Redirect home to another page with htaccess

Question

I have a page which is called /home and I would like to make my .htaccess redirect it to /homepage which is the actual page that I want to show.

My .htaccess has the following:

# Switch rewrite engine off in case this was installed under HostPay.
RewriteEngine Off

SetEnv DEFAULT_PHP_VERSION 55

DirectoryIndex index.cgi index.php

# 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]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

What do I have to add whenever a user tries to go to http://example.com/ to redirect them at http://example.com/homepage?

Answer 1

Add the following to your .htaccess, in between the <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>:

RedirectMatch 301 /home /homepage
Redirect 301 / /homepage

However, as Omar suggested, you can change your homepage through your [dashboard] by doing the following:

• Go to Settings > Reading
• Under Front page displays, select A static page (select below)
• Next to Front page: select the page for your new homepage from the dropdown menu
• Click Save Changes