Question

I’ve used mod_rewrite rules a lot over the years, which is all the more reason for me not understanding why this will not work:

RewriteRule ^cottage/house/(.*)/(.*)$ /cottage/house/$1?query=$2 [L]

I am using it alongside the following .htaccess file:

RewriteEngine On

Rewritecond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.website\.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.website.com/$1 [R=301,L]

RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]

# uploaded files
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?files/(.+) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$2 [L]

# add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?wp-admin$ $1wp-admin/ [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^ - [L]
RewriteRule  ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) $2 [L]
RewriteRule  ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$ $2 [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]

This code should be making a URL of format /cottage/house/housename/about go to /cottage/house/housename?query=about… Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

I managed to work out the issue – WordPress has it’s own way of dealing with mod_rewrite.

The code below rewrites the URL internally in a way that WordPress understands:

function ong_custom_house_pages() 
{
    function add_query_vars($houseVars) 
    {
        $houseVars[] = "current_house_page"; 
        return $houseVars;
    }
    add_filter('query_vars', 'add_query_vars');
    add_rewrite_rule("^houses/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/?",'index.php?
    houses=$matches[1]&current_house_page=$matches[2]','top');
}
add_action('init','ong_custom_house_pages');

Hope this helps anyone having similar issues.