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.
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How to: 301 Redirect /category/ to /customname/
I've changed our "category base" in WP settings from the default "category" to "customname".
Now there are 404 errors to links containing the old category slug eg. mysite.com/category/names
What do ...
0
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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:
...
4
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3answers
3k views
Setting up WordPress with Custom Permalinks and no .htaccess File?
I have a client that strongly prefers to disable .htaccess files because they like to set the Apache configurations themselves. However, they still want SEO-friendly URLs.
Is there a way to have ...
2
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2answers
1k views
WordPress upgrade now receiving Error 101 (net::ERR_CONNECTION_RESET): Unknown error
We have just updated to WordPress 3.1.3 by following the WP manual install tutorial. Note: This is a Network-enabled (multi-site) install. After uploading the new files, we now get the following error ...
1
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2answers
285 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
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1answer
238 views
How to redirect RSS feeds to Feedburner and keep pretty permalinks?
There are many tutorials out there, but all of them give you the same code snippet.
I put it into my htaccess file, but the feeds are not being redirected.
I don't want to use a plugin.
I'm sure the ...
4
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1answer
235 views
Redirect entire website to a single page
I need to redirect a whole WordPress site to a single WordPress page.
A sort of maintenance mode, but the redirect has to go to a published WordPress page. Unfortunately, the maintenance page I need ...
2
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4answers
2k views
WordPress permalinks Yahoo hosting(no .htaccess allowed)
I have moved a Wordpress install to a client from sub folder to the root folder. Right now, everything works fine, except for the friendly URLs. I currently have to set the Permalink feature in ...
0
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3answers
467 views
Force redirect single.php to index
I want to make a force redirect for single.php to index so that it is never reachable by direct access (the site is built in a way that you retrieve all the content on the index page, still need to ...
0
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1answer
189 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
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1answer
78 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
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1answer
208 views
WordPress total posts per page changed and now 404 Http error comes out [closed]
I have migrate my web site from Joomla to WordPress. All are fine, I have create my Rewrites in htaccess to stop 404 from old URLs but I have problem with pagination.
In Joomla web site, I had 6 ...
0
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2answers
988 views
How to? Redirect /category/sci-fi/ to /category/scifi/?
I changed the wordpress category slug from "sci-fi" to "scifi" a few months back by accident.
How can I redirect
/category/sci-fi/ to /category/scifi/
so that /category/sci-fi/page/2/, ...
40
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7answers
4k views
Best collection of code for your .htaccess file [closed]
We have the Best Collection of Code for your functions.php file thread, so I thought that it might be useful to create a thread for our .htaccess files.
AND PLEASE REMEMBER TO ADD ANY OF YOUR OWN ...
6
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6answers
7k views
Cannot access non-wordpress subdirectories as wordpress overrides them with a 404 error
I refer to this question previously asked and not suitably answered:
Wordpress overriding actual subdirectories
and also
Non "Wordpress" pages/code getting 404 error.
I have the same ...
6
votes
1answer
646 views
Moving a WP Multisite to a subdirectory
Firstly, I've read a number of posts on this process. However, for various reasons, the process remains difficult to implement or troubleshoot for lack of even abstracted examples, or maybe too ...
4
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2answers
150 views
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 ...
2
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5answers
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 ...
1
vote
1answer
356 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
456 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
1answer
435 views
htaccess or redirect to cloak portion of a link?
I have an ad rotate plugin installed to display a few ads on my site but the plugin is coded so that it uses the full directory in the ad count link. I would like to know if there's something easy to ...
2
votes
1answer
906 views
Hijacking the URL for filtering
Right, here's the deal. I've got a loop of which displays news posts, these posts can belong to special categories (not normal categories) and I want to be able to filter by them.
If I wasn't too ...
1
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2answers
1k views
Domain redirect in Wordpress multisite
I have two domains www.domain1.com and www.domain2.com, both pointing to the same host. What I want to do is redirect www.domain2.com to www.domain1.com/domain2.
I got this code for a .htaccess from ...
1
vote
1answer
700 views
Wordpress overrides the GET variables, (page_id) set in HTACCESS
I have a wordpress site that is extremely large and pushing Wordpress to its limits. It uses a number of pages/categories and a lot of .htaccess rules to organise the various sections of the site, ...
3
votes
3answers
842 views
Options for restricting access to wp-admin
So i've installed a plug-in which allows me to enable two-factor authentication for my users. The problem is that to enable the plug-in i have to log in as that user and enable it via their profile ...
2
votes
1answer
281 views
Htaccess redirect from '/%postname%.html' to '/%postname%'
I have a Drupal 5.x based travel review site which I'm moving over to Wordpress 3.x (same domain name).
The Drupal site is structured like this:
www.example.com/travel-guides (these are top-level ...
2
votes
4answers
369 views
Permalinks to Custom does not work (out of box)
I have tried to change mode of .htaccess in wordpress folder to 644. Yet, I get
Not Found
The requested URL /wordpress/features/ was not found on this server.
I keep reading about rearranging my ...
2
votes
4answers
985 views
Using only %postname%
So I see everyone's arguements against using this, but that seems like a huge flaw in Wordpress because a domain name as close to the root is crucial to a site's SEO.
I want my site which has rough ...
2
votes
2answers
5k views
How to change “wp-admin” to something else without search-replacing the core?
for example: foobar.com/wp/edit instead of foobar.com/wp/wp-admin
How would I do that?
I've tried using this in htaccess but it won't work:
##### ABOVE THIS POINT IS ALREADY INSERTED BY WORD PRESS
...
2
votes
4answers
627 views
1
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1answer
844 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
1answer
350 views
Permalink Issues by Installing WordPress in Subdirectory / Subfolder
I installed WP in subfolder /cms and it runs live without subfolder. When I use /%postname%/ as permalink I get 404 error on my site. My Server supported mod_rewrite.
My Code
wp-config.php
...
0
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1answer
137 views
custom naming of search permalink /search/
I found this snippet online …
function search_url_rewrite_rule() {
if ( is_search() && !empty($_GET['s'])) {
wp_redirect(home_url("/search/") . urlencode(get_query_var('s')));
...
0
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1answer
228 views
rewriting search-permalink with htaccess - search results are are “opened” automatically?
when typing "a" into my search field (/?s=a) I my search.php template is loaded and all results that match that letter are shown.
If I add this to my .htacess …
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/$
...
0
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2answers
1k views
Two “.htaccess” Files Located in Different Directories?
I found two ".htaccess" files, one is located in '/httpdocs/.htaccess', another one is located in '/httpdocs/wordpress/.htaccess', the content is different, is it normal?
The Wordpress was installed ...
0
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1answer
48 views
wordpress permalinks tweeks
I am getting following permalink structure after creating any post...
http://domain.com/wp/postname
As per Permalink Settings....
Post name: http://domain.com/wp/sample-post/
This permalink is ...
0
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1answer
187 views
Can't access WP site over WiFi network
I'm making a mobile site and I'm using the main computers IP adress to connect to it from the iphone 10.0.0.1/wp
With normal sites it works fine, but the WP site I get is stripped from CSS, JS, and ...
0
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1answer
71 views
Wordpress redirection to get url friendly
I want to get url friendly for pass data to page from other page.
I explain :
I have on i classic wordpress page, url like it : ( example.com/agent/name_agent )
it's url build dynamically. ( ...
0
votes
1answer
515 views
Redirecting all old links from previous EE site to new WP site in one go?
I'm about to migrate from an old Expression Engine website to a new WordPress site on the same domain. Is there anything I should be aware of with respects to redirecting old links?
The old site is ...
0
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1answer
649 views
How to avoid wordpress permalink rules to inherit in a sub-folder
I have WordPress installation on the root of a website, I need to install another application on a sub-folder but that application got its own set of rules for URLs on its .htaccess file, my problem ...
0
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2answers
663 views
Why is my mod_rewrite not working?
Ok I have a WP site using the permalink structure of /%category%/%postname%/
I have built it in the way of page templates, using category queries inside, i.e.
page-help.php
<?php $my_query = new ...
