404 – Page not found

Hmm, this issue was reported before and I’ve finally been able to replicate it. Looks like the example usages of wp_dropdown_categories() in the codex fail to account for custom taxonomies, despite the taxonomy argument in the function…

It might be a bug with the way WordPress core handles the function, I need to dig into that function deeper. Or it may just be a matter of figuring out the intended usage, which isn’t documented, and adding that to the codex once I figure it out. Either way, it’ll take some time, but I’ll be sure to look into it as soon as I have time.

By the way, that link should work for the built in category taxonomy, but should be ?taxonomy_slug=id I think (though preliminarily that doesn’t seem to work either). That’s where the documentation is unclear and nonexistent.

I don’t know, but maybe this simple taxonomy plugin could help you figure this out. Because it displays all custom post taxonomies just like your plugin, and the permalinks work with no problem: https://www.ads-software.com/support/plugin/taxonomy-widget

The only reason I do not use this plugin, is because it missing some advanced functionality your plugin has, such as excluding categories.

Hope that helps
-Ben

Reading through it, I see a couple of things that might work (that plugin’s code is kind of verbose)… no time to experiment now but will try over the weekend.

I finally found a solution and just released an update, which should fix redirect urls from dropdowns. Let me know if you still have issues.

Hi Nik,
I still have the same problem. With the GO I get the 404 page when using the dropdown menu. I configured sub-categories which I want to display. WordPress 3.5.1, your plugin 3.3. You can access using the link: https://foodfreaks.ch/specialaccess. There click to “Rezepte”. The flashing of the permalinks I have already done. Would be really great if you can help me!
Thanks and cheers
Christian

Sorry, your domain seems to be throwing a 101 error. Just let me know when it’s up again and I’ll take a look!

Just tried it and everything works. With https://www.foodfreaks.ch you get the landing page, with /specialaccess you can enter the site. Can you try it again? Thanks!

Sorry, once again. If you enter the site then first mouse-over “Rezepte” in the header but then click “Rezepte-Archiv”. On the right sidebar your plugin is integrated. Would be so great if it works because it is so important for me to choose the categories. Thanks, Christian

Okay, I am able to access it now. It looks like get_term_link( $term, $term->taxonomy ); isn’t returning the correct URL… it might help to re-initialize the widgets (by removing and re-creating them), but otherwise I think something else in your setup if affecting this.

The correct URL should be with directories, not the URL parameter (with the ?/= syntax), which you can see is being set as the value of each select option.

Just to let you know, this issue is not resolved. It will display, but goes to 404 page.

It should work now for custom taxonomies, but not built-in ones. See https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/use-post_tag-no-page-found?replies=4. I’m going to remove support for the built-in ones in the next update, since they’re outside the scope of the plugin anyway.