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What’s in a WordPress Web Address
Simon Wheatley
(@simonwheatley)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/carolynwillitts/3156518827/in/set-72157611966344355
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We have a problem
https://www.flickr.com/photos/adactio/5730227336
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Who are you?
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I work at WordPress.com VIP
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Cool URIs are important
http://www.flickr.com/photos/knightfoundation/2858604501/sizes/o/
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Pretty URLs since 2003
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ouragency.com/2015/03/hello-world/
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ouragency.com/worked-for/dyson/
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ouragency.com/worked-for/dyson/json/
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ouragency.com/compare/dyson+hoover+vax/
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ouragency.com/2015/03/hello-world/
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Get the post
Posted in March 2015
With a slug of “hello-world”
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SELECT wp_posts.*
FROM wp_posts
WHERE 1=1
AND ( ( YEAR( wp_posts.post_date ) = 2015
AND MONTH( wp_posts.post_date ) = 3 ) )
AND wp_posts.post_name = 'hello-world'
AND wp_posts.post_type = 'post'
ORDER BY wp_posts.post_date DESC
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ouragency.com/?year=2015&monthnum=03&name=hello-world
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ouragency.com/2015/03/hello-world/
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No content
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ouragency.com/2015/03/hello-world/
([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([^/]+)(/[0-9]+)?/?$
index.php?
year=$matches[1]&
monthnum=$matches[2]&
name=$matches[3]&
page=$matches[4]
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ouragency.com/2015/03/hello-world/
([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([^/]+)(/[0-9]+)?/?$
index.php?
year=$matches[1]&
monthnum=$matches[2]&
name=$matches[3]&
page=$matches[4]
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ouragency.com/2015/03/hello-world/
([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([^/]+)(/[0-9]+)?/?$
index.php?
year=$matches[1]&
monthnum=$matches[2]&
name=$matches[3]&
page=$matches[4]
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ouragency.com/2015/03/hello-world/
([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([^/]+)(/[0-9]+)?/?$
index.php?
year=$matches[1]&
monthnum=$matches[2]&
name=$matches[3]&
page=$matches[4]
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ouragency.com/2015/03/hello-world/
([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([^/]+)(/[0-9]+)?/?$
index.php?
year=$matches[1]&
monthnum=$matches[2]&
name=$matches[3]&
page=$matches[4]
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ouragency.com/2015/03/hello-world/2/
([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([^/]+)(/[0-9]+)?/?$
index.php?
year=$matches[1]&
monthnum=$matches[2]&
name=$matches[3]&
page=$matches[4]
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ouragency.com/2015/03/hello-world/
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Custom Post Types and Taxonomies
https://www.flickr.com/photos/beate_meier/8337014543
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ouragency.com/work-for/dyson/
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$rewrite = array(
'slug' => ‘worked-for‘,
);
$args = array(
'labels' => $labels,
'has_archive' => 'our-work',
'public' => true,
'menu_icon' => 'dashicons-blahs',
'rewrite' => $rewrite,
);
register_post_type( 'sw_team', $args );
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ouragency.com/work-for/dyson/
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ouragency.com/work-for/dyson/
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No content
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ouragency.com/work-for/([^/]+)(/[0-9]+)?/?$
index.php?sw_client=$1&page=$2
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ouragency.com/work-for/([^/]+)(/[0-9]+)?/?$
index.php?sw_client=$1&page=$2
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ouragency.com/work-for/([^/]+)(/[0-9]+)?/?$
index.php?sw_client=$1&page=$2
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ouragency.com/work-for/([^/]+)(/[0-9]+)?/?$
index.php?sw_client=$1&page=$2
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ouragency.com/work-for/([^/]+)(/[0-9]+)?/?$
index.php?sw_client=$1&page=$2
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Get all the posts
Where the post type is “sw_client”
And the name of the posts are “dyson”
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SELECT wp_posts.*
FROM wp_posts
WHERE 1=1
AND wp_posts.post_name = '$1'
AND wp_posts.post_type = 'sw_client'
ORDER BY wp_posts.post_date DESC
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Endpoints
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nhankamer/5525695925
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ouragency.com/work-for/dyson/feed/rdf/
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ouragency.com/work-for/dyson/feed/rss/
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ouragency.com/work-for/dyson/json/
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add_rewrite_endpoint(
'json',
EP_PERMALINK,
'sw_json'
);
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add_rewrite_endpoint(
'json',
EP_PERMALINK,
'sw_json'
);
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add_rewrite_endpoint(
'json',
EP_PERMALINK,
'sw_json'
);
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add_rewrite_endpoint(
'json',
EP_PERMALINK,
'sw_json'
);
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ouragency.com/work-for/dyson/format/json/
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ouragency.com/are/dyson/format/json/
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ouragency.com/work-for/dyson/format/json/
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// Called on request filter
function sw_fix_endpoint_reqs( $vars ) {
if ( isset( $vars['sw_json'] ) ) {
$vars['sw_json'] = true;
}
return $vars;
}
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if ( get_query_var( ‘sw_json’ ) ) {
// Done some stuff, switch content, etc
}
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Custom Rewrite Rules
https://www.flickr.com/photos/xiaming/314772076
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ouragency.com/compare/dyson+hoover+vax/
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add_rewrite_rule(
'compare/([^/]+)/?$',
'index.php?sw_compare=$matches[1]'
);
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add_rewrite_rule(
'compare/([^/]+)/?$',
'index.php?sw_compare=$matches[1]'
);
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add_rewrite_rule(
'compare/([^/]+)/?$',
'index.php?sw_compare=$matches[1]'
);
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// Called on request filter
$names_to_compare = explode(
'+',
$vars['sw_compare']
);
foreach ( $names_to_compare as $name ) {
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'sw_client',
'name' => $name,
'fields' => 'ids',
);
$query = new WP_Query( $args );
$post_ids = array_merge(
$query->posts,
$post_ids
);
}
$vars['post__in'] = $post_ids;
$vars['post_type'] = 'sw_client';
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// Called on request filter
$names_to_compare = explode(
'+',
$vars['sw_compare']
);
foreach ( $names_to_compare as $name ) {
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'sw_client',
'name' => $name,
'fields' => 'ids',
);
$query = new WP_Query( $args );
$post_ids = array_merge(
$query->posts,
$post_ids
);
}
$vars['post__in'] = $post_ids;
$vars['post_type'] = 'sw_client';
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// Called on request filter
$names_to_compare = explode(
'+',
$vars['sw_compare']
);
foreach ( $names_to_compare as $name ) {
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'sw_client',
'name' => $name,
'fields' => 'ids',
);
$query = new WP_Query( $args );
$post_ids = array_merge(
$query->posts,
$post_ids
);
}
$vars['post__in'] = $post_ids;
$vars['post_type'] = 'sw_client';
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// Called on request filter
$names_to_compare = explode(
'+',
$vars['sw_compare']
);
foreach ( $names_to_compare as $name ) {
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'sw_client',
'name' => $name,
'fields' => 'ids',
);
$query = new WP_Query( $args );
$post_ids = array_merge(
$query->posts,
$post_ids
);
}
$vars['post__in'] = $post_ids;
$vars['post_type'] = 'sw_client';
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// Called on request filter
$names_to_compare = explode(
'+',
$vars['sw_compare']
);
foreach ( $names_to_compare as $name ) {
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'sw_client',
'name' => $name,
'fields' => 'ids',
);
$query = new WP_Query( $args );
$post_ids = array_merge(
$query->posts,
$post_ids
);
}
$vars['post__in'] = $post_ids;
$vars['post_type'] = 'sw_client';
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// Called on request filter
$names_to_compare = explode(
'+',
$vars['sw_compare']
);
foreach ( $names_to_compare as $name ) {
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'sw_client',
'name' => $name,
'fields' => 'ids',
);
$query = new WP_Query( $args );
$post_ids = array_merge(
$query->posts,
$post_ids
);
}
$vars['post__in'] = $post_ids;
$vars['post_type'] = 'sw_client';
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if ( get_query_var( ‘sw_compare’ ) ) {
// Switch template, show our 3 posts
}
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So, to wrap up...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ejchang/3139547559/in/photostream/
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ouragency.com/2015/03/hello-world/
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ouragency.com/worked-for/dyson/
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ouragency.com/worked-for/dyson/json/
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ouragency.com/compare/dyson+hoover+vax/
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© Christian Senger - https://www.flickr.com/photos/30928442@N08/6343274075
A regular expressions explorer
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Rewrite Rules Inspector
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tlang/2703769775
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/liverpoolhls/10740309163
Query Monitor
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http://j.mp/sw-wcldn-15/
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Work at WordPress.com VIP
http://j.mp/sw-vip-job
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Questions
http://www.flickr.com/photos/38299630@N05/3635356091/sizes/o/
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Work at WordPress.com VIP
http://j.mp/sw-vip-job
(http://automattic.com/work-with-us/vip-wrangler/)