Hi,

Can someone please recommend how to code a 301 redirect for expired ads, to redirect to the category the expired ad was listed in?

My site uses the format: sitename.com/category/subcategory/listing-title_i12345 and I'm using the Epsilon theme.

For example if I go to : https://epsilon.mb-themes.com/for-sale/cameras-camera-accessories/canon-pix-z9_i773
I would like to receive a 301 redirect to: https://epsilon.mb-themes.com/for-sale/cameras-camera-accessories

A lot of the most popular classified sites use this method to gain extra traffic. If you show a 404 page, the visitor usually doesn't continue browsing.
Example of other sites:
https://www.freeads.co.uk/uk/buy-sell/pets/dogs/bulldog/383258031/boys-only-kc-registered-english-bulldog-pups/view
https://www.gumtree.com/p/volkswagen/dec-2010-volkswagen-beetle-1.6-luna-41000-miles-service-history-moted-1-4-2023-excellent-condition-/14487351112
https://www.vivastreet.co.uk/rent/west-bromwich-b70/-b-c-h--1-bed-studio-high-st--west-bromwich/3097478769

Many thanks

@webcity
if(osc_item_is_expired()) {
  header('Location:' . osc_search_url(array('sCategory' => osc_item_category_id())), true, 301);
  exit;


Thanks for your help :-)

Where is the best place to to include the code?

Thanks again

You can out it at too of item.php

Thanks, that works great :-)

Can you please suggest code to show when item has been deleted too. So when you go to the deleted item page it sends a 301 to the category the item was in?

Many thanks

@webcity
That's not possible because not found item goes properly to 404 from core.
Maybe if you do this in init hook before everything else....

I am used this code for achieve this in past. Also tested latest version, try it. Its worked well.

add this code end of the theme function.php file

<?php
function cust_redirect_on_item_not_exists($item) {
    if( count($item) == 0 ) {
        $category = Category::newInstance()->findBySlug(preg_replace('~^.*/(.*)/.*$~', '$1', $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']));
        osc_redirect_to(osc_search_url(array('sCategory' => $category['pk_i_id'])), 301);
        exit; 
    }
    
    return $item;
}

osc_add_filter('pre_show_item', 'cust_redirect_on_item_not_exists');
?>

Hi Ajit,

Thanks for your help.

I can see that the code works great on your site.

When I use the code it doesn't redirect and I get the error message:
The listing hasn't been enabled. Please enable it in order to make it public

I think it maybe because I'm using the Item Validation Plugin on my site.

Can anyone suggest a solution?

It would be great if the code could be built-in to the core Osclass :-)

Maybe you need to use init hook instead.