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Fix .md URLs for custom post types and date-based permalinks #3

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37 changes: 20 additions & 17 deletions src/Router/RewriteHandler.php
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Expand Up @@ -92,29 +92,32 @@ public function parse_markdown_url(\WP $wp): void {
return;
}

$slug = $matches[1];

// Find post by slug - handles both posts and pages
global $wpdb;
$post_row = $wpdb->get_row($wpdb->prepare(
"SELECT ID, post_type FROM {$wpdb->posts}
WHERE post_name = %s
AND post_status = 'publish'
AND post_type IN (" . implode(',', array_fill(0, count($this->get_supported_post_types()), '%s')) . ")
LIMIT 1",
array_merge([$slug], $this->get_supported_post_types())
));

if (!$post_row) {
// Strip .md to get the original URL path, let WordPress resolve it
$clean_url = home_url('/' . $matches[1]);
$post_id = url_to_postid($clean_url);

if (!$post_id) {
return; // Let WordPress show its normal 404
}

// Get full post object and cache it for handle_markdown_request
$this->markdown_post = get_post($post_row->ID);
$post = get_post($post_id);

if (!$post || $post->post_status !== 'publish') {
return;
}

if (!$this->is_supported_post_type($post->post_type)) {
return;
}

// Cache post for handle_markdown_request
$this->markdown_post = $post;

// Set query vars for WordPress
$wp->query_vars['p'] = $post_row->ID;
$wp->query_vars['p'] = $post->ID;
$wp->query_vars['markdown_request'] = '1';
// Remove incorrect pagename that the rewrite rule may have set
unset($wp->query_vars['pagename']);
}

/**
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