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Description

Triggers after all rewrite rules have been created. The rewrite object is passed as argument by reference.

Example

An example of adding new endpoint to Rewrite Rules.

function codex_custom_endpoint( $wp_rewrite ) {
    $feed_rules = array(
	  'my-account/?$' => 'index.php?account-page=true',
	  'my-account/edit-profile/?$' => 'index.php?account-edit-profile=true',
    );

    $wp_rewrite->rules = $feed_rules + $wp_rewrite->rules;
    return $wp_rewrite->rules;
}

add_filter( 'generate_rewrite_rules', 'codex_custom_endpoint' );

Related

Articles

• Lesson: Rewrite API Overview
• Class: WP_Rewrite() - An overview of WordPress's built-in URL rewrite class.

Hooks

• Filter: root_rewrite_rules - Filters the rewrite rules generated for the root of your weblog.
• Filter: post_rewrite_rules - Filters the rewrite rules generated for permalink URLs.
• Filter: page_rewrite_rules - Filters the rewrite rules generated for your Pages.
• Filter: date_rewrite_rules - Filters the rewrite rules generated for dated archive URLs.
• Filter: search_rewrite_rules - Filters the rewrite rules generated for search URLs.
• Filter: comments_rewrite_rules - Filters the rewrite rules generated for the latest comment feed URLs.
• Filter: author_rewrite_rules - Filters the rewrite rules generated for author archive URLs.
• Filter: rewrite_rules_array - Filters all the rewrite rules at once.
• Filter: {$permastruct}_rewrite_rules - Can be used to create or modify rewrite rules for any custom permastructs, such as taxonomies or custom post types.
• Action: generate_rewrite_rules - Runs after all the rules have been created.

Functions

• add_rewrite_tag() - Can be used to allow WordPress to recognize custom variables (particularly custom querystring variables).
• add_rewrite_rule() - Allows you to specify new, custom rewrite rules.
• add_rewrite_endpoint() - Add a new endpoint like /trackback/
• flush_rules() - Regenerate the rewrite rules and save them to the database.
• flush_rewrite_rules() - Remove rewrite rules and then recreate rewrite rules.
• generate_rewrite_rules() - Generates rewrite rules from a permalink structure
• add_permastruct() - Add a new permastruct
• add_feed()- Add a new feed type like /atom1/