I'm creating a plugin that will need virtual pages to output content on the front end.
Here is my code:
add_filter( 'generate_rewrite_rules', function ( $wp_rewrite ) {
$wp_rewrite->rules = array_merge(
['my-custom-url/?$' => 'index.php?custom=1'],
$wp_rewrite->rules
);
} );
add_filter( 'query_vars', function( $query_vars ) {
$query_vars[] = 'custom';
return $query_vars;
} );
add_action( 'template_redirect', function() {
$custom = intval( get_query_var( 'custom' ) );
if ( $custom ) {
include plugin_dir_path( __FILE__ ) . 'templates/states.php';
exit();
}
} );
In the plugin I have templates/states.php and in that file I have:
<?php
$state = get_query_var( 'custom' );
echo $state;
?>
When I visit localhost/my-custom-url/somevariable I get a page not found from Wordpress. I've tried flushing my permalinks.
As I said in the comments
I have never used generate_rewrite_rule
The documentation on it is pretty weak too. But this key looks just like I would expect a Regular expresion to be. And, that makes sense as that is how real Mod Rewrite and Htaccess work.
add_filter( 'generate_rewrite_rules', function ( $wp_rewrite ) {
$wp_rewrite->rules = array_merge(
['my-custom-url/?$' => 'index.php?custom=1'],
$wp_rewrite->rules
);
} );
So this $
here matches the end of the string, this means your URL must end with my-custom-url
with an optional /
because of the ?
.
When I visit localhost/my-custom-url/somevariable I get a page not found
That's not surprising as your URL does not end in a way that will match that pattern.
So you can just remove the $
you may or may not want to keep the /
optional.
add_filter( 'generate_rewrite_rules', function ( $wp_rewrite ) {
$wp_rewrite->rules = array_merge(
['my-custom-url/?' => 'index.php?custom=1'],
$wp_rewrite->rules
);
} );
One note is this will make that match anywhere in the URL
Hope it works.