/**
* Canonical API to handle WordPress Redirecting
*
* Based on "Permalink Redirect" from Scott Yang and "Enforce www. Preference"
* by Mark Jaquith
*
* @package WordPress
* @since 2.3.0
*/
/**
* Redirects incoming links to the proper URL based on the site url.
*
* Search engines consider www.somedomain.com and somedomain.com to be two
* different URLs when they both go to the same location. This SEO enhancement
* prevents penalty for duplicate content by redirecting all incoming links to
* one or the other.
*
* Prevents redirection for feeds, trackbacks, searches, and
* admin URLs. Does not redirect on non-pretty-permalink-supporting IIS 7+,
* page/post previews, WP admin, Trackbacks, robots.txt, searches, or on POST
* requests.
*
* Will also attempt to find the correct link when a user enters a URL that does
* not exist based on exact WordPress query. Will instead try to parse the URL
* or query in an attempt to figure the correct page to go to.
*
* @since 2.3.0
*
* @global WP_Rewrite $wp_rewrite
* @global bool $is_IIS
* @global WP_Query $wp_query
* @global wpdb $wpdb WordPress database abstraction object.
* @global WP $wp Current WordPress environment instance.
*
* @param string $requested_url Optional. The URL that was requested, used to
* figure if redirect is needed.
* @param bool $do_redirect Optional. Redirect to the new URL.
* @return string|void The string of the URL, if redirect needed.
*/
function redirect_canonical( $requested_url = null, $do_redirect = true ) {
global $wp_rewrite, $is_IIS, $wp_query, $wpdb, $wp;
if ( isset( $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] ) && ! in_array( strtoupper( $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] ), array( 'GET', 'HEAD' ) ) ) {
return;
}
// If we're not in wp-admin and the post has been published and preview nonce
// is non-existent or invalid then no need for preview in query
if ( is_preview() && get_query_var( 'p' ) && 'publish' == get_post_status( get_query_var( 'p' ) ) ) {
if ( ! isset( $_GET['preview_id'] )
|| ! isset( $_GET['preview_nonce'] )
|| ! wp_verify_nonce( $_GET['preview_nonce'], 'post_preview_' . (int) $_GET['preview_id'] ) ) {
$wp_query->is_preview = false;
}
}
if ( is_trackback() || is_search() || is_admin() || is_preview() || is_robots() || ( $is_IIS && !iis7_supports_permalinks() ) ) {
return;
}
if ( ! $requested_url && isset( $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] ) ) {
// build the URL in the address bar
$requested_url = is_ssl() ? 'https://' : 'http://';
$requested_url .= $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'];
$requested_url .= $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
}
$original = @parse_url($requested_url);
if ( false === $original ) {
return;
}
$redirect = $original;
$redirect_url = false;
// Notice fixing
if ( !isset($redirect['path']) )
$redirect['path'] = '';
if ( !isset($redirect['query']) )
$redirect['query'] = '';
// If the original URL ended with non-breaking spaces, they were almost
// certainly inserted by accident. Let's remove them, so the reader doesn't
// see a 404 error with no obvious cause.
$redirect['path'] = preg_replace( '|(%C2%A0)+$|i', '', $redirect['path'] );
// It's not a preview, so remove it from URL
if ( get_query_var( 'preview' ) ) {
$redirect['query'] = remove_query_arg( 'preview', $redirect['query'] );
}
if ( is_feed() && ( $id = get_query_var( 'p' ) ) ) {
if ( $redirect_url = get_post_comments_feed_link( $id, get_query_var( 'feed' ) ) ) {
$redirect['query'] = _remove_qs_args_if_not_in_url( $redirect['query'], array( 'p', 'page_id', 'attachment_id', 'pagename', 'name', 'post_type', 'feed'), $redirect_url );
$redirect['path'] = parse_url( $redirect_url, PHP_URL_PATH );
}
}
if ( is_singular() && 1 > $wp_query->post_count && ($id = get_query_var('p')) ) {
$vars = $wpdb->get_results( $wpdb->prepare("SELECT post_type, post_parent FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE ID = %d", $id) );
if ( isset($vars[0]) && $vars = $vars[0] ) {
if ( 'revision' == $vars->post_type && $vars->post_parent > 0 )
$id = $vars->post_parent;
if ( $redirect_url = get_permalink($id) )
$redirect['query'] = _remove_qs_args_if_not_in_url( $redirect['query'], array( 'p', 'page_id', 'attachment_id', 'pagename', 'name', 'post_type' ), $redirect_url );
}
}
// These tests give us a WP-generated permalink
if ( is_404() ) {
// Redirect ?page_id, ?p=, ?attachment_id= to their respective url's
$id = max( get_query_var('p'), get_query_var('page_id'), get_query_var('attachment_id') );
if ( $id && $redirect_post = get_post($id) ) {
$post_type_obj = get_post_type_object($redirect_post->post_type);
if ( $post_type_obj->public && 'auto-draft' != $redirect_post->post_status ) {
$redirect_url = get_permalink($redirect_post);
$redirect['query'] = _remove_qs_args_if_not_in_url( $redirect['query'], array( 'p', 'page_id', 'attachment_id', 'pagename', 'name', 'post_type' ), $redirect_url );
}
}
if ( get_query_var( 'day' ) && get_query_var( 'monthnum' ) && get_query_var( 'year' ) ) {
$year = get_query_var( 'year' );
$month = get_query_var( 'monthnum' );
$day = get_query_var( 'day' );
$date = sprintf( '%04d-%02d-%02d', $year, $month, $day );
if ( ! wp_checkdate( $month, $day, $year, $date ) ) {
$redirect_url = get_month_link( $year, $month );
$redirect['query'] = _remove_qs_args_if_not_in_url( $redirect['query'], array( 'year', 'monthnum', 'day' ), $redirect_url );
}
} elseif ( get_query_var( 'monthnum' ) && get_query_var( 'year' ) && 12 < get_query_var( 'monthnum' ) ) {
$redirect_url = get_year_link( get_query_var( 'year' ) );
$redirect['query'] = _remove_qs_args_if_not_in_url( $redirect['query'], array( 'year', 'monthnum' ), $redirect_url );
}
if ( ! $redirect_url ) {
if ( $redirect_url = redirect_guess_404_permalink() ) {
$redirect['query'] = _remove_qs_args_if_not_in_url( $redirect['query'], array( 'page', 'feed', 'p', 'page_id', 'attachment_id', 'pagename', 'name', 'post_type' ), $redirect_url );
}
}
if ( get_query_var( 'page' ) && $wp_query->post &&
false !== strpos( $wp_query->post->post_content, '' ) ) {
$redirect['path'] = rtrim( $redirect['path'], (int) get_query_var( 'page' ) . '/' );
$redirect['query'] = remove_query_arg( 'page', $redirect['query'] );
$redirect_url = get_permalink( $wp_query->post->ID );
}
} elseif ( is_object($wp_rewrite) && $wp_rewrite->using_permalinks() ) {
// rewriting of old ?p=X, ?m=2004, ?m=200401, ?m=20040101
if ( is_attachment() &&
! array_diff( array_keys( $wp->query_vars ), array( 'attachment', 'attachment_id' ) ) &&
! $redirect_url ) {
if ( ! empty( $_GET['attachment_id'] ) ) {
$redirect_url = get_attachment_link( get_query_var( 'attachment_id' ) );
if ( $redirect_url ) {
$redirect['query'] = remove_query_arg( 'attachment_id', $redirect['query'] );
}
} else {
$redirect_url = get_attachment_link();
}
} elseif ( is_single() && !empty($_GET['p']) && ! $redirect_url ) {
if ( $redirect_url = get_permalink(get_query_var('p')) )
$redirect['query'] = remove_query_arg(array('p', 'post_type'), $redirect['query']);
} elseif ( is_single() && !empty($_GET['name']) && ! $redirect_url ) {
if ( $redirect_url = get_permalink( $wp_query->get_queried_object_id() ) )
$redirect['query'] = remove_query_arg('name', $redirect['query']);
} elseif ( is_page() && !empty($_GET['page_id']) && ! $redirect_url ) {
if ( $redirect_url = get_permalink(get_query_var('page_id')) )
$redirect['query'] = remove_query_arg('page_id', $redirect['query']);
} elseif ( is_page() && !is_feed() && 'page' == get_option('show_on_front') && get_queried_object_id() == get_option('page_on_front') && ! $redirect_url ) {
$redirect_url = home_url('/');
} elseif ( is_home() && !empty($_GET['page_id']) && 'page' == get_option('show_on_front') && get_query_var('page_id') == get_option('page_for_posts') && ! $redirect_url ) {
if ( $redirect_url = get_permalink(get_option('page_for_posts')) )
$redirect['query'] = remove_query_arg('page_id', $redirect['query']);
} elseif ( !empty($_GET['m']) && ( is_year() || is_month() || is_day() ) ) {
$m = get_query_var('m');
switch ( strlen($m) ) {
case 4: // Yearly
$redirect_url = get_year_link($m);
break;
case 6: // Monthly
$redirect_url = get_month_link( substr($m, 0, 4), substr($m, 4, 2) );
break;
case 8: // Daily
$redirect_url = get_day_link(substr($m, 0, 4), substr($m, 4, 2), substr($m, 6, 2));
break;
}
if ( $redirect_url )
$redirect['query'] = remove_query_arg('m', $redirect['query']);
// now moving on to non ?m=X year/month/day links
} elseif ( is_day() && get_query_var('year') && get_query_var('monthnum') && !empty($_GET['day']) ) {
if ( $redirect_url = get_day_link(get_query_var('year'), get_query_var('monthnum'), get_query_var('day')) )
$redirect['query'] = remove_query_arg(array('year', 'monthnum', 'day'), $redirect['query']);
} elseif ( is_month() && get_query_var('year') && !empty($_GET['monthnum']) ) {
if ( $redirect_url = get_month_link(get_query_var('year'), get_query_var('monthnum')) )
$redirect['query'] = remove_query_arg(array('year', 'monthnum'), $redirect['query']);
} elseif ( is_year() && !empty($_GET['year']) ) {
if ( $redirect_url = get_year_link(get_query_var('year')) )
$redirect['query'] = remove_query_arg('year', $redirect['query']);
} elseif ( is_author() && !empty($_GET['author']) && preg_match( '|^[0-9]+$|', $_GET['author'] ) ) {
$author = get_userdata(get_query_var('author'));
if ( ( false !== $author ) && $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT ID FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE $wpdb->posts.post_author = %d AND $wpdb->posts.post_status = 'publish' LIMIT 1", $author->ID ) ) ) {
if ( $redirect_url = get_author_posts_url($author->ID, $author->user_nicename) )
$redirect['query'] = remove_query_arg('author', $redirect['query']);
}
} elseif ( is_category() || is_tag() || is_tax() ) { // Terms (Tags/categories)
$term_count = 0;
foreach ( $wp_query->tax_query->queried_terms as $tax_query )
$term_count += count( $tax_query['terms'] );
$obj = $wp_query->get_queried_object();
if ( $term_count <= 1 && !empty($obj->term_id) && ( $tax_url = get_term_link((int)$obj->term_id, $obj->taxonomy) ) && !is_wp_error($tax_url) ) {
if ( !empty($redirect['query']) ) {
// Strip taxonomy query vars off the url.
$qv_remove = array( 'term', 'taxonomy');
if ( is_category() ) {
$qv_remove[] = 'category_name';
$qv_remove[] = 'cat';
} elseif ( is_tag() ) {
$qv_remove[] = 'tag';
$qv_remove[] = 'tag_id';
} else { // Custom taxonomies will have a custom query var, remove those too:
$tax_obj = get_taxonomy( $obj->taxonomy );
if ( false !== $tax_obj->query_var )
$qv_remove[] = $tax_obj->query_var;
}
$rewrite_vars = array_diff( array_keys($wp_query->query), array_keys($_GET) );
if ( !array_diff($rewrite_vars, array_keys($_GET)) ) { // Check to see if all the Query vars are coming from the rewrite, none are set via $_GET
$redirect['query'] = remove_query_arg($qv_remove, $redirect['query']); //Remove all of the per-tax qv's
// Create the destination url for this taxonomy
$tax_url = parse_url($tax_url);
if ( ! empty($tax_url['query']) ) { // Taxonomy accessible via ?taxonomy=..&term=.. or any custom qv..
parse_str($tax_url['query'], $query_vars);
$redirect['query'] = add_query_arg($query_vars, $redirect['query']);
} else { // Taxonomy is accessible via a "pretty-URL"
$redirect['path'] = $tax_url['path'];
}
} else { // Some query vars are set via $_GET. Unset those from $_GET that exist via the rewrite
foreach ( $qv_remove as $_qv ) {
if ( isset($rewrite_vars[$_qv]) )
$redirect['query'] = remove_query_arg($_qv, $redirect['query']);
}
}
}
}
} elseif ( is_single() && strpos($wp_rewrite->permalink_structure, '%category%') !== false && $cat = get_query_var( 'category_name' ) ) {
$category = get_category_by_path( $cat );
if ( ( ! $category || is_wp_error( $category ) ) || ! has_term( $category->term_id, 'category', $wp_query->get_queried_object_id() ) ) {
$redirect_url = get_permalink($wp_query->get_queried_object_id());
}
}
// Post Paging
if ( is_singular() && get_query_var('page') ) {
if ( !$redirect_url )
$redirect_url = get_permalink( get_queried_object_id() );
$page = get_query_var( 'page' );
if ( $page > 1 ) {
if ( is_front_page() ) {
$redirect_url = trailingslashit( $redirect_url ) . user_trailingslashit( "$wp_rewrite->pagination_base/$page", 'paged' );
} else {
$redirect_url = trailingslashit( $redirect_url ) . user_trailingslashit( $page, 'single_paged' );
}
}
$redirect['query'] = remove_query_arg( 'page', $redirect['query'] );
}
// paging and feeds
if ( get_query_var('paged') || is_feed() || get_query_var('cpage') ) {
while ( preg_match( "#/$wp_rewrite->pagination_base/?[0-9]+?(/+)?$#", $redirect['path'] ) || preg_match( '#/(comments/?)?(feed|rss|rdf|atom|rss2)(/+)?$#', $redirect['path'] ) || preg_match( "#/{$wp_rewrite->comments_pagination_base}-[0-9]+(/+)?$#", $redirect['path'] ) ) {
// Strip off paging and feed
$redirect['path'] = preg_replace("#/$wp_rewrite->pagination_base/?[0-9]+?(/+)?$#", '/', $redirect['path']); // strip off any existing paging
$redirect['path'] = preg_replace('#/(comments/?)?(feed|rss2?|rdf|atom)(/+|$)#', '/', $redirect['path']); // strip off feed endings
$redirect['path'] = preg_replace("#/{$wp_rewrite->comments_pagination_base}-[0-9]+?(/+)?$#", '/', $redirect['path']); // strip off any existing comment paging
}
$addl_path = '';
if ( is_feed() && in_array( get_query_var('feed'), $wp_rewrite->feeds ) ) {
$addl_path = !empty( $addl_path ) ? trailingslashit($addl_path) : '';
if ( !is_singular() && get_query_var( 'withcomments' ) )
$addl_path .= 'comments/';
if ( ( 'rss' == get_default_feed() && 'feed' == get_query_var('feed') ) || 'rss' == get_query_var('feed') )
$addl_path .= user_trailingslashit( 'feed/' . ( ( get_default_feed() == 'rss2' ) ? '' : 'rss2' ), 'feed' );
else
$addl_path .= user_trailingslashit( 'feed/' . ( ( get_default_feed() == get_query_var('feed') || 'feed' == get_query_var('feed') ) ? '' : get_query_var('feed') ), 'feed' );
$redirect['query'] = remove_query_arg( 'feed', $redirect['query'] );
} elseif ( is_feed() && 'old' == get_query_var('feed') ) {
$old_feed_files = array(
'wp-atom.php' => 'atom',
'wp-commentsrss2.php' => 'comments_rss2',
'wp-feed.php' => get_default_feed(),
'wp-rdf.php' => 'rdf',
'wp-rss.php' => 'rss2',
'wp-rss2.php' => 'rss2',
);
if ( isset( $old_feed_files[ basename( $redirect['path'] ) ] ) ) {
$redirect_url = get_feed_link( $old_feed_files[ basename( $redirect['path'] ) ] );
wp_redirect( $redirect_url, 301 );
die();
}
}
if ( get_query_var('paged') > 0 ) {
$paged = get_query_var('paged');
$redirect['query'] = remove_query_arg( 'paged', $redirect['query'] );
if ( !is_feed() ) {
if ( $paged > 1 && !is_single() ) {
$addl_path = ( !empty( $addl_path ) ? trailingslashit($addl_path) : '' ) . user_trailingslashit("$wp_rewrite->pagination_base/$paged", 'paged');
} elseif ( !is_single() ) {
$addl_path = !empty( $addl_path ) ? trailingslashit($addl_path) : '';
}
} elseif ( $paged > 1 ) {
$redirect['query'] = add_query_arg( 'paged', $paged, $redirect['query'] );
}
}
if ( get_option( 'page_comments' ) && (
( 'newest' == get_option( 'default_comments_page' ) && get_query_var( 'cpage' ) > 0 ) ||
( 'newest' != get_option( 'default_comments_page' ) && get_query_var( 'cpage' ) > 1 )
) ) {
$addl_path = ( !empty( $addl_path ) ? trailingslashit($addl_path) : '' ) . user_trailingslashit( $wp_rewrite->comments_pagination_base . '-' . get_query_var('cpage'), 'commentpaged' );
$redirect['query'] = remove_query_arg( 'cpage', $redirect['query'] );
}
$redirect['path'] = user_trailingslashit( preg_replace('|/' . preg_quote( $wp_rewrite->index, '|' ) . '/?$|', '/', $redirect['path']) ); // strip off trailing /index.php/
if ( !empty( $addl_path ) && $wp_rewrite->using_index_permalinks() && strpos($redirect['path'], '/' . $wp_rewrite->index . '/') === false )
$redirect['path'] = trailingslashit($redirect['path']) . $wp_rewrite->index . '/';
if ( !empty( $addl_path ) )
$redirect['path'] = trailingslashit($redirect['path']) . $addl_path;
$redirect_url = $redirect['scheme'] . '://' . $redirect['host'] . $redirect['path'];
}
if ( 'wp-register.php' == basename( $redirect['path'] ) ) {
if ( is_multisite() ) {
/** This filter is documented in wp-login.php */
$redirect_url = apply_filters( 'wp_signup_location', network_site_url( 'wp-signup.php' ) );
} else {
$redirect_url = wp_registration_url();
}
wp_redirect( $redirect_url, 301 );
die();
}
}
// tack on any additional query vars
$redirect['query'] = preg_replace( '#^\??&*?#', '', $redirect['query'] );
if ( $redirect_url && !empty($redirect['query']) ) {
parse_str( $redirect['query'], $_parsed_query );
$redirect = @parse_url($redirect_url);
if ( ! empty( $_parsed_query['name'] ) && ! empty( $redirect['query'] ) ) {
parse_str( $redirect['query'], $_parsed_redirect_query );
if ( empty( $_parsed_redirect_query['name'] ) )
unset( $_parsed_query['name'] );
}
$_parsed_query = rawurlencode_deep( $_parsed_query );
$redirect_url = add_query_arg( $_parsed_query, $redirect_url );
}
if ( $redirect_url )
$redirect = @parse_url($redirect_url);
// www.example.com vs example.com
$user_home = @parse_url(home_url());
if ( !empty($user_home['host']) )
$redirect['host'] = $user_home['host'];
if ( empty($user_home['path']) )
$user_home['path'] = '/';
// Handle ports
if ( !empty($user_home['port']) )
$redirect['port'] = $user_home['port'];
else
unset($redirect['port']);
// trailing /index.php
$redirect['path'] = preg_replace('|/' . preg_quote( $wp_rewrite->index, '|' ) . '/*?$|', '/', $redirect['path']);
$punctuation_pattern = implode( '|', array_map( 'preg_quote', array(
' ', '%20', // space
'!', '%21', // exclamation mark
'"', '%22', // double quote
"'", '%27', // single quote
'(', '%28', // opening bracket
')', '%29', // closing bracket
',', '%2C', // comma
'.', '%2E', // period
';', '%3B', // semicolon
'{', '%7B', // opening curly bracket
'}', '%7D', // closing curly bracket
'%E2%80%9C', // opening curly quote
'%E2%80%9D', // closing curly quote
) ) );
// Remove trailing spaces and end punctuation from the path.
$redirect['path'] = preg_replace( "#($punctuation_pattern)+$#", '', $redirect['path'] );
if ( !empty( $redirect['query'] ) ) {
// Remove trailing spaces and end punctuation from certain terminating query string args.
$redirect['query'] = preg_replace( "#((p|page_id|cat|tag)=[^&]*?)($punctuation_pattern)+$#", '$1', $redirect['query'] );
// Clean up empty query strings
$redirect['query'] = trim(preg_replace( '#(^|&)(p|page_id|cat|tag)=?(&|$)#', '&', $redirect['query']), '&');
// Redirect obsolete feeds
$redirect['query'] = preg_replace( '#(^|&)feed=rss(&|$)#', '$1feed=rss2$2', $redirect['query'] );
// Remove redundant leading ampersands
$redirect['query'] = preg_replace( '#^\??&*?#', '', $redirect['query'] );
}
// strip /index.php/ when we're not using PATHINFO permalinks
if ( !$wp_rewrite->using_index_permalinks() )
$redirect['path'] = str_replace( '/' . $wp_rewrite->index . '/', '/', $redirect['path'] );
// trailing slashes
if ( is_object($wp_rewrite) && $wp_rewrite->using_permalinks() && !is_404() && (!is_front_page() || ( is_front_page() && (get_query_var('paged') > 1) ) ) ) {
$user_ts_type = '';
if ( get_query_var('paged') > 0 ) {
$user_ts_type = 'paged';
} else {
foreach ( array('single', 'category', 'page', 'day', 'month', 'year', 'home') as $type ) {
$func = 'is_' . $type;
if ( call_user_func($func) ) {
$user_ts_type = $type;
break;
}
}
}
$redirect['path'] = user_trailingslashit($redirect['path'], $user_ts_type);
} elseif ( is_front_page() ) {
$redirect['path'] = trailingslashit($redirect['path']);
}
// Strip multiple slashes out of the URL
if ( strpos($redirect['path'], '//') > -1 )
$redirect['path'] = preg_replace('|/+|', '/', $redirect['path']);
// Always trailing slash the Front Page URL
if ( trailingslashit( $redirect['path'] ) == trailingslashit( $user_home['path'] ) )
$redirect['path'] = trailingslashit($redirect['path']);
// Ignore differences in host capitalization, as this can lead to infinite redirects
// Only redirect no-www <=> yes-www
if ( strtolower($original['host']) == strtolower($redirect['host']) ||
( strtolower($original['host']) != 'www.' . strtolower($redirect['host']) && 'www.' . strtolower($original['host']) != strtolower($redirect['host']) ) )
$redirect['host'] = $original['host'];
$compare_original = array( $original['host'], $original['path'] );
if ( !empty( $original['port'] ) )
$compare_original[] = $original['port'];
if ( !empty( $original['query'] ) )
$compare_original[] = $original['query'];
$compare_redirect = array( $redirect['host'], $redirect['path'] );
if ( !empty( $redirect['port'] ) )
$compare_redirect[] = $redirect['port'];
if ( !empty( $redirect['query'] ) )
$compare_redirect[] = $redirect['query'];
if ( $compare_original !== $compare_redirect ) {
$redirect_url = $redirect['scheme'] . '://' . $redirect['host'];
if ( !empty($redirect['port']) )
$redirect_url .= ':' . $redirect['port'];
$redirect_url .= $redirect['path'];
if ( !empty($redirect['query']) )
$redirect_url .= '?' . $redirect['query'];
}
if ( ! $redirect_url || $redirect_url == $requested_url ) {
return;
}
// Hex encoded octets are case-insensitive.
if ( false !== strpos($requested_url, '%') ) {
if ( !function_exists('lowercase_octets') ) {
/**
* Converts the first hex-encoded octet match to lowercase.
*
* @since 3.1.0
* @ignore
*
* @param array $matches Hex-encoded octet matches for the requested URL.
* @return string Lowercased version of the first match.
*/
function lowercase_octets($matches) {
return strtolower( $matches[0] );
}
}
$requested_url = preg_replace_callback('|%[a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9]|', 'lowercase_octets', $requested_url);
}
/**
* Filters the canonical redirect URL.
*
* Returning false to this filter will cancel the redirect.
*
* @since 2.3.0
*
* @param string $redirect_url The redirect URL.
* @param string $requested_url The requested URL.
*/
$redirect_url = apply_filters( 'redirect_canonical', $redirect_url, $requested_url );
// yes, again -- in case the filter aborted the request
if ( ! $redirect_url || strip_fragment_from_url( $redirect_url ) == strip_fragment_from_url( $requested_url ) ) {
return;
}
if ( $do_redirect ) {
// protect against chained redirects
if ( !redirect_canonical($redirect_url, false) ) {
wp_redirect($redirect_url, 301);
exit();
} else {
// Debug
// die("1: $redirect_url 2: " . redirect_canonical( $redirect_url, false ) );
return;
}
} else {
return $redirect_url;
}
}
/**
* Removes arguments from a query string if they are not present in a URL
* DO NOT use this in plugin code.
*
* @since 3.4.0
* @access private
*
* @param string $query_string
* @param array $args_to_check
* @param string $url
* @return string The altered query string
*/
function _remove_qs_args_if_not_in_url( $query_string, Array $args_to_check, $url ) {
$parsed_url = @parse_url( $url );
if ( ! empty( $parsed_url['query'] ) ) {
parse_str( $parsed_url['query'], $parsed_query );
foreach ( $args_to_check as $qv ) {
if ( !isset( $parsed_query[$qv] ) )
$query_string = remove_query_arg( $qv, $query_string );
}
} else {
$query_string = remove_query_arg( $args_to_check, $query_string );
}
return $query_string;
}
/**
* Strips the #fragment from a URL, if one is present.
*
* @since 4.4.0
*
* @param string $url The URL to strip.
* @return string The altered URL.
*/
function strip_fragment_from_url( $url ) {
$parsed_url = @parse_url( $url );
if ( ! empty( $parsed_url['host'] ) ) {
// This mirrors code in redirect_canonical(). It does not handle every case.
$url = $parsed_url['scheme'] . '://' . $parsed_url['host'];
if ( ! empty( $parsed_url['port'] ) ) {
$url .= ':' . $parsed_url['port'];
}
if ( ! empty( $parsed_url['path'] ) ) {
$url .= $parsed_url['path'];
}
if ( ! empty( $parsed_url['query'] ) ) {
$url .= '?' . $parsed_url['query'];
}
}
return $url;
}
/**
* Attempts to guess the correct URL based on query vars
*
* @since 2.3.0
*
* @global wpdb $wpdb WordPress database abstraction object.
*
* @return false|string The correct URL if one is found. False on failure.
*/
function redirect_guess_404_permalink() {
global $wpdb;
if ( get_query_var('name') ) {
$where = $wpdb->prepare("post_name LIKE %s", $wpdb->esc_like( get_query_var('name') ) . '%');
// if any of post_type, year, monthnum, or day are set, use them to refine the query
if ( get_query_var('post_type') )
$where .= $wpdb->prepare(" AND post_type = %s", get_query_var('post_type'));
else
$where .= " AND post_type IN ('" . implode( "', '", get_post_types( array( 'public' => true ) ) ) . "')";
if ( get_query_var('year') )
$where .= $wpdb->prepare(" AND YEAR(post_date) = %d", get_query_var('year'));
if ( get_query_var('monthnum') )
$where .= $wpdb->prepare(" AND MONTH(post_date) = %d", get_query_var('monthnum'));
if ( get_query_var('day') )
$where .= $wpdb->prepare(" AND DAYOFMONTH(post_date) = %d", get_query_var('day'));
$post_id = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT ID FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE $where AND post_status = 'publish'");
if ( ! $post_id )
return false;
if ( get_query_var( 'feed' ) )
return get_post_comments_feed_link( $post_id, get_query_var( 'feed' ) );
elseif ( get_query_var( 'page' ) && 1 < get_query_var( 'page' ) )
return trailingslashit( get_permalink( $post_id ) ) . user_trailingslashit( get_query_var( 'page' ), 'single_paged' );
else
return get_permalink( $post_id );
}
return false;
}
/**
* Redirects a variety of shorthand URLs to the admin.
*
* If a user visits example.com/admin, they'll be redirected to /wp-admin.
* Visiting /login redirects to /wp-login.php, and so on.
*
* @since 3.4.0
*
* @global WP_Rewrite $wp_rewrite
*/
function wp_redirect_admin_locations() {
global $wp_rewrite;
if ( ! ( is_404() && $wp_rewrite->using_permalinks() ) )
return;
$admins = array(
home_url( 'wp-admin', 'relative' ),
home_url( 'dashboard', 'relative' ),
home_url( 'admin', 'relative' ),
site_url( 'dashboard', 'relative' ),
site_url( 'admin', 'relative' ),
);
if ( in_array( untrailingslashit( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] ), $admins ) ) {
wp_redirect( admin_url() );
exit;
}
$logins = array(
home_url( 'wp-login.php', 'relative' ),
home_url( 'login', 'relative' ),
site_url( 'login', 'relative' ),
);
if ( in_array( untrailingslashit( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] ), $logins ) ) {
wp_redirect( wp_login_url() );
exit;
}
}
medicare Archives - Reverse Medicare and Medicaid Audits
Part II — Attorney Adjudicators (AAs) Proposed to Help Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) handle Medicare Appeal Backlog Crisis
The backlog in appeals is so long that for all practical purposes the entire system has come to a halt. It has crashed. In Part I of this series we examined a few statistics behind the backlog. We noted that much of the appeals backlog can be explained by the astounding number of errors made by the audit contractors. In Part II we will examine the proposal to add a new role for Attorney Adjudicators (AAs) who can take over part of the Administrative Law Judge’s (ALJ) work during the appeals process. In Part III we will examine the proposal for bulk settlements based on a simple percentage of claims, but with no review of the claims themselves — the “Eighty Percent Rule”. In Part IV we will examine financial strategies being used by Hospitals to handle the massive impounding of their claim payments.
CMS recently published in the Federal Register (*) a proposal to relieve the burden on ALJs by adding a new class of persons to be called Attorney Adjudicators (AAs). As reviewed previously, the number of pending appeals now is more than 1,100,000 cases, and there are only 77 Administrative Law Judges. From 2009 until 2014, the number of requests for an ALJ hearing went up 1,222 percent! In 2014, each ALJ issued 1,048 decisions and 456 dismissals. There is a capacity for around 77,000 appeals per year, and that is expected to go up to 92,000 appeals per year by the end of 2016. Still it is not enough. It does not take much math to realize there is a crisis.
OMHA has three strategies to address this backlog. First, try to get a larger budget; Second, “take administrative actions to reduce the number of pending appeals” (but we don’t know what these actions will be); Third, hire more adjudicators and “streamline” the appeals process.
Attorney Adjudicators
Another part of the proposed solution will involve Attorney Adjudicators. It is noted that “well-trained attorneys” should be able to do a number of things that today are done by the ALJ. These include (1) performing reviews of the administrative record; or (2) drafting the appropriate orders. Examples of orders that might be drafted by the AAs include (a) issuance of dismissals, (b) remanding appeals in order to obtain additional information needed for a decision, or (c) carrying out reviews of QIC dismissals.
The Attorney Adjudicator is defined as someone who is a licensed attorney “employed by OMHA having knowledge of Medicare coverage and payment laws and guidelines”.
Consideration also is being given to allowing AAs to decide cases that are submitted without a request for an oral hearing. This would allow the AAs instead of ALJs to issue decisions when it is not required that an ALJ conduct an oral hearing.
An AA decision would have the same authority as one issued by an ALJ. For example, it would be possible to reopen or appeal AA decisions, just as if they were issued by an ALJ. The time frames involved, escalation options or rights of appeal to the Medicare Appeals Council would remain the same. By the way, from no on, the Medicare Appeals Council is to be referred to only as “The Council”.
The proposal also includes a pathway for the AA to pass along a case to an ALJ. Example: The parties have agreed to waive their right to an oral hearing. The AA reviews the case and concludes that an oral hearing may be needed in order to clarify some crucial issue in the case. The AA then can refer the matter to an ALJ asking them to determine if an oral hearing should be ordered.
In sum, the Attorney Adjudicator proposal takes several important parts of the appeals work that today is done through the ALJ and hands it over to non-judges who have authority to make a narrow range of decisions. Not much is known about whether or not any aspect of the appeals process as seen from the outside will change significantly. We must assume that appeals would be submitted the same way, and under the same set of statutory guidelines for timing that now are impossible to fulfill.
In addition, it is not clear why the proposal is not simply to hire more ALJs instead of creating an even more complex process. It may be a case of simply hiring judge-like people on the cheap, or “outsourcing” part of the work of the ALJs so that they can focus more on complex matters.
The comment period for this change has recently expired, so we are waiting to see the outcome. Apparently several important provider associations opposed creation of Attorney Adjudicators.
In Part III we will examine the proposed “80% rule”, and in Part IV we will look at emerging financial bridge strategies being used by hospitals.
Note:
(*) See Federal Register 81(128):43790, July 5, 2016 . See also comments by the American Bar Association here .
This was previously published in RACmonitor .
SUTTON Circuit Judge. “My effort is in the direction of simplicity,” once wrote the namesake of the Henry Ford Hospital. Henry Ford, My Life and Work 13 (Garden City Publ’g Co. 1922). Mr. Ford apparently had nothing to do with the creation of the Medicare program.
Henry Ford Health System, dba Henry Ford Hospital, v. Department of Health and Human Services , (6th Cir. 2010)
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