[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #49510: Regular expression metacharacters in category and tag base lead rewrite rules to fail.

[WordPress Trac]

#49510: Regular expression metacharacters in category and tag base lead rewrite
rules to fail.
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 Reporter:  raaaahman      |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)   |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal         |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Rewrite Rules  |     Version:  5.3.2
 Severity:  normal         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch    |     Focuses:  administration
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Changes (by sverleis):

 * keywords:   => needs-patch


Comment:

 I was still able to recplicate this issue, after a merchant inadvertently
 added a `.` to the category base.

 Most post categories redirect to a 404, or sometimes to a product that has
 a sort of similar slug.

 WordPress version is 6.9.1

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