I am a novice on the wordpress framework and I am currently using wordpress behind a reverse proxy. Like follows.
Reverse Proxy Domain = https://example.com
My actual Domain = https://example-herokuapp.com
Issue :
- In wp-admin dashboard when i try to filter posts like orderby date or comments etc in the admin panel. I get a 404 page.
- Thats because the links are pointing to my actual host ie https://example-herokuapp.com rather than my reverse proxy which is https://example.com
Reason :
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This seems to be because of the $ current_url attribute wp_list_table which is called from wp-admin/edit.php
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The current url is defined as follows
$ current_url = set_url_scheme( 'http://' . $ _SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $ _SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] );
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I came across a very old bug/issue from wordpress https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/16858 , which seems to address this very same problem.
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It essentially uses a self_admin_url to overcome this issue.
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The above mentioned patch (https://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/16858/16858.patch) is not available on 5.5.3 (LTS).However the self_admin_url method is available under wp-admin/includes.
Question :
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How do i change this $ current_url to use self_admin_url().? Should i override $ _Server[‘HTTP_HOST’] in wp-config ? or what is the best practise to change things like this .
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Or is there a better way to ensure my admin links point to my proxy host rather than my actual host ?
Thanks in advance.
