could get the value of the "trim" parameter in the URL:

   add_rewrite_tag( '%trim%', '([^/]+)' );
   

   You'd add that before/after the add_rewrite_rule() line, and to get the "trim" value, you could use get_query_var( 'trim' ).