Changing permalink ‘portfolio/’ to ‘project/’

After some more searching I found how it’s done; through the Photography_Portfolio/Core/Register_Post_Type.php file.

So I managed to get the first rewrite done, rewriting the slug “portfolio” into “project” but I can’t seem to figure out how to do the second one; changing ‘portfolio/category/interior’ into just ‘interior’… I’m simply not experienced enough with WordPress to get these simple arguments done ?? I’ve tried to go through the documentary, but it’s hard for somebody who just started with WordPress ??

If I could still get some help with the category URL issue, that would be awesome! <3

Don’t remove the slugs completely. It’s probably going to break something.

But you can modify them. That’s why I’ve added the filters phort/post_type/args phort/taxonomy/args. You can edit the arguments passed to the register functions before they’re called. Just make sure you add the code in somewhere you control (either your own plugin or in functions.php file in your theme, if it’s your custom made theme, otherwise make your own plugin) – otherwise you’ll loose any changes each time you update the theme or the plugin. “Not Updating” is also not a good option.

Use filters to edit the settings. You can read more about registering post types and taxonomies here:
https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Function_Reference/register_post_type
https://developer.www.ads-software.com/reference/functions/register_taxonomy/

And about add_filter function here:
https://developer.www.ads-software.com/reference/functions/add_filter/

If you know just a little bit of PHP you’ll be able to figure it out.

p.s. After you modify anything related to the URL rewrite – you have to reset your permalinks by changing the permalink structure twice (change to a different, save changes, then change it back)

• This reply was modified 7 years, 2 months ago by justnorris.

After going through the references, I figured out that it cannot simply be removed (basically what I want), since any URL will result in WordPress looking for portfolio entries that match that specific request. I could however make it work with some .htaccess or add_rewrite_rule() work, but it could collide with other pages/plugins in the future.

I’ll just have to make it look pretty by using a slug that fits the page, which is 99% perfect anyways ??

Also thanks for the tips regarding updating the themes and plugins!

Have a good day

By the way,
If you like the plugin, please consider adding a review here on WordPress. That would help me out a lot! https://www.ads-software.com/support/plugin/photography-portfolio/reviews/?filter=5

And a good day to you too ??

Just make sure you add the code in somewhere you control (either your own plugin or in functions.php file in your theme, if it’s your custom made theme

So basically I have been messing around with this, trying to get it to work without touching the plugin itself (by adding code to functions.php in my custom theme). Again however, I am having trouble by adding the code. I’ve tried several things regarding copying the parts of the Register_Post_Type.php file into functions.php and editing them before letting them get submitted to WordPress.

In all honesty, I have no idea what I’m doing. I’ve spend quite some hours on this now, but for WordPress wizardry I feel like there is not enough experience with PHP for me (or simply experience with WordPress it feels like).

In my head, it firstly activates the WordPress core, then the plugins, and then it looks at theme files? I could be wrong on that though. This however would mean that I could overwrite the plugin’s ‘register_taxonomy’ by creating an edited version in functions.php? But that is not working..

When asking for help I rarely ask for direct code to add, but I am left clueless on this one. If you could show me how to do this with my theme’s functions.php, I would be a very happy man.

Thanks ahead!

ps: I’ve tried to look into your other suggestion: creating a custom plugin to overwrite EPP, but that leaves me with more questions then my original one.

In your themes functions.php file:

add_filter(
	'phort/post_type/args',
	function ( $args ) {
		$args['rewrite'] = [ 'slug' => 'foobar' ];
		return $args;
	}
);

That function is going to take all the already defined $args, modify them and return them back to Easy Photography Portfolio. You can do the same thing with the phort_category if you want to. That’s how you use hooks.

As for where to put it – actually the best place if you don’t want to make a plugin is to create a child theme ( there are even plugins that can generate a child theme for you ) – that way you can update the theme you’re using in the future, but child theme files won’t be touched – all you need to put in that child theme is a plain functions.php file – everything else will still be done by the parent theme.

I hope that cleared things up for you :).

That definitely cleared things up for me. That little piece of code made me understand more of how WordPress does things using hooks (as to what post_types and taxonomy are, how there are registered and how to manipulate them).

I built my own custom theme around Underscores (_s) with some other libraries, so I assume I can skip the child theme/plugin step and just use the themes functions.php.

So if I wanted to manipulate the way the category pages are displayed, as in change the way you hover over them and basically the entire css styling of them (I have styled my own setup), how would I go about doing that? I assume there is a ‘hook’ to overwrite the templates in EPP and use my own template files? Or would that break things once the plugin is updated and uses different variables/new functionality?

Thanks! ??

• This reply was modified 7 years, 2 months ago by rjdrijvers.