wp-includes/query.php:1055Redirect old slugs to the correct permalink.
2 hooks fire while wp_old_slug_redirect() runs, in this order:
Filters the old slug redirect post ID.
Filters the old slug redirect URL.
function wp_old_slug_redirect() { if ( is_404() && '' !== get_query_var( 'name' ) ) { // Guess the current post type based on the query vars. if ( get_query_var( 'post_type' ) ) { $post_type = get_query_var( 'post_type' ); } elseif ( get_query_var( 'attachment' ) ) { $post_type = 'attachment'; } elseif ( get_query_var( 'pagename' ) ) { $post_type = 'page'; } else { $post_type = 'post'; } if ( is_array( $post_type ) ) { if ( count( $post_type ) > 1 ) { return; } $post_type = reset( $post_type ); } // Do not attempt redirect for hierarchical post types. if ( is_post_type_hierarchical( $post_type ) ) { return; } $id = _find_post_by_old_slug( $post_type ); if ( ! $id ) { $id = _find_post_by_old_date( $post_type ); } /** * Filters the old slug redirect post ID. * * @since 4.9.3 * * @param int $id The redirect post ID. */ $id = apply_filters( 'old_slug_redirect_post_id', $id ); if ( ! $id ) { return; } $link = get_permalink( $id ); if ( get_query_var( 'paged' ) > 1 ) { $link = user_trailingslashit( trailingslashit( $link ) . 'page/' . get_query_var( 'paged' ) ); } elseif ( is_embed() ) { $link = user_trailingslashit( trailingslashit( $link ) . 'embed' ); } /** * Filters the old slug redirect URL. * * @since 4.4.0 * * @param string $link The redirect URL. */ $link = apply_filters( 'old_slug_redirect_url', $link ); if ( ! $link ) { return; } wp_redirect( $link, 301 ); // Permanent redirect. exit; }}Introduced in 2.1.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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