[wp-hackers] Ordering categories in permalinks

Otto otto at ottodestruct.com
Fri Nov 5 23:23:52 UTC 2010


No. WordPress doesn't actually *use* the category in the permalink to
retrieve posts, so you'd just need to modify the output of the
get_permalink function. You could do this using the post_link filter,
but you'd have to copy all the functionality of the get_permalink
function to do it.

-Otto



On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 6:20 PM, William Davis <will.davis at gmail.com> wrote:
> Awesome, just checking.
>
> So, back to the original question, which is exactly what hook do I use to
> modify the category order? Would that be post_rewrite_rules?
>
> Will
>
> On Nov 5, 2010, at 7:19 PM, Otto wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 6:14 PM, William Davis <will.davis at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> We're actually not starting the permalink with the category (the full
>>> structure is /2010/10/25/politics/lepages-cleared-in-florida-tax-case/).
>>> I
>>> saw this post a long time ago and kept that in mind.
>>>
>>> With the date in there, is it still considered harmful? My boss was
>>> pretty
>>> adamant about getting the category in there (it's a feature of the old
>>> CMS
>>> that we use quite a bit).
>>
>> No. It's only when the first %whatever% bit is a non-numeric field
>> that it's harmful.
>>
>> -Otto
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