Common htaccess redirects
Published: September 11, 2014 | Last Modified: April 27, 2022
REDIRECT NON-WWW to WWW
RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain.com [NC] RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.domain.com/$1 [L,R=301]
REDIRECT WWW TO NON-WWW
RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.domain.com [NC] RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://domain.com/$1 [L,R=301]
301 REDIRECT RULE - ALL PAGES TO ROOT OF NEW DOMAIN
RewriteEngine On RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://newdomain.com/ [R=301]
BASIC PAGE 301 REDIRECT RULE
Redirect 301 /about_us.php http://www.domain.org/about-us
301 REDIRECT MATCH RULE - ALL PAGES IN SUB-FOLDER TO 1 X NEW PAGE
RedirectMatch 301 ^/sub(.*)$ http://www.website.com/page.html
REDIRECT 301s AS REWRITE RULE
Redirect 301 /about_us.php http://www.domain.org/about-us
BECOMES
RewriteRule ^about_us\.php http://www.domain.org/about-us? [L,R=301]
PARAMETER URLS - REDIRECTS
Redirect 301 /product_detail.php?cat=2&id=41 http://www.domain.org/gifts/product
BECOMES
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} id=41 RewriteRule ^product_detail\.php http://www.domain.org/gifts/product? [L,R=301]
REDIRECT A DIRECTORY, BUT NOT SUB-DIRECTORIES (301)
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/olddirectory[/]?$ RewriteRule (.*) /newlocation/ [R=301,L]