.htaccess for 301 Redirect

  • Hi,

    I’m migrating my website from Shopify to WP. Shopify uses mysite.com/news/article1 and I want to change to mysite.com/blog/article1. The domain name doesn’t change.

    I’d like to know if I’m doing the right thing or not.

    I’d like to add 301 Redirect:

    Redirect 301 /news/page1 /blog/page1
Redirect 301 /news/page2 /blog/page2
Redirect 301 /news/page3 /blog/page3
...
...

    Q1. I added them under <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>. Is it correct?

    Q2. I’d like to change from /news/ to /blog/, is there a better way to do it rather than adding all the posts one by one.

    # BEGIN WordPress
# The directives (lines) between "BEGIN WordPress" and "END WordPress" are
# dynamically generated, and should only be modified via WordPress filters.
# Any changes to the directives between these markers will be overwritten.
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
	ExpiresActive On
	ExpiresByType image/jpg "access plus 24 hours"
	ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 24 hours"
	ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 24 hours"
	ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 24 hours"
	ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 24 hours"
	ExpiresByType application/pdf "access plus 1 week"
	ExpiresByType text/javascript "access plus 24 hours"
	ExpiresByType text/html "access plus 5 minutes"
	ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 1 year"
	ExpiresDefault "access plus 24 hours"
</IfModule>
<ifModule mod_headers.c>
Header set X-Endurance-Cache-Level "2"
</ifModule>
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
Redirect 301 /news/page1 /blog/page1
Redirect 301 /news/page2 /blog/page2
Redirect 301 /news/page3 /blog/page3
# more redirect
...
...
</IfModule>

# END WordPress
# php -- BEGIN cPanel-generated handler, do not edit
# Set the “ea-php74” package as the default “PHP” programming language.
<IfModule mime_module>
  AddHandler application/x-httpd-ea-php74 .php .php7 .phtml
</IfModule>
# php -- END cPanel-generated handler, do not edit
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  • 1. No. You should 301 redirect the directory as follows: RedirectMatch 301 /news(.*) /blog/$1. That one line should be sufficient to redirect all pages from the old to the new directory.

    2. No custom code should be inserted between the #BEGIN WordPress and END WordPress section.

    I suggest you take a backup of your .htaccess file, and then edit as follows:

    #301 Redirect Entire Directory
RedirectMatch 301 /news(.*) /blog/$1

#Expires Rules
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
	ExpiresActive On
	ExpiresByType image/jpg "access plus 24 hours"
	ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 24 hours"
	ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 24 hours"
	ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 24 hours"
	ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 24 hours"
	ExpiresByType application/pdf "access plus 1 week"
	ExpiresByType text/javascript "access plus 24 hours"
	ExpiresByType text/html "access plus 5 minutes"
	ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 1 year"
	ExpiresDefault "access plus 24 hours"
</IfModule>

#File Caching
<ifModule mod_headers.c>
Header set X-Endurance-Cache-Level "2"
</ifModule>

# The directives (lines) between "BEGIN WordPress" and "END WordPress" are
# dynamically generated, and should only be modified via WordPress filters.
# Any changes to the directives between these markers will be overwritten.
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
# END WordPress

# php -- BEGIN cPanel-generated handler, do not edit
# Set the “ea-php74” package as the default “PHP” programming language.
<IfModule mime_module>
  AddHandler application/x-httpd-ea-php74 .php .php7 .phtml
</IfModule>
# php -- END cPanel-generated handler, do not edit
    • This reply was modified 4 years, 6 months ago by barnez. Reason: Fix typo
    • This reply was modified 4 years, 6 months ago by Yui.
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