WP Rewrite rules for home/index page WordPress

dameer comments:

/%category%/%postname%/

...but I guess it shouldn't make any difference if set to default structure as well

Remy comments:

Did you look at the answer in this question : [[LINK href="http://wpquestions.com/question/show/id/2944"]]http://wpquestions.com/question/show/id/2944[[/LINK]]

dameer comments:

Yes I did and it doesn't work. Do you have any suggestion on how to modify buildRewrites() ($newrules) for my custom post type home page?

Remy comments:

Here is something I tried on a local install and works


function enable_front_page_cpt( $query )
{
if('' == $query->query_vars['post_type'] && 0 != $query->query_vars['page_id'])
$query->query_vars['post_type'] = array( 'page', 'page_blox' );
}
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'enable_front_page_cpt' );


dameer comments:

Turn wp_debug on, there's an error : Undefined index: post_type in

Remy comments:

This will fix the notice

function enable_front_page_produit( $query )
{
if( !isset( $query->query_vars['post_type'] ) && 0 != $query->query_vars['page_id'])
$query->query_vars['post_type'] = array( 'page', 'produit' );
}
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'enable_front_page_produit' );


dameer comments:

No error but the question is: how does this affect home page rewrite rules when CPT is set as home page?
With permalinks set to "/%category%/%postname%/", my home page is still like:

http://localsite.lh/blox/front-page-a/

...while with default permalinks it reads:

http://localsite.lh/?page_blox=front-page-a

...regardless 'pre_get_posts'

Remy comments:

It's working fine even with your rewrite rules on my local install. I see that I c/c my own code directly and didn't adapt it for you on my last answer, here it is again :



function enable_front_page_blox( $query )

{

if( !isset( $query->query_vars['post_type'] ) && 0 != $query->query_vars['page_id'])

$query->query_vars['post_type'] = array( 'page', 'page_blox' );

}

add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'enable_front_page_blox' );


dameer comments:

I'm sorry to say but it does not work for me. What I can see now is a blank page. Do you need any other code from my side?

Remy comments:

What is the function that is adding your posts in your cpt page_blox to the front page dropdown on the reading settings page ?

dameer comments:

Here it is:

function k_blox_to_dropdown( $select ) {
if( FALSE === strpos( $select, 'page_on_front' ) ) return $select;
$blox = get_posts( array( 'post_type' => 'page_blox', 'post_status' => 'publish', 'posts_per_page' => -1 ) );
if( !$blox ) return $select;

$page_on_front = intval( get_option( 'page_on_front' ) ) ? get_option( 'page_on_front' ) : -1;
$blox_options = walk_page_dropdown_tree(
$blox,
0,
array( 'depth' => 0, 'child_of' => 0, 'selected' => $page_on_front, 'echo' => 0, 'name' => 'page_on_front', 'id' => '', 'show_option_none' => '', 'show_option_no_change' => '', 'option_none_value' => '' )
);

return str_replace( '</select>', $blox_options . '</select>', $select );
}
add_filter( 'wp_dropdown_pages', 'k_blox_to_dropdown', 10, 1 );

dameer comments:

Almost forgot...
Please be sure that you have/create "single-page_blox.php" template in the testing theme folder!

Remy comments:

With this it will use either front-page.php if present, or page.php as the template

dameer comments:

That's why I asked how is affects home page rewrite rules when CPT is set as home page :)

Remy comments:

To use your single-page_blox.php template for the front page


function front_page_redirect()
{
if( is_front_page() )
{
include( get_template_directory() . '/single-produit.php' );
exit();
}
}
add_action( 'template_redirect', 'front_page_redirect' );


dameer comments:

Yeah! Here's a "merged" and thus final version of your answer:

function k_enable_front_page_cpt( $query ) {
if( !isset( $query->query_vars[ 'post_type' ] ) || '' == $query->query_vars[ 'post_type' ] && 0 != $query->query_vars[ 'page_id' ] ) $query->query_vars[ 'post_type' ] = array( 'page', 'page_blox' );
}
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'k_enable_front_page_cpt' );

function k_template_redirect_frontpage_cpt() {
if( is_front_page() && is_singular( 'page_blox' ) ) {
include locate_template( '/single-page_blox.php' );
die();
}
}
add_action( 'template_redirect', 'k_template_redirect_frontpage_cpt' );

Thanks a bunch for all your efforts! Hopefully there are more people in need for something like that.