The most common name of the per-directory settings file for the Apache server. WordPress stores the mod_rewrite configuration for "Pretty Permalinks" here. [url-rewriting] should be used for the WordPress rewrite system in general, [mod-rewrite] when you talk specifically about the Apache module.
4
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2answers
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Allow admin login at /admin
I am interested in:
how can we change the default login url /wp-admin to /login
how can we add another url for login so that both /wp-admin and /login would work
I tried to use a custom filter and ...
0
votes
2answers
106 views
Non Wordpress Folder in a Wordpress Site
On localhost (WAMP server) I have installed wordpress in the root directory (examplesite.com). I have an application that needs to run outside of Wordpress, so I would like it in the folder ...
2
votes
2answers
254 views
How to protect media directory with .htaccess?
I am trying to protect the uploads directory with .htacess.
But when I browse media section in admin panel, I see user/pass popup.
My guess is, WordPress use fopen to find if the file exists. I ...
1
vote
1answer
292 views
Does WP Have a Function To Generate .htaccess RewriteCond?
I know that I can edit .htaccess manually and add a RewriteCond statement inside, but I need to build a plugin that does this the proper way by using WP rewrites which then get pushed into .htaccess ...
1
vote
2answers
202 views
How to map permalinks with accented letters to sanitized slugs?
To keep legacy entries on a blog hosted on TypePad on sync with a new WordPress installation...
How do I map this permalink with accented letters:
domain.com/no-es-fácil-alejarse-de-la-política
to ...
0
votes
1answer
121 views
Wordpress add_rewrite_rules for custom URLs ending in .html
It's pretty common to see Wordpress running on pretty permalinks in the style of:
/blog/2012/04/my-post/
However I'm trying to customize a fresh Wordpress install with a different set of URLs. I ...
0
votes
1answer
105 views
Cannot log in after changing the www prefix per htaccess [closed]
I have a website (http://koereskole-svendborg.dk/) - as default it did not have www in front of the url and I tested some different htaccess such the one below with no success. I did not change any ...
5
votes
2answers
552 views
Multisite htaccess on localhost with WP as an SVN external?
I've mimicked Otto's setup here: http://ottopress.com/2011/creating-a-wordpress-site-using-svn/ and my brief example is below.
That tutorial is specific to a single site install, and specifies a ...
0
votes
1answer
253 views
What would cause a 500 Server Error with permalinks turned OFF?
I'm using the "default" setting for permalinks, at least I just switched back to that, and I'm still getting a 500 response code when trying to get to any post page like mysite.com/?p=4536
I can see ...
0
votes
1answer
160 views
Comment author url link is wrong? How to change from authors/ to author/
I’m maintaining a rather simple blog where a small number of people are registered as administrators to write posts. When making a link to the authors URL in a posts meta data, I use the function
...
1
vote
2answers
256 views
Protect Uploads in Multisite
I am using WordPress multisite (3.3.1) and am trying to protect uploads from certain blogs from being hotlinked and directly accessed. This is loosely related to How to Protect Uploads, if User is not ...
0
votes
1answer
364 views
Setting up .htaccess for subdirectory [closed]
I've edited the .htaccess on root as referenced in Codex:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www.)?mydomain.com$
RewriteRule ^(/)?$ blog [L]
The /blog/ directory has a .htaccess file:
# ...
0
votes
1answer
90 views
Mass .htaccess URL Forwarding
I'm doing the migration of a site, from MovableType to WordPress. The website contains around 3500 posts and when I uploaded the information to the new version of the site, the links have been ...
0
votes
1answer
82 views
How can I create a smarter .htaccess file that will add a directory?
This is my current .htaccess file:
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule (.*) /directory/ [R=301,L]
And "directory" is where my wordpress install is. So this simply redirects people ...
1
vote
1answer
456 views
Change the actual (or viewable) Wordpress directory structure
I like the simplicity of wordpress and all it has to offer, but for security purposes I would like to change the actual (or viewable) directory structure of my site.
The install has a set of files ...
0
votes
3answers
17k views
Default .htaccess file for wordpress?
My .htaccess files are intercepting with wordpress .htaccess files, which modules and which settings (specified by .htaccess) are required for WD site to work? In other words, where can I find ...
0
votes
1answer
184 views
Auto 301 to full post permalink? (using /posts/%post_id%/%postname%)
I update my permalink structure to /post/%post_id%/%postname%, but if someone uses a URL like /post/1234 instead of the full URL of /post/1234/bingo-rulz, WordPress shows the post without giving a 301 ...
0
votes
3answers
839 views
Problems with 404, .htaccess, permalinks and Wordpress custom posts locally on Snow Leopard
I have a custom "about" post:
function about_register() {
$labels = array(
'name' => _x('About Page', 'post type general name'),
'singular_name' => _x('About ...
1
vote
1answer
755 views
How do I turn off 301 redirecting posts (not canonical)?
I noticed a strange behavior in WordPress where it automatically 301 redirects certain URL structures for posts.
For example, I have a post entry for:
mysite.com/999/about-us
Then, you would think ...
0
votes
2answers
146 views
Redirection with a wildcard
I have put my wordpress installation liek these : http://www.mydomain.com/cms for the testing time, and time to implement thing in the database. Now i have switch the whole thing to : ...
1
vote
1answer
175 views
How can I dynamically generate an image with a static image URL?
What I'm trying to do is very simple.
Whenever someone visits, say site.com/socialproof.png, I want it to use a rewrite rule to point it to a file in my plugins folder.
Can I do this with WP's ...
0
votes
1answer
469 views
How to prevent WP overwriting my custom htaccess rewrites?
I've used some custom rewrites implemented by the Roots framework. Occasionally they get wiped: certainly if I visit Settings > Permalinks, but also at seemingly random times.
My htaccess reads so:
...
0
votes
2answers
1k views
Wordpress site blacklisted by Google about .htaccess [closed]
my website www.saoyuying.com (the site is in Chinese :)) is included in Google's malware blacklist yesterday. But I didn't find any unusual files on the server. Google's report mentioned that
"Some ...
0
votes
1answer
353 views
Htaccess maintenance page rules that actually work with WordPress?
I am trying to take my site offline for maintenance but only allow access to my IP address. However I can only ever manage to produce an internal server error. I don't understand how it exactly what ...
4
votes
1answer
742 views
Passing variables through permalink structure
I have a WordPress page which is accessible via /accommodation/.
What I want to be able to do is pass in a parameter using the URL - ie going to /accommodation/value1/ would load the same page as ...
0
votes
3answers
194 views
301 Redirect is not working as expected [closed]
Trying to set 301 redirect in .htaccess file and here is what i am trying to do
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^http://localhost/wordpress/$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ...
0
votes
1answer
351 views
Changes done to .htaccess are not getting reverted back
I am new to WordPress and playing around with it to get some idea about its working. I have done some changes to WordPress' .htaccess file to add some redirection and that worked perfectly fine.
Now ...
0
votes
2answers
142 views
Install a Network under a mapped domain
I'm already running a WordPress installation just fine under a mapped domain.
The current setup points (www).sample.com to /sample/ within domain.com, and it works fine. In the Create A Network ...
0
votes
2answers
3k views
Moving wp-content outside of web root?
Is it possible to move the entire wp-content folder outside of the Web root? I need to prevent anyone to view any asset file (images, pdfs, movies etc) with a direct url to the file...
Any ideas? Or ...
0
votes
2answers
123 views
wordpress redirection chaos [closed]
I just posted this in the webmaster section before discovering this wordpress section, so sorry for the double post. :X
I have a problem regarding redirection.
It started out as I noticed, my ...
0
votes
1answer
61 views
WP Codex answer incomplete? Put WP in subdirectory. .htaccess change required
I have installed Wordpress in a subdirectory '/medical' and want the address to show up as
www.mysite.com/page not www.mysite.com/medical/page
The Wordpress Codex here : ...
0
votes
1answer
2k views
custom htaccess rewrite rule for page
i have a page in wordpress called "video". its page id is 6, and its slug is "video"
in my theme ive set it up to show content based on GET variables
here is the URL rewrite im trying to set up:
...
0
votes
1answer
90 views
mod-rewrite rules grabs “broken permalinks”, too
This is the automatically generated htaccess file of WP using permalinks for the pattern /%year%/%postname%/ (working with http://localhost/BLOG-FOLDER/ yet):
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
...
1
vote
1answer
376 views
Correct htaccess to display page while also passing in GET parameters
I have a wordpress page named: directory (it uses a custom template).
When I call the page with:
http://localhost:8888/wordpress/directory/?segments=listings/list
It gives me the results I ...
2
votes
4answers
2k views
Use a different domain for SSL
long time lurker - first time poster.
A client of mine has a website developed in CakePHP, and a wordpress blog installed in the /blog/ directory.
Let's say the url of the main domain is ...
0
votes
3answers
2k views
500 error when using virtual host
I've got a Wordpress MU install in a sub-directory of my webserver. When I point my virtual host at that directory I get my index page but no styling or access to any pages. It's like it can't ...
0
votes
1answer
52 views
how to redirect all pages of a blog to new blog
i have two wordpress blogs integrated with two different websites. both website have following structure.
www.mysite.com
-root
-index.html
-about.html
-blog (folder which contains wordpress ...
0
votes
1answer
186 views
In a subdomain network, what .htaccess settings can I use to have WP ignore requests to one subdomain?
I have a subdomain network installed at, say http://example.com. I need to have my webmail running at http://webmail.example.com. When I go to this domain it redirects to a page for creating a new ...
0
votes
1answer
74 views
Multisite or redirect. Which way to go? [closed]
Hello I would like to split a Wordpress site in 2.
one category of pages will be shown on: www.domain1.com and the other category of pages will be show on www.domain2.com.
On the website hosting I ...
0
votes
1answer
795 views
404 error on all pages except home page [closed]
For no apparent reason, my wife's blog is only available on the homepage (i.e. the top domain). None of the posts or categories are available and I get a 404 error (a server 404 not a wordpress 404) ...
0
votes
1answer
2k views
Cannot get media type from 'x-mapp-php5'
I am moving a WordPress site from a shared hosting package to a VPS at 1and1 hosting. They have PHP ver. 5.1.6 but PHP5 support is there. I added the following 2 lines on the top of .htaccess file to ...
1
vote
2answers
227 views
wordpress blog displaying blank pages [closed]
i have wordpress blog under my main site like following
-root (mainsite)
-blog
i have placed .htaccess file to redirect my index.html page to index.php, .htaccess file have following code
...
2
votes
2answers
561 views
Two domains on one Wordpress Installation
I recently changed the base domain on my Wordpress website from http://www.fsdegrees.com to http://www.56degrees.co.uk. I would like to create various of 301 from old domain to new one, but for some ...
0
votes
1answer
2k views
hide wp-content from urls
Here is what I am thinking of trying to hide wp-content from the urls of files included in page source.
defining the following in wp-settings.php
define ...
1
vote
1answer
116 views
.htaccess in subdir gets ignored by Wordpress' own .htaccess in /
I have a Wordpress installation on the root of an apache (I.E. on /) and WP wrote this custom .htaccess:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
...
1
vote
1answer
341 views
How Do I Programmatically Force Custom Permalinks with My Theme?
I'm making a custom theme. It's a highly specialized theme to make WordPress into like an application rather than a CMS system or blog. For instance, a Dental Office Scheduling System (with CMS and ...
1
vote
3answers
437 views
How to add .htaccess code through a function?
I need to add the following .htaccess code through a function
<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
# Insert filters
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/plain
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html
...
1
vote
2answers
380 views
Remove category from url
I want to remove /category/ base from the permalinks. I tried the solution ...
1
vote
0answers
94 views
How to avoid directory name collisions with root Wordpress install [closed]
I need to know how I can keep the end-user of a wordpress site installed in the root directory from creating slugs that will interfere with sub-directories that are already present.
I've Googled ...
0
votes
2answers
135 views
Changing functions.php and .htaccess files
Can I mess up my Wordpress site if I change functions.php file for my custom theme?
One time I added some code to it and it gave me some PHP errors and my site was inaccessible. Luckily it was in the ...
