New Post Type without /[post-type]/ in the URL

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Last updated by Christian Cox 4 years, 10 months ago.

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March 12, 2020 at 10:59 am #1547997

hendrikH

We want to add a new custom post type which should work just like normal WP pages do.

Per default, a url of a new post of that type would look like: domain.com/post-type/new-article

But we want it to look like: domain.com/new-article

Which setting does the trick?

Thanks

March 12, 2020 at 5:36 pm #1548639

Christian Cox

Hi, unfortunately there is no setting in wp-admin that will allow a custom post type's permalinks to follow this URL pattern. Types custom post types work within WordPress's standards for URL patterns, and for custom post types the standard is yoursite.com/something/post-title-slug. You can change "something" to a custom string, but you cannot remove it entirely with Toolset.

I did a quick search and found this post with a code-based solution:
https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/a/204210

I can't vouch for its effectiveness but it's worth looking into. Is there a reason why Pages will not work for your scenario? If you want to discuss other options, I'm happy to review more details of your project requirements and provide feedback.