Rewrite Rules: What and Why

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I also went way out of my comfort zone and opened the talk with a modified version of the Impressive Clergyman’s “Mawwage” speech. Since this talk wasn’t recorded (thank goodness), I’ll immortalize the poem here:
Wewites. Wewites are what brings us togeva, today.
Wewites those incredible wules
That code within the code
Synopsis: Rewrite rules is a useful feature of WordPress. Without it, there wouldn’t be easy to read urls for websites. In this talk, Jim will show what rewrite rules are, how to configure, and tools to manage and test rules.
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