when category slug is changed, old uri also should redirect to new, as post uris do

[qdinar]

when category slug is changed, old uri also should redirect to new, as post uris do

[SergeyBiryukov]

Related: #4328

[johnbillion]

Now we have term meta this should be achievable.

Redirects for posts are handled in wp_old_slug_redirect().

[kevinlangleyjr]

Attached a patch above with functionality and the unit tests for it

[SergeyBiryukov]

Moving to handle along with #4328.

[pento]

This needs testing and reviewing.

[SergeyBiryukov]

#58408 was marked as a duplicate.

[asafm7]

Thanks, @SergeyBiryukov .

I searched before opening my ticket but didn't come across this one.

This ticket is 12 years old 😅

I hope it will be picked up soon.

This is one of those things which not many people notice, but that can make a significant SEO impact I believe.

Also, the ticket mentions the general term "category". I hope it will be designed for all taxonomies. In my case, WooCommerce attribute terms.

Thanks for your work!

[huzaifaalmesbah]

I attempted to apply the latest patch against current trunk (7.0-alpha-61215-src), but it does not apply cleanly.

The following files had conflicts:

• src/wp-includes/default-filters.php (.rej created)
• src/wp-includes/taxonomy.php (.rej created)

Because the patch cannot be applied, testing the patch itself is not possible.

However, I can still reproduce the original issue on trunk, so the bug appears to still exist.

Removing needs-testing since the current patch cannot be tested, and adding needs-refresh.