[wp-hackers] Page Redirect from Shortcode

[Claude Needham]

On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 6:17 AM, Christopher Ross <cross at thisismyurl.com> wrote:
> Claude, I have a code snippet at http://thisismyurl.com/blog/2011/01/19/redirecting-a-wordpress-post-with-custom-fields/ that will do it, although looking at it ... i should really update that so it's better.
>
> Here's a better function for your functions.php file that will fire before WordPress generates the page.
>> function thisismyurl_redirect() {
>>
>>       if ( is_single() ) {
>>               global $post;
>>
>>               $post_id = $post->ID;
>>               if ( !empty( $post_id ) ) $redirect = get_post_meta ( $post_id, 'redirect', true);
>>
>>               if ( ! empty( $redirect ) ) {
>>                       wp_redirect( $redirect, 301 );
>>                       exit();
>>               }
>>       }
>>
>> }
>> add_action('template_redirect','thisismyurl_redirect');
> Now, add a custom field to your Post named "redirect" and if it's present, it'll cause a redirect.
>

Christopher,

Thanks for the great head start on the code.
It gives me the perfect start. I can insert my cookie code. Look to
see if it is time to redirect or let them through to the desired page.
Very nice.

Thanks,
Claude