Htaccess blog redirect WordPress
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Hi,
I need a permalink/htaccess redirect issue solved.
Previous/current permalink structure: /blog/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/
New permalink structure: /%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/
I need the htaccess code that will properly 301 redirect all posts
/blog/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/ to /%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/
and /blog/category/%cat-name% to /category/%cat-name%
Thanks!
UPDATE: forgot to mention it is a multisite installation
Answers (4)
Lew Ayotte answers:
Add this to the top of your .htacess file:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /blog/.+
RewriteRule ^blog/(.*)? http://yoursite.com/$1 [R=301,L]
Joachim Kudish comments:
That works really great for posts but not for categories
blog/category/%cat-name%/ this results in a 404.
Any ideas?
Joachim Kudish comments:
That works really great for posts but not for categories
blog/category/%cat-name%/ this results in a 404.
Any ideas?
Lew Ayotte comments:
That doesn't really make sense... what is the URL it redirects to for a category?
Joachim Kudish comments:
You can take a look for yourself here:
http://www.nearshoreamericas.com/blog/category/expert-views-commentary/
this should redirect to http://www.nearshoreamericas.com/category/expert-views-commentary/
but it currently doesn't with your code in the htaccess
Lew Ayotte comments:
Do you currently have a .htacess file in /blog/ ? If so, can you rename it to bak.htaccess or something...
Also, what does your current .htaccess file look like in /?
Joachim Kudish comments:
no there is no .htaccess in /blog/ in fact there is no such folder at all.
the current .htaccess file in the main folder looks like this:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
# uploaded files
RewriteRule ^files/(.+) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$1 [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^ - [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /blog/.+
RewriteRule ^blog/(.*)? http://yoursite.com/$1 [R=301,L]
php_value max_execution_time 60000
php_value upload_max_filesize 300M
php_value upload_max_size 300M
php_value post_max_size 300M
Lew Ayotte comments:
What if you put:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /blog/.+
RewriteRule ^blog/(.*)? http://yoursite.com/$1 [R=301,L]
At the very top? Above everything else.
By the way, I assume you replaced "yoursite.com" with "www.nearshoreamericas.com"?
Joachim Kudish comments:
Yes I replaced it to the correct domain name.
I tried adding it to the top as you said, now I get redirected to this url: http://www.nearshoreamericas.com/wp-signup.php?new=nearshoreamericas.com when visiting http://www.nearshoreamericas.com/blog/category/expert-views-commentary/
seems kind of random. ideas?
Lew Ayotte comments:
ah, this is a Multi-Site install?
Joachim Kudish comments:
yes it is
Lew Ayotte comments:
Did you include the "www." in the redirect? If not, you should.
Joachim Kudish comments:
I added it and it worked. Thanks for your quick responses Lew!
Rashad Aliyev answers:
Hello you can use it with easy method. Redirection plugin. http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/redirection/
Joachim Kudish comments:
I specifically don't want a plugin but just a simple htaccess way
MagoryNET answers:
Try this:
<blockquote>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^blog/(.+) /$1 [L]
</blockquote>
edit: well, Lew was faster. :)
Joachim Kudish comments:
Same problem as above
That works really great for posts but not for categories
blog/category/%cat-name%/ this results in a 404.
Any ideas?
