[wp-hackers] Page Redirect from Shortcode

[Erick Hitter]

Claude,

I'd also recommend that you look at the External Permalinks Redux (
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/external-permalinks-redux/) and Page
Links To (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/page-links-to/) plugins.

Both allow you to specify a URL to redirect a post or page to. External
Permalinks Redux also works with custom post types.

Full disclosure: I'm the author of External Permalinks Redux.

Erick


On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 09:17, 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.
>
> Chris
>
>
> On 2011-10-06, at 9:56 AM, Claude Needham wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 10:44 PM, Dion Hulse (dd32) <wordpress at dd32.id.au>
> wrote:
> >> Shortcodes are parsed/called at display time, by the time the shortcode
> >> function is called, the header and some posts may/will have printed.
> >>
> >> Your only real option is to hook in early on template_redirect (or
> similar)
> >> and scan through $wp_query->posts manually looking for the shortcode,
> and
> >> handling it there..
> >>
> >> A shortcode might not be the best option for what you're trying to
> achieve?
> >> what are the reasons you've gone with a shortcode?
> >>
> >> On 6 October 2011 16:41, Claude Needham <gxxaxx at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I'm afraid the reason for using shortcode was not the best reason but
> > it was a compelling reason.
> > The owner of the website is technically challenged. They are
> > comfortable with shortcodes and little else.
> > I was attempting to use a mechanism they were familiar with.
> >
> > But, it looks like the shortcode mechanism just plain will not work.
> >
> > In light of this, what mechanism would be best for this situation?
> > Post meta? Custom field?
> >
> > Thanks, this is a new area for me.
> >
> > Claude
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