SpidermanPuddin

Perfect! Thank you!

Found the solution. The Rewrite Rule was correct way to go, but also needed to 1) Add the (Unique) Query Variable so WordPress would recognize it 2) Use the variable instead of GET.

add_action( 'init', 'nearme_rewrite_rules');
function nearme_rewrite_rules() {
    add_rewrite_rule('^near-me/([^/]*)/([^/]*)/?','index.php?page_id=43316&nmregion=$matches[1]&nmcity=$matches[2]','top');
}

add_filter('query_vars', 'nearme_var', 0, 1);
function nearme_var($vars){
    $vars[] = 'nmregion';
    $vars[] = 'nmcity';
    return $vars;
}

$region = get_query_var('nmregion');
$city = get_query_var('nmcity');

I was able to find this code but it’s still not working even after flushing the permalinks.

//* Add Rewrite Rule
add_action('init', 'sym_nearme_rewrite_rule', 10, 0);
function sym_nearme_rewrite_rule() {
    add_rewrite_rule('^near-me/([^/]*)/([^/]*)/?','index.php?page_id=4331&region=$matches[1]&city=$matches[2]','top');
}

The slug is important. What’s the alternative?

Awesome! Thanks!

Okay, so it appears to be the theme. What could be causing this?

The front in is incredibly fast on all browsers (When not logged in).

Different Browsers didn’t make a difference for admin performance.

Theme site is coded into the theme (faster than plugin). Can’t change theme. Also using Genesis.

It looks like another site on the same server had some server errors. I fixed it. We’ll see if it continues.

Tried it. Maximum of 11 plugins. They’re relatively lightweight (or essential). Turning them off didn’t make a different.

I’m using Yoast’s WordPress SEO which adds in the “next” for the archive page inside the meta:

<link rel="next" href="https://gunshowtrader.com/gunshows/florida/page/2/" />

I need to remove this by passing along the pageperpost query.

Still not working as it implies it should.

Is there a way to set the Taxonomy Default to not include? Besides excluding it completely from the sitemap?

Thanks! I had actually gotten it to work with these Exceptions:

.min.css
admin-bar

Default user role is set to “Subscriber”.

And no, that’s not the site I’m working on. I’ve updated the link and it’s this:
https://gunshowtrader.com/

Plugins:
Ad Manager
AdPress | Ads Manager
Akismet
Async JS and CSS
Custom Login Logo
Disable New User Notifications
Duplicate Post
FV Top Level Categories
Genesis eNews Extended
Genesis Latest Tweets
Genesis Simple Edits
Google Analytics Dashboard
Google Analytics for WordPress
Gravity Forms
Jetpack by WordPress.com
kk Star Ratings
Manual Control for Jetpack
MediaElement.js – HTML5 Audio and Video
P3 (Plugin Performance Profiler)
Regenerate Thumbnails
Reveal IDs
Simple Social Icons
Tweetbacks
W3 Total Cache
WordPress SEO
WP Minify
WP Smush.it
WP User Avatar

The bots are showing up as registered users. I do want people to register… but subscribers shouldn’t even have access to that.

And none of those roles fits my users.

Is it possible that this plugin is allowing it to happen?
https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/wp-user-avatar/

Unfortunately, that breaks the MySQL.

Also that wouldn’t help the post query:

$querystr = "
			SELECT *
			FROM $wpdb->posts
			LEFT JOIN $wpdb->postmeta AS date_value
				ON($wpdb->posts.ID = date_value.post_id
				AND date_value.meta_key = 'date_value')
	  		INNER JOIN  $wpdb->term_relationships
	              ON (wp_posts.ID = $wpdb->term_relationships.object_id)
	  		INNER JOIN  $wpdb->term_taxonomy
	              ON ($wpdb->term_relationships.term_taxonomy_id = $wpdb->term_taxonomy.term_taxonomy_id)
	        INNER JOIN  $wpdb->terms
	              ON ($wpdb->term_taxonomy.term_id = $wpdb->terms.term_id)
			WHERE $wpdb->posts.post_status = 'publish'
				AND $wpdb->posts.post_type = 'custom_post'
				AND date_value.meta_value >= '" . date('Ymd') . "'
				AND $wpdb->terms.term_id IN ( $term->term_id )
			ORDER BY date_value.meta_value, $wpdb->posts.post_title
	";

Still no luck on getting this to work right.