Gary Jones

<p>If bots are attacking your site by appending <code>/search/a-random-string-or-word</code>, then those pages may be getting indexed by search engines, or populating search logs.</p>
<p>This plugin disables that permalink structure.</p>
<p>Search forms will still work, and the search results page will use the less index-friendly <code>?s=search-term</code> format.</p>


Disable Search Slug

Stops /search/... URLs from working, resulting in a WordPress 404 page not found.

Timo H

<p>This plugin allows you to customize and internationalize the rewrite bases for author archives, search results, comments and page slugs in WordPress. It provides an easy-to-use interface in the Permalinks Settings page to set custom values for these bases.</p>
<p>If you notice that your permalink changes aren’t reflecting on your site, try the following steps:</p>
<ol>
<li>Go to Settings > Permalinks in your WordPress admin panel.</li>
<li>Without making any changes, click the “Save Changes” button at the bottom of the page.</li>
</ol>
<h3>Key Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Customize rewrite bases for author, search, comments and page (pagination) slugs</li>
<li>Automatically uses WordPress’s language-specific terms as defaults, if available</li>
<li>Integrates seamlessly with the WordPress Permalinks Settings page</li>
</ul>
<h3>Motivation</h3>
<p>Internationalized rewrite bases for author, search, comments and page (pagination) in WordPress are not part of the WordPress Core. This is because the <a href="https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.5/src/wp-includes/class-wp-rewrite.php" rel="nofollow ugc">WP_Rewrite</a> class uses <a href="https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/c26d2a30d5fbff5bc8fd613f9862a2bcc9c3e62b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-rewrite.php#L49" rel="nofollow ugc">hardcoded strings</a> which were never translated until 2024. There is an old ticket (<a href="https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1762" rel="nofollow ugc">#1762</a>) that discusses this issue, including the idea of modifying the <code>WP_Rewrite</code> property with a plugin. This plugin implements that solution. It extends the native Permalinks settings page and adds a section to change the rewrite bases for author, search, comments and page (pagination). By default, these are based on the current language of your site.</p>
<h3>Want to contribute?</h3>
<p>Check out the Plugin <a href="https://github.com/timohubois/rewrite-bases-internationalization/" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub Repository</a>.</p>
<h3>Additional Info</h3>
<p>For more information about the WordPress Rewrite API, please visit the <a href="https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rewrite/" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress Rewrite API documentation</a>.</p>


Rewrite Bases Internationalization

Internationalize rewrite bases for author, search, comments and page (pagination) slugs in WordPress.

Disable Search Slug vs Rewrite Bases Internationalization