Clean URL permalink for custom post type

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1. Romes,

   The method you suggested will definitely work and is likely the easiest; however, I can definitely see cases in which this is not ideal. To accomplish this more “programmatically”, you would need to do the following:

   1) Set a new query var

   2) Generate a new rewrite rule to make sense of that query var

   3) Redirect to a template when that query var is matched.

   Here’s some code to help you along.

   1: Add the query var

   function query_vars( $public_query_vars ) {
       $public_query_vars[] = 'romes_var';
       return $public_query_vars;
   }
   add_filter( 'query_vars', 'romes_query_vars' );
   

   2: Associate a rewrite rule to handle the query var

   function romes_generate_rewrite_rules( $wp_rewrite ) {
       $new_rules = array();
       $new_rules['(photos)/?$'] = 'index.php?romes_var=$matches[1]';
       $wp_rewrite->rules = $new_rules + $wp_rewrite->rules;
   }
   add_action( 'generate_rewrite_rules', 'romes_generate_rewrite_rules' );
   

   3: Detect the query var and redirect to a template

   function romes_template_redirect() {
       if ( 'photos' == get_query_var( 'romes_var' ) ) {
           load_template( get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/template-photos.php' );
           exit();
       }
   }
   add_action( 'template_redirect', 'romes_template_redirect' );
   

   This code isn’t specifically tested, but should get you most of the way. Be sure to flush your rewrite rules (simply visit the permalinks page) before you attempt to run your script with this code.

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2. You just need a custom taxonomy to do this. You don’t need to make a page for mysite.com/photos, it can be a taxonomy page. For example: create a custom taxonomy named “photos“.Then you can copy taxonomy.php to a taxonomy-photos.php as your custom taxonomy page template file.

   Check it on WordPress Codex: Custom Taxonomies Codex

   Some plugins can help you to create these custom taxonomies in a very easy way. Just find the one you like: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search.php?q=Custom+Taxonomies

   Good Luck!

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