.htaccess subdomain redirect + wordpress

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1. Option 1

   before you do all the folder specific redirects you need to redirect the domain first
   RewriteEngine On
   RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^http://www.domain.com/ [NC]
   RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://sub.domain.com/$1 [R=301,L]
   

   Option 2

   if you have old url instances in your content you can use something like this to update to the new one. I’m not sure how effective this is.

   http://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to-update-urls-when-moving-your-wordpress-site/

   Option 3

   or you can use http://wp-cli.org/ modify database instances or you can use mysql command line search and replace.

   all of your urls from content and page referencing urls are stored in the database. you can do a mass search and replace if you know what you’re doing.

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2. Assuming you are on the same host and directory structure, you can add a condition checking for the subdomain in the HTTP_HOST, if the subdomain is missing you can redirect to it.

   # REDIRECTS STORE
   redirect 301 /shop http://mr.maggew.com/store
   redirect 301 /market http://mr.maggew.com/store
   redirect 301 /outlet http://mr.maggew.com/store
   redirect 301 /bazaar http://mr.maggew.com/store
   redirect 301 /boutique http://mr.maggew.com/store
   
   # PROTECT WP-CONFIG.PHP
   <files wp-config.php>
   order allow,deny
   deny from all
   </files>
   
   RewriteEngine On
   #force subdomain of mr.maggew.com
   RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^mr.
   RewriteRule /?(.*)$ http://mr.maggew.com/$1 [R,L,QSA]
   
   RewriteBase /
   RewriteRule ^index.php$ - [L]
   
   # add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
   RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?wp-admin$ $1wp-admin/ [R=301,L]
   
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
   RewriteRule ^ - [L]
   RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) $2 [L]
   RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*.php)$ $2 [L]
   RewriteRule . index.php [L]
   

   Alternative

   #force subdomain of mr.maggew.com
   RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^mr.
   RewriteRule (.*) http://mr.maggew.com%{REQUEST_URI} [R,L,QSA]
   

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3. The following instructions not working in 2023, so I do research on it.

   In my case, you can use…

   RewriteEngine On
   RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^old-domain.com [NC,OR]
   RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.old-domain.com [NC]
   RewriteRule ^(.*)$  https://new-domain.com/$1  [L,R=301,NC]
   

   Read full details at https://www.arnlweb.com/forums/web-development/what-is-htaccess-redirection-how-to-use-it

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