Using htaccess to redirect from a ?q= stub.

see if this helps: https://perishablepress.com/redirect-query-string-htaccess/ or https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7000110/query-string-redirection-with-htaccess

from https://duckduckgo.com/?q=htaccess+redirect+with+query+string&ia=web

Thank you Steven!

It is so very close to working… I have this code in the .htaccess file:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} q=downloads
RewriteRule (.*) /downloads/ [R=301,L]
</IfModule>

The only issue is that it redirects to website.com/downloads/?q=downloads instead of just website.com/downloads

@kenney84 You are close, try adding the QSD flag like the following. See https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/rewrite/flags.html for more information about Rewriterule flags.

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} q=downloads
RewriteRule (.*) /downloads/ [R=301,L,QSD]
</IfModule>

@bengreeley and @sterndata, with these powers combined everything is working perfectly! I can’t thank you guys enough for the help!

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