Solution:2
For the time being I don’t use Nginx redirects, I use this
add_filter( ‘404_template’, ‘custom_redirect_to_category’ );
function custom_redirect_to_category($template) {
if ( ! is_404() ){
return $template;
}
global $wp_rewrite;
global $wp_query;
if ( ‘/%category%/%postname%/’ !== $wp_rewrite->permalink_structure ){
return $template;
}
if ( ! $post = get_page_by_path( $wp_query->query[‘category_name’], OBJECT, ‘post’ ) ){
return $template;
}
$permalink = get_permalink( $post->ID );
wp_redirect( $permalink, 301 );
exit;
}