Result Links to Pages with Permalinks Not Working

[sschoch]

I am using the multisearch feature to return search results for two sites–site A, which contains the search box, and site B. Permalinks for site A are set to Post name. This is required by one of the other plugins I am using. Permalinks for site B are set to Default (page ID).

The search successfully returns results from both sites. When I click links in the results for site A, they work fine; however, when I click links in the results from site B, they just go to site B’s home page. For example, when I click a result with the page name “Working with Themes,” it goes to this URL:

[Help site path]/sample-page/00phoenix-working-with-themes/

The correct URL is [Help site path]/?page_id=4093

If I change site A’s permalink settings to Default (page ID), everything works fine; however, I am unable to do this because of the other plugin that requires Post name for permalinks.

Please advise.

[Ernest Marcinko]

Hi,

Interesting, looks like WordPress returns urls depending on how the currently active site is configured. This might be a core bug, as the get_permalink($id) call is used by ajax search pro to always get the correct links.

I believe the best solution is to create filter to change the permalink in the results if the [Help site path] is detected in the URL pattern. I would recommend trying this code:

Change the $url variable value to the help site url. If it’s detected in the final url, this snippet will try to change it to the regular non-permalink URL.
I haven’t had a chance to test this code, so please be careful when editing the files.

[sschoch]

Hi, Ernest:

It worked! THANK YOU! I am pleasantly surprised at your helpful and PROMPT response. So appreciate your time.

Regards, Stephanie

[Ernest Marcinko]

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