Permalink structure in Wordpress - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to set the permalink structure to use post name in WordPress.

Wordpress

add_action('init', function() { global $wp_rewrite; $wp_rewrite->set_permalink_structure('[1]'); });

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A/%postname%/

B/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/

C/archives/%post_id%

D/?p=%post_id%

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using date-based structures when the question asks for post name.

Using query string style URLs instead of pretty permalinks.

The '/%postname%/' structure uses the post's slug in the URL, which is common for clean permalinks.

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medium

Complete the code to flush rewrite rules after changing permalink structure.

Wordpress

add_action('init', function() { global $wp_rewrite; $wp_rewrite->set_permalink_structure('/%postname%/'); [1](); });

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Aregister_post_type

Bupdate_option

Cflush_rewrite_rules

Dadd_rewrite_rule

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Not flushing rewrite rules after changing permalink structure.

Using unrelated functions like update_option.

flush_rewrite_rules() refreshes WordPress's permalink rules so changes take effect.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to correctly set a custom permalink structure with category and post name.

Wordpress

add_action('init', function() { global $wp_rewrite; $wp_rewrite->set_permalink_structure('[1]'); flush_rewrite_rules(); });

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A/%postname%/%category%/

B/%category%/%postname%/

C/%author%/%postname%/

D/%year%/%postname%/

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Swapping the order of category and post name tags.

Using author or year tags when not asked.

The correct order is category first, then post name for this permalink structure.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a permalink structure with year and post ID.

Wordpress

add_action('init', function() { global $wp_rewrite; $wp_rewrite->set_permalink_structure('[1][2]'); flush_rewrite_rules(); });

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A/%year%/

B/%post_id%/

C/%postname%/

D/%monthnum%/

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using postname instead of post ID.

Putting monthnum instead of post ID.

Combining year and post ID creates URLs like /2024/123/.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a permalink structure with category, year, and post name.

Wordpress

add_action('init', function() { global $wp_rewrite; $wp_rewrite->set_permalink_structure('[1][2][3]'); flush_rewrite_rules(); });

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A/%category%/

B/%year%/

C/%postname%/

D/%author%/

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Including author tag when not asked.

Wrong order of tags.

This structure creates URLs like /category/2024/post-name/.