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I have a situation where I want to preserve a query string between clicks on my Wordpress website.

E.g.
www.mywebsite.com/?utm_source=mysource

When navigating from this link to another page of the website that query string should persist.

E.g.
www.mywebsite.com/anotherpage/?utm_source=mysource

So I decided one easy way to do this would be to modify the javascript so that my function is fired when a click on an anchor tag occurs.

//Ensures that the query string persists between clicks on the site
 $("a").on("click", function (event) 
 event.preventDefault(); 
 window.location.href = event.currentTarget.href + window.location.search; 
 );

However this doesn't work for other elements on the page like buttons which are not anchor tags but still contain hrefs that modifiy the window location when they are clicked. For example in the php scripts of the theme there is code such as:

<button onClick="location.href=www.anotherwebsite.com"</button>

I could implement another function that implements the same behavior for button elements but I am concerned that whenever another element is added I will have to check for a new type. Is there a better way to ensure that whenever the window location is changed my query string persists?

FYI: I am not allowed to put the information in a cookie which is another way I thought of keeping track of the parameters.

javascript php jquery wordpress

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edited Mar 8 at 4:48

AdaRaider

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  Possible duplicate of Query string of referrer URL
  
  – Steven Stark
  Mar 8 at 4:30
  

  
  
  
  


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  The above doesn't solve my problem very eloquently as I would have to add the $referrer = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']; to every script where the user is directed to a new link, if I had many pages in my website that could involve modifying a lot of code and writing a lot of duplicate code
  
  – AdaRaider
  Mar 8 at 4:37
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  that's only one of 3 answers though.
  
  – Steven Stark
  Mar 8 at 4:38
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  why not use sessions?
  
  – tim
  Mar 8 at 4:40
  

  
  
  
  


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  I found some older questions that suggest trying to intercept the location change using a beforeunload handler, but I am not too sure how reliably that would work. And there isn’t much else you could use to intercept just any arbitrary navigation event - history changes fire only when navigation happens via the browser history UI, but not for normal link or button clicks. // Seems a bit counter-intuitive that you want to not only track my initial visit to your page, but to keep sniffing after my a** as I navigate further through the site … but then have that requirement to not use cookies …?
  
  – 04FS
  Mar 8 at 8:52
  
  

  
  
  
  

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show 3 more comments

0

1

I have a situation where I want to preserve a query string between clicks on my Wordpress website.

E.g.
www.mywebsite.com/?utm_source=mysource

When navigating from this link to another page of the website that query string should persist.

E.g.
www.mywebsite.com/anotherpage/?utm_source=mysource

So I decided one easy way to do this would be to modify the javascript so that my function is fired when a click on an anchor tag occurs.

//Ensures that the query string persists between clicks on the site
 $("a").on("click", function (event) 
 event.preventDefault(); 
 window.location.href = event.currentTarget.href + window.location.search; 
 );

However this doesn't work for other elements on the page like buttons which are not anchor tags but still contain hrefs that modifiy the window location when they are clicked. For example in the php scripts of the theme there is code such as:

<button onClick="location.href=www.anotherwebsite.com"</button>

I could implement another function that implements the same behavior for button elements but I am concerned that whenever another element is added I will have to check for a new type. Is there a better way to ensure that whenever the window location is changed my query string persists?

FYI: I am not allowed to put the information in a cookie which is another way I thought of keeping track of the parameters.

javascript php jquery wordpress

share|improve this question

edited Mar 8 at 4:48

AdaRaider

asked Mar 8 at 4:23

AdaRaiderAdaRaider

671113

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Possible duplicate of Query string of referrer URL
  
  – Steven Stark
  Mar 8 at 4:30
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  The above doesn't solve my problem very eloquently as I would have to add the $referrer = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']; to every script where the user is directed to a new link, if I had many pages in my website that could involve modifying a lot of code and writing a lot of duplicate code
  
  – AdaRaider
  Mar 8 at 4:37
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  that's only one of 3 answers though.
  
  – Steven Stark
  Mar 8 at 4:38
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  why not use sessions?
  
  – tim
  Mar 8 at 4:40
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I found some older questions that suggest trying to intercept the location change using a beforeunload handler, but I am not too sure how reliably that would work. And there isn’t much else you could use to intercept just any arbitrary navigation event - history changes fire only when navigation happens via the browser history UI, but not for normal link or button clicks. // Seems a bit counter-intuitive that you want to not only track my initial visit to your page, but to keep sniffing after my a** as I navigate further through the site … but then have that requirement to not use cookies …?
  
  – 04FS
  Mar 8 at 8:52
  
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
show 3 more comments

I have a situation where I want to preserve a query string between clicks on my Wordpress website.

E.g.
www.mywebsite.com/?utm_source=mysource

When navigating from this link to another page of the website that query string should persist.

E.g.
www.mywebsite.com/anotherpage/?utm_source=mysource

So I decided one easy way to do this would be to modify the javascript so that my function is fired when a click on an anchor tag occurs.

//Ensures that the query string persists between clicks on the site
 $("a").on("click", function (event) 
 event.preventDefault(); 
 window.location.href = event.currentTarget.href + window.location.search; 
 );

However this doesn't work for other elements on the page like buttons which are not anchor tags but still contain hrefs that modifiy the window location when they are clicked. For example in the php scripts of the theme there is code such as:

<button onClick="location.href=www.anotherwebsite.com"</button>

I could implement another function that implements the same behavior for button elements but I am concerned that whenever another element is added I will have to check for a new type. Is there a better way to ensure that whenever the window location is changed my query string persists?

FYI: I am not allowed to put the information in a cookie which is another way I thought of keeping track of the parameters.

javascript php jquery wordpress

share|improve this question

edited Mar 8 at 4:48

AdaRaider

asked Mar 8 at 4:23

AdaRaiderAdaRaider

671113

//Ensures that the query string persists between clicks on the site
 $("a").on("click", function (event) 
 event.preventDefault(); 
 window.location.href = event.currentTarget.href + window.location.search; 
 );

<button onClick="location.href=www.anotherwebsite.com"</button>

share|improve this question

edited Mar 8 at 4:48

AdaRaider

asked Mar 8 at 4:23

AdaRaiderAdaRaider

671113

share|improve this question

edited Mar 8 at 4:48

AdaRaider

asked Mar 8 at 4:23

AdaRaiderAdaRaider

671113

asked Mar 8 at 4:23

AdaRaiderAdaRaider

671113

asked Mar 8 at 4:23

AdaRaiderAdaRaider

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several suggestions

client side

In using jquery, it might be easier to just find clickable elements, or have the WordPress theme add css classes, if useful ones aren't there already.

server side

In WordPress, use sessions (but see below), and a rewrite or redirect rule using add_query_arg().

Note about sessions and WordPress: You can't rely on PHP sessions; instead use the database, perhaps via an existing plugin like WP Session Manager or WordPress Native PHP Sessions.

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several suggestions

client side

In using jquery, it might be easier to just find clickable elements, or have the WordPress theme add css classes, if useful ones aren't there already.

server side

In WordPress, use sessions (but see below), and a rewrite or redirect rule using add_query_arg().

Note about sessions and WordPress: You can't rely on PHP sessions; instead use the database, perhaps via an existing plugin like WP Session Manager or WordPress Native PHP Sessions.

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answered Mar 8 at 19:38

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1

several suggestions

client side

In using jquery, it might be easier to just find clickable elements, or have the WordPress theme add css classes, if useful ones aren't there already.

server side

In WordPress, use sessions (but see below), and a rewrite or redirect rule using add_query_arg().

Note about sessions and WordPress: You can't rely on PHP sessions; instead use the database, perhaps via an existing plugin like WP Session Manager or WordPress Native PHP Sessions.

share|improve this answer

answered Mar 8 at 19:38

Loren RosenLoren Rosen

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several suggestions

client side

In using jquery, it might be easier to just find clickable elements, or have the WordPress theme add css classes, if useful ones aren't there already.

server side

In WordPress, use sessions (but see below), and a rewrite or redirect rule using add_query_arg().

Note about sessions and WordPress: You can't rely on PHP sessions; instead use the database, perhaps via an existing plugin like WP Session Manager or WordPress Native PHP Sessions.

share|improve this answer

answered Mar 8 at 19:38

Loren RosenLoren Rosen

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answered Mar 8 at 19:38

Loren RosenLoren Rosen

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answered Mar 8 at 19:38

Loren RosenLoren Rosen

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answered Mar 8 at 19:38

Loren RosenLoren Rosen

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