v0.2.2, handling sites with slug-only permalinks

eth-redirect-to-latest.php

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Plugin Name: ETH Redirect to Latest Post
 Plugin URI: https://ethitter.com/plugins/
 Description: Redirect a chosen slug to the whatever is currently the latest post
 Author: Erick Hitter
-Version: 0.2.1
+Version: 0.2.2
 Author URI: https://ethitter.com/
 Text Domain: eth_redirect_to_latest_post
 Domain Path: /languages/
@@ -90,7 +90,18 @@ class ETH_Redirect_To_Latest_Post {
 	 * Redirect to the latest post any requests made to plugin's slug
 	 */
 	public function action_parse_request( $r ) {
+		$should_intercept = false;
+
+		// Check if request is for our slug
+		// The first condition catches permastructs that are more than just post slug, whereas the second catches for slug-only permalinks
 		if ( isset( $r->query_vars['pagename'] ) && $this->slug === $r->query_vars['pagename'] ) {
+			$should_intercept = true;
+		} elseif ( isset( $r->query_vars['name'] ) && $this->slug === $r->query_vars['name'] ) {
+			$should_intercept = true;
+		}
+
+		// Handle redirection
+		if ( $should_intercept ) {
 			$latest = get_posts( array(
 				'posts_per_page'   => 1,
 				'post_type'        => 'post',

readme.txt

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ Contributors: ethitter
 Donate link: https://ethitter.com/donate/
 Tags: latest, latest post, redirect, redirect latest, redirect post
 Requires at least: 4.5
-Tested up to: 4.6
-Stable tag: 0.2.1
+Tested up to: 4.7
+Stable tag: 0.2.2
 License: GPLv2 or later
 License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
 
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ Once activated, a given slug will redirect to whatever is the most recently-publ
 
 == Changelog ==
 
+= 0.2.2 =
+* Handle sites using slug-only permalinks
+
 = 0.2.1 =
 * Correct Composer path error