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Michael Rodriguez
15,211 PointsURL Rewrite for custom permalinks to show Custom Post Type Relationship in WordPress
I'm creating a WordPress site that has 3 custom post types registered: course, chapter, and lesson.
All of these post types are inter-connected and share a relationship using custom fields. For example, the chapter has a custom field that stores the course post object in which it belongs to. Same goes for the lesson and the chapter it belongs to.
My current permalink settings are using the: %category%/%postname%/ structure, in which display the post's URL like so:
www.domainname.com/custom-post-type-name/post-name
What i'm trying to accomplish is to create a custom permalink structure that shows the relationship between these 3 post types in the URL. Example below:
When user is on course: www.domainname.com/course
When user is on a chapter: www.domainname.com/course/chapter
When a user is on a lesson: www.domainname.com/course/chapter/lesson
While looking in the WordPress Codex, I found the the Rewrite API and WP_Rewrite(), I'm a little lost and i do not know where to begin.
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
1 Answer
Cristian Cisneros
794 PointsDid you figure this out?
I've worked on a project recently that followed a similar structure and I was able to complete the project using the plugin "CPT UI" plugin and by changing the "Custom Rewrite Slug".
Michael Rodriguez
15,211 PointsMichael Rodriguez
15,211 PointsI have not figured this out yet. CPT UI is a great plugin for creating custom post types and custom taxonomies with folks that aren't experienced with code. What I'm trying to accomplish here is something a bit more dynamic. Each Post type slug will be dynamically populated by it's parent post type.
/Course/Course --> Chapter/Course --> Chapter --> LessonIf you have any idea how i can accomplish this with CPT UI, please let me know. Greatly appreciated.