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How can I set up wordpress to recognize 

www.example.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/history.pdf

as something like

www.example.com/about/pdf-download/

I also want the user not to see the actual link but the new one.

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Do you just need to redirect that one specific request (for /wp-content/uploads/2010/12/history.pdf to /about/history.pdf)? Or do you need to to handle many requests (say, for /wp-content/uploads/2010/12/* to /about/*)?

If it's the former, use a symbolic link (or, if you're not on Unix/Linux/BSD, whatever equivalent your OS offers). If it's the latter, use mod_rewrite (or, if you're not using Apache, whatever equivalent your Web server offers).

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I'd go one step further and say if it's the latter, use WordPress' Rewrite API instead of mod_rewrite - codex.wordpress.org/Rewrite_API – TheDeadMedic Dec 9 '10 at 14:43
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If you're not comfortable with the methods jalefkowit suggested (due to lack of familiarity, not because they're not a good way to accomplish this!), you might want to take a look at the Redirection plugin.

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I set up a redirection with pass-through(masquerade one URL as another). When I access the new link there seems to be a problem with headers as the pdf file is coming out like: %PDF-1.4 %äüöß 2 0 obj << /Length 3 0 R /Filter /FlateDecode >> stream x��]�n$����Pgn'�[00��J>�݀?�`xx.��Β� �/�e0�$��ڞ�J&�X_,��~��? – imHavoc Dec 9 '10 at 23:44
Not sure what you mean by "is coming out like". Do you mean when you click the link, you're redirected to a page with those characters on it? – tnorthcutt Dec 10 '10 at 14:33
yes, thats exactly what i mean – imHavoc Dec 10 '10 at 20:53

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