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This is an expansion on the second answer to the question asked here.

I have been trying to redirect a post request from my_website/test to wp-content/themes/my_theme/test.php but I am getting a 404 whenever I try to send it.

I have a .htaccess file in /wordpress with the contents

#BEGIN WordPress

Redirect 301 /test_redirect wp-content/themes/my_theme/test.php

#END WordPress

Is the htaccess file being used by wordpress or apache? Do I need any special configurations on either to allow them?

I saw somewhere that to allow .htaccess files you just need to change apache2.conf from AllowOveride none to all for and Directory /var/www/>, is this the only setting I need to change?

I also saw that having proxypass enabled might interfere with the redirect, is this true? Is there a way to get around that if it is?

Edit:

Thanks to Jorin for the help with solving this problem.

I changed the location of the .htaccess file down to www instead of www/wordpress and changed the address of the php file I wanted to redirect to to the full link i.e. 

http://www.my_website.com/wordpress/wp-content/themes/my_theme/test.php

And that redirect worked!

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I think the problem is in the redirect. Can you try:

Redirect 301 /test_redirect http://www.yoursite.com/wp-content/themes/my_theme/test.php
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  • That doesn't look like it changed anything. Do you know if there is a log file that might show any errors associated with the htaccess file?
    – Phenom588
    Mar 12, 2016 at 18:42
  • I don't think there is a log file for htaccess. If you go in your browser to /test_redirect where does it lead you to?
    – Jorin van Vilsteren
    Mar 12, 2016 at 18:44
  • That's where I've been checking so far, it just leads to a 404 page.
    – Phenom588
    Mar 12, 2016 at 18:46
  • But what is the url of the 404 page?
    – Jorin van Vilsteren
    Mar 12, 2016 at 18:46
  • Still just my_website/test_redirect
    – Phenom588
    Mar 12, 2016 at 18:47

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