In a recent project I created a custom post type for testimonials, however, these were only ever intended to be shown on an archive page, not as single posts. To prevent single posts from being accessible, I added the following code which redirects visitors to the post type archive if they attempt to visit a single post.
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| <?php | |
| add_action( 'template_redirect', __NAMESPACE__ . '\\hide_single_testimonials' ); | |
| /** | |
| * We don't want to show single testimonials, only the archive. | |
| * | |
| * If someone tries to visit a single testimonial this action will ping them back to the testimonials archive. | |
| * | |
| * @since 1.0.0 | |
| */ | |
| function hide_single_testimonials() { | |
| if ( is_singular( [ 'me_testimonials' ] ) ) { | |
| wp_redirect( get_post_type_archive_link( 'me_testimonials' ), 301 ); | |
| exit; | |
| } | |
| } |
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