allow-numeric-stubs.php

<?php /*

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Plugin Name:  Allow Numeric Slugs
Plugin URI:   http://www.viper007bond.com/wordpress-plugins/allow-numeric-slugs/
Description:  Allows pages to have a slug (URL) that is only a number. Sacrifices the <code>&lt;!--nextpage--&gt;</code> ability in pages to accomplish it.
Version:      3.0.0
Author:       Viper007Bond
Author URI:   http://www.viper007bond.com/

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Copyright (C) 2008-2016 Viper007Bond

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

**************************************************************************/

class Allow_Numeric_Stubs {

	/**
	 * Allow_Numeric_Stubs constructor. Registers the plugin's hooks.
	 */
	function __construct() {
		// Flush rewrite rules on plugin activation
		register_activation_hook( __FILE__, array( $this, 'flush_rewrite_rules' ) );

		// Modify the rewrite rules for pages to swap in numeric slug support instead of paging
		add_filter( 'page_rewrite_rules', array( $this, 'page_rewrite_rules' ) );

		// Filter the result of wp_unique_post_slug() to allow numeric slugs for pages
		add_filter( 'wp_unique_post_slug', array( $this, 'wp_unique_post_slug_allow_numeric_page_slugs' ), 10, 6 );
	}

	/**
	 * Flush out WordPress's cached rewrite rules so that the modifications this plugin makes take effect.
	 */
	function flush_rewrite_rules() {
		global $wp_rewrite;
		$wp_rewrite->flush_rules();
	}

	/**
	 * Remove the rewrite rule that prevents numeric slugs from working (paged content)
	 * and replace it with a new rule that allows them to.
	 *
	 * @param array $rules The existing rewrite rules for pages.
	 *
	 * @return array The modified rewrite rules for pages.
	 */
	function page_rewrite_rules( $rules ) {
		unset( $rules['(.?.+?)(/[0-9]+)?/?$'] );     // Before WordPress 4.4
		unset( $rules['(.?.+?)(?:/([0-9]+))?/?$'] ); // After WordPress 4.4, see https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/34492

		$rules['(.?.+?)?/?$'] = 'index.php?pagename=$matches[1]';

		return $rules;
	}

	/**
	 * Undoes the work of wp_unique_post_slug() for pages with a numeric slug,
	 * but only if they don't conflict with any existing sibling pages.
	 *
	 * @since 3.0.0
	 *
	 * @param string $slug          The slug that wp_unique_post_slug() suggests using.
	 * @param int    $post_ID       The post (page) ID that the slug belongs to.
	 * @param string $post_status   The status of post (page) that the slug belongs to.
	 * @param string $post_type     The post_type of the post that we're currently filtering. Aborts for everything but "page".
	 * @param int    $post_parent   Post parent ID.
	 * @param string $original_slug The originally requested slug, which may or may not be unique.
	 */
	public function wp_unique_post_slug_allow_numeric_page_slugs( $slug, $post_ID, $post_status, $post_type, $post_parent, $original_slug ) {
		global $wpdb;

		// We're only interested in pages with attempted numeric slugs that got changed
		if ( 'page' != $post_type || ! is_numeric( $original_slug ) || $slug === $original_slug ) {
			return $slug;
		}

		// Was there actually a conflict or was a suffix just added due to the preg_match() call in wp_unique_post_slug() ?
		$post_name_check = $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare(
			"SELECT post_name FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_name = %s AND post_type IN ( %s, 'attachment' ) AND ID != %d AND post_parent = %d LIMIT 1",
			$original_slug, $post_type, $post_ID, $post_parent
		) );

		// There really is a conflict due to an existing page so keep the modified slug
		if ( $post_name_check ) {
			return $slug;
		}

		// Otherwise give us the slug we wanted
		return $original_slug;
	}
}

$GLOBALS['Allow_Numeric_Stubs'] = new Allow_Numeric_Stubs();