Title: Rewriting custom post types ?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Rewriting custom post types ?

 *  [grosbouff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/grosbouff/)
 * (@grosbouff)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rewriting-custom-post-types/)
 * Hi, i’m trying to build my own classified ads plugin.
    But i’m stuck with the
   rewriting rules.
 * 1) First; are they fully finished in the beta or will it evolve ?
    e.g. there
   is no “home” actually for the custom post type. /wordpress/classifieds-ads brings
   a 404.
 * 2) Will there be rules added automatically for custom taxonomies or have I to
   create them myself ?
 * I have 3 custom taxonomies;
    yclad_action (eg. classifieds/type/OFFERS or classifieds/
   type/PROPOSALS) yclad_tags (used like post tags) yclad_category (used like post
   categories)
 * 3) Is it possible to build new rules on “top” of existing rules or have I to 
   create them all from scratches ?
 * Well, what I would like is to have rewriting just as post does.
 * So for example; I would like to be able to have urls like
 * **/classified-ads/type/offers** (where “offers” is a yclad_action)
    **/classified-
   ads/type/proposals/category/cars** (where “proposals” is an yclad_action and “
   cat-1” is a yclad_category) **/classified-ads/type/proposals/category/cars/tag/
   red** (where “red” is a yclad_tag)
 * and combine them with regular rules (author,time args,etc.).
 * Eg for a complex one :
 * **/classified-ads/2009/12/type/proposals/category/cars/tag/red**
 * would load
    -that custom post type -from december 2009 -where the yclad_action
   is “proposals” -in the yclad_category “cars” -with the yclad_tag “red”.
 * I’ve used a plugin called “AskApache RewriteRules Viewer” that lists the rules
   that WP seems to create automatically for custom post types.
    Currently, It shows
 *     ```
       Array
       (
           [extra_rules_top] => Array
       (
           [classified-ads/[^/]+/attachment/([^/]+)/?$] => index.php?attachment=$matches[1]
           [classified-ads/[^/]+/attachment/([^/]+)/trackback/?$] => index.php?attachment=$matches[1]&tb=1
           [classified-ads/[^/]+/attachment/([^/]+)/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$] => index.php?attachment=$matches[1]&feed=$matches[2]
           [classified-ads/[^/]+/attachment/([^/]+)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$] => index.php?attachment=$matches[1]&feed=$matches[2]
           [classified-ads/[^/]+/attachment/([^/]+)/comment-page-([0-9]{1,})/?$] => index.php?attachment=$matches[1]&cpage=$matches[2]
           [classified-ads/([^/]+)/trackback/?$] => index.php?yclad=$matches[1]&tb=1
           [classified-ads/([^/]+)/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$] => index.php?yclad=$matches[1]&feed=$matches[2]
           [classified-ads/([^/]+)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$] => index.php?yclad=$matches[1]&feed=$matches[2]
           [classified-ads/([^/]+)/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$] => index.php?yclad=$matches[1]&paged=$matches[2]
           [classified-ads/([^/]+)(/[0-9]+)?/?$] => index.php?yclad=$matches[1]&page=$matches[2]
           [classified-ads/[^/]+/([^/]+)/?$] => index.php?attachment=$matches[1]
           [classified-ads/[^/]+/([^/]+)/trackback/?$] => index.php?attachment=$matches[1]&tb=1
           [classified-ads/[^/]+/([^/]+)/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$] => index.php?attachment=$matches[1]&feed=$matches[2]
           [classified-ads/[^/]+/([^/]+)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$] => index.php?attachment=$matches[1]&feed=$matches[2]
           [classified-ads/[^/]+/([^/]+)/comment-page-([0-9]{1,})/?$] => index.php?attachment=$matches[1]&cpage=$matches[2]
       )
       ```
   
 * But for example, I guess
 * > [classified-ads/([^/]+)/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$] => index.php?yclad=$matches[1]&
   > paged=$matches[2]
 *  is used to use pagination (eg. classifieds-ads/page/2), but currently it does
   not work. (404 not found)
    Also, is this regex, what does ([^/]+) means ?
 * Thanks A LOT.

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