WP_Rewrite::wp_rewrite_rules() WordPress Method
The WP_Rewrite::wp_rewrite_rules() method is used to generate the rewrite rules for the WordPress permalink structure. This is a powerful method that allows you to customize the way your permalinks are structured. You can use this method to create custom rewrite rules for your WordPress site.
WP_Rewrite::wp_rewrite_rules() #
Retrieves the rewrite rules.
Description
The difference between this method and WP_Rewrite::rewrite_rules() is that this method stores the rewrite rules in the ‘rewrite_rules’ option and retrieves it. This prevents having to process all of the permalinks to get the rewrite rules in the form of caching.
Return
(string[]) Array of rewrite rules keyed by their regex pattern.
More Information
It returns the array of rewrite rules as in rewrite_rules(), but using $matches[xxx] in the (where xxx is a number) instead of the normal mod_rewrite backreferences, $xxx (where xxx is a number). This is useful when you’re going to be using the rules inside PHP, rather than writing them out to a .htaccess file.
Source
File: wp-includes/class-wp-rewrite.php
public function wp_rewrite_rules() {
$this->rules = get_option( 'rewrite_rules' );
if ( empty( $this->rules ) ) {
$this->matches = 'matches';
$this->rewrite_rules();
if ( ! did_action( 'wp_loaded' ) ) {
add_action( 'wp_loaded', array( $this, 'flush_rules' ) );
return $this->rules;
}
update_option( 'rewrite_rules', $this->rules );
}
return $this->rules;
}
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Changelog
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 1.5.0 | Introduced. |