Name : add_rewrite_rules() - Language : PHP - type : function - Platform : wordpress - tag : createRewriteRules, add_rewrite_tag, rewrite_rules, generate_rewrite_rules, query_vars

add_rewrite_rules.php

<?php
// see : http://www.prodeveloper.org/create-your-own-rewrite-rules-in-wordpress.html

/***************** REWRITE RULES *****************/
/*** create Generic rewrite rules ***/
function createRewriteRules() {
  global $wp_rewrite;

  // add rewrite tokens
  $keytag = '%tag%';
  $wp_rewrite->add_rewrite_tag($keytag, '(.+?)', 'tag=');

  $keywords_structure = $wp_rewrite->root . "tag/$keytag/";
  $keywords_rewrite = $wp_rewrite->generate_rewrite_rules($keywords_structure);

  $wp_rewrite->rules = $keywords_rewrite + $wp_rewrite->rules;
  return $wp_rewrite->rules;
}
add_action('generate_rewrite_rules', 'createRewriteRules');


/*** create custom rewrite rules ***/
// add new query var
function query_vars($public_query_vars) {
 
  $public_query_vars[] = "ypsearch";
  $public_query_vars[] = "yppage";
 
  /*  Note: you do not want to add a variable multiple times.  As in
    the example above, multiple rules can use the same variables 
  */
 
  return $public_query_vars;
}
add_filter('query_vars', 'query_vars');

// create new rewrite rule
function add_rewrite_rules( $wp_rewrite )
{
  // $template_page_name = getTemplatePageName(); // This is my function you can ignore it
  $template_page_name = 'brand'; 

  $new_rules = array(
    'brand/(.+)/(.+?)/?$' => 'index.php?s='.$wp_rewrite->preg_index(1).'&newquery='.$wp_rewrite->preg_index(2)
  );
       // Always add your rules to the top, to make sure your rules have priority
  $wp_rewrite->rules = $new_rules + $wp_rewrite->rules;
}
add_action('generate_rewrite_rules', 'add_rewrite_rules');

/*** check rewriterules ***/
// you can use this plugin http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/rewrite-rules-inspector/
// OR this function
function getRewriteRules() {
  global $wp_rewrite; // Global WP_Rewrite class object
  return $wp_rewrite->rewrite_rules();
}
?>