Let wp_link_pages do pagination when static page is used for front page

[ev3rywh3re]

Mentioned on WP-Hackers. If a static paginated page is used for the front page and wp_link_pages is used in the theme, the pagination links will return 404 because get_permalink will return the front page URL as the root of paginated links. I marked it as a bug since it can cause 404 errors if you don't know about it.

The enclosed patch tests for is_front_page and static pages using alternate _get_page_link functions for paginated content and using get_permalink for standard paginated links. It even works when a child page is set for the front page.

This was a quick patch from a custom function, so it could probably be written a little better.

Updated wp_link_pages for paginated front page

-1 to the patch. we should fix the 404 error that is spit by the query parser instead.

mm, looked a bit deeper into this, and the issue is a bit trickier in fact. based on the rewrite rules, the same issue is also valid for feeds.

on a static front page, the site.com/feed is that of the site (as it should), rather than for that page. so this should be fixed as well, and +1 to the patch's approach.

confirming that the patch fixes the issue.

and the static front page's comments feed url should get the same treatment.

updated patch combines ev3rywh3re's patch and the fix to the single_feed() function

can wait a little longer, even if the patch works.

still applies clean

borke patch

patch updated for 3.0

Patch is broken.