[wp-hackers] WP_Rewrite without query var

[Kurt Payne]

init is good.

See related example on rewrite endpoints and sample plugin here:

http://make.wordpress.org/plugins/2012/06/07/rewrite-endpoints-api/
https://gist.github.com/2891111


On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 11:55 PM, Chris McCoy <chris at lod.com> wrote:

> Ya I switched to flush on register_activation_hook.
>
> Which action would be the best to add the add_rewrite_rule to? Is init ok
> for that?
>
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>
> Flushing the rewrite rules on init is not recommended.  This recreates the
> .htaccess / web.config file on every page load (admin, ajax, and front
> end).
>
> Try using an option or activation hook to only flush the rewrite rules when
> you actually need to.
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 2:15 PM, Chris McCoy <chris at lod.com> wrote:
>
> > Ya I orig did that, but I wanted a more automated way of doing it
> > without the user adding it to .htaccess
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > [mailto:wp-hackers-bounces at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of SCOTT
> > TAYLOR
> > Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 5:11 PM
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> > Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] WP_Rewrite without query var
> >
> > Use an Apache RewriteRule in .htaccess instead
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On Aug 25, 2012, at 5:08 PM, Chris McCoy <chris at lod.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Im trying to rewrite a long file url to a shorter one.
> > >
> > > Basically I have zips in a plugin folder I want to rewrite to
> > > /downloads/filename.zip instead of
> > > /wp-content/plugins/plugin-name/zips/filename.zip
> > >
> > > Cant figure what im doing wrong.
> > >
> > > Here is what I have
> > >
> > > define('ZT_URL', plugins_url('zips/' , __FILE__));
> > >
> > > add_action('generate_rewrite_rules', 'cmm_add_rewrite_rules');
> > >
> > > function cmm_add_rewrite_rules( $wp_rewrite ) {
> > >        $new_rules = array(
> > >                "^downloads/(.+)\.zip$" => ZT_URL .
> > > $wp_rewrite->preg_index(1)
> > >        );
> > >        $wp_rewrite->rules = $new_rules + $wp_rewrite->rules; }
> > >
> > > add_action('init','cmm_flush_rules');
> > >
> > > function cmm_flush_rules(){
> > >        global $wp_rewrite;
> > >        $wp_rewrite->flush_rules();
> > > }
> > >
> > > Any input is greatful.
> > >
> > >
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