Title: WP ignores querystring variables when using Mod_Rewrite?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# WP ignores querystring variables when using Mod_Rewrite?

 *  [Dutch van Andel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/veraxus/)
 * (@veraxus)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-ignores-querystring-variables-when-using-mod_rewrite/)
 * Weird problem. I have this RewriteRule in my htaccess file:
 * `RewriteRule ^participants/profile/([^/]*)/([^/]*)/? /index.php?page_id=83&profile
   =$1&title=$2 [NC,L]`
 * If the condition is matched, I’ll be sent to page 83 correctly, but the extra
   querystring variables are GONE (I’ve printed out $wp_query->query_vars to make
   sure).
 * Here’s why I’m stumped… entering something like `www.mysite.com/index.php?page_id
   =83&profile=42&title=deep-thought` directly into the browser WORKS… just not 
   when using the htaccess RewriteRule.
 * $wp_query->query_vars grabs the extra variables exactly as expected… but only
   when you enter the URL directly. When using a RewriteRule, the extra variables
   are lost.
 * Any ideas on how to get around this?

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 *  Thread Starter [Dutch van Andel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/veraxus/)
 * (@veraxus)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-ignores-querystring-variables-when-using-mod_rewrite/#post-1767405)
 * Problem solved.
 * I commented out the RewriteRule in my .htaccess file and created a new WP_Rewrite
   rule in my WP theme’s functions.php file. This effectively accomplishes the same
   thing, but ensures that WordPress is aware of the ‘extra’ querystring variables(
   so they’re not lost or ignored).
 *     ```
       /**
        * Handle URL rewrites for profiles page
        **/
       function ctx_rewrite_participant_profiles() {
   
           //Add the new rule before any other WP rules
           add_rewrite_rule('^participants/profile/([^/]*)/([^/]*)/?','index.php?page_id=83&profile=$matches[1]&title=$matches[2]','top');
   
           //Let WP know about our custom querystring variables
           add_rewrite_tag('%profile%','([^&]+)','profile=');
           add_rewrite_tag('%title%','([^&]+)','title=');
       }
       //Hook this into init
       add_action('init', 'ctx_rewrite_participant_profiles');
       ```
   
 * I then saved the blog’s permalink settings to rebuild the rules and… MAGIC!
 * I also left the following in my .htaccess to force-redirect users from the old
   URL to the new pretty one.
 *     ```
       #Redirect querystring requests
         RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} profile=([^&]*)&title=([^&]*) [NC]
         RewriteRule ^participants/profile/ /participants/profile/%1/%2/? [R=301,NC,L]
       ```
   
 * I should note (for the curious) that the above .htaccess code only works when
   placed BEFORE WordPress’s rewrites, and the L is critical (else WP rewrites your
   newly redirected URL and you get a WP 404).
 * 😀

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## Tags

 * [htaccess](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/htaccess/)
 * [Query String](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/query-string/)
 * [query_vars](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/query_vars/)
 * [rewriterule](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/rewriterule/)
 * [variables](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/variables/)
 * [wp_query](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wp_query/)

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 * Last reply from: [Dutch van Andel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/veraxus/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-ignores-querystring-variables-when-using-mod_rewrite/#post-1767405)
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