Frontity Query Options

"Frontity Query Options" are query string parameters added to the URL that start with frontity_.

For example:

https://example.com/my_post?frontity_name=Site-name

Any query parameter in the URL that starts with frontity_ is a "Frontity Query Option".

They can be used to dynamically configure certain options in the Frontity state.

It is important to note that Frontity Query Options do not form part of the canonical link. This means that whatever is passed in the frontity_ query parameter will not be matched by handlers or used to fetch data from WordPress. Its purpose is merely to allow dynamic configuration of Frontity.

Query string parameters that start with frontity_ are reserved to send special information to Frontity, i.e. they are not related to the URL that needs to be rendered (e.g. a post or a page), but instead are used to change the Frontity configuration dynamically.

These parameters are removed from state.frontity.initialLink and state.router.link because they should not affect the content of what needs to be rendered such as a post or a page.

If Frontity Query Option parameters are present in the URL then they are added to state.frontity.options, and the properties are then available to any packages that need them.

Note that the key names of parameters are camelCased when they are added to state.frontity.options. So, for example, the frontity_source_auth query string param will become state.frontity.options.sourceAuth once added.

Only key names are transformed in this way, values remain unchanged.

Some "Frontity Query Options" are used by @frontity/core, such as:

• frontity_name -> state.frontity.options.name: The name of the site you want to load.

Note that the frontity_name setting is used only in development and only in Frontity multisite.

However packages can also make use of them, for example:

• frontity_source_auth -> state.frontity.options.sourceAuth: An authentication token for the source package.

Currently these are the only Frontity Query Options that Frontity itself uses but it's intended that more will be added in the future. However, you can also add your own Frontity Query Options if you want to use them in your package or theme.

Please note: Frontity Query Options should be treated as untrusted user input and should never ever be passed as parameters to arbitrary functions.