[Plugin: W3 Total Cache] W3TC conflict with mobile redirect plugin | PHP header()

kiddhustle
(@kiddhustle)

11 years, 9 months ago

Hi there

I am developing a plugin for a user of your plugin but it seems to be conflicting with the re-direct functionality (i.e. mobile users are not being redirected) which uses a PHP header(‘Location: http://www.example.com’) redirect.

I am using the ‘template_redirect‘ action hook (have also tried the wp_head hook) but it doesn’t work when your plugin is activated.

Could you advise where might be a better place (or action hook) to run the redirect code so that the plugin can redirect to another site before your plugin kicks in?

I can send you my plugin if if helps.

Here’s the hook I am using:

add_action(‘template_redirect’, ‘redirect_user’, 0 );

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/w3-total-cache/

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Plugin Contributor Frederick Townes
(@fredericktownes)

11 years, 8 months ago

When PHP isn’t loaded, redirects won’t work. So any page caching will interfere with your implementation. W3TC has user agent groups that allow you to pass requests to respective themes or URLs if you want.

calliewallie
(@calliewallie)

11 years, 2 months ago

Hi there, I am having the same issue. When I am using a mobile detection script to redirect mobile users to a mobile compatible URL, it deactivates when W3Total Cache is active. Any workaround for this?

JochenT
(@jochent)

11 years, 2 months ago

Go to topic “User Agent Groups” and click on “Create a group”. Select the theme you want to use for your mobile or fill “Redirect users to”.

At “User agents” enter the agent names of the mobiles to use (e.g. ipad). Spaces and special characters have to be escaped with backslashes! See the other agent names for examples.

Move your new group to the top.

Plugin Contributor Frederick Townes
(@fredericktownes)

11 years, 2 months ago

@jochent, clearly you mean that this worked for you?

Thread Starter kiddhustle
(@kiddhustle)

11 years, 2 months ago

Hi I remember looking over this recently.

A colleague has since taken over the project, but I think in my case changing the action hook to: parse_query (maybe send_headers) would have solved my problem. My colleague implemented an .htaccess solution outside of WordPress so never had a chance to try it personally.

Yes using the user agent groups should work in W3TC but there are other caching plugins that will overwrite/cancel the redirect..

Like I said I am no longer on the project but my guess is that this is the right place to to detect the user agent and redirect and because the you should be able to detect the user agent and no headers should have been sent yet.

If you get a chance to try this please let me know, could come in handy in the future.

JochenT
(@jochent)

11 years, 2 months ago

@frederick, yes I use this method to manage two caches for the same theme.

The reason was a code snippet in the WP header template which adjusts some sizes for the ipad.

If a redirect to another URL is calculated in the script, I think “– Pass-through –” should be selected and “Redirect users to” should be empty.

Sorry, my answer was intended for @calliewallie, not the original question.

calliewallie
(@calliewallie)

11 years, 2 months ago

Thanks @jochent I have tried:

Group name: 1.High
Enabled: (checked)
Theme: Pass-Through
Redirect Users to: (blank)
User Agents: smartphone

and it doesn’t work…? I’ve also tried with ‘Redirect users to” with the mobile url in place and can’t get it working. Any other suggestions? Thanks in advance 🙂

Plugin Contributor Frederick Townes
(@fredericktownes)

11 years, 1 month ago

I’m working with the developer to address this.