We’ve changed the permalink structure for our WordPress blog (bad idea, I know). I tried to avoid 404s from external links with mod_rewrite instructions in the .htaccess of the base folder of the WordPress installation:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^dddd-dd-dd_(.+)$ $1 [L]
# other rewrites
</IfModule>
I tried a few variations on that, even testing the full URL of one page, but the line keeps being ignored. But mod_rewrite is running – some other rewrites like
RewriteRule ^seiten/abo.php[5]?$ subscribe.php5 [R=301,L]
work perfectly. I’m stuck. Can anybody help?
Try forcing a 301 redirect by adding
R=301flag in the square brackets:This will make it so other rewrites won’t (after the first rewrite iteration) modify the URI.