I'm trying to figure out how to edit the default wordpress .htaccess file to make a site migration work.
In the new WordPress version of the site, blog articles have permalinks set like this:
http://www.example.com/article-slug
On the old version of the site, they were like this:
http://www.example.com/living/blog/article-slug
I've tried several variations of this kind of rule:
RewriteRule ^living/blog/([A-Za-z0-9-]+)/?$ $1 [NC,L]
But it always results in a 404 error. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Thanks!
In case it's useful, this was what worked:
RewriteRule ^living/blog(/.*)?$ ^$1 [L,R=301,NC]
Try to set desired url in Site Address field in Settings -> General administration page. That way it is not needed to change .htaccess manually.
From official documentation:
- The "Site Address (URL)" setting is the address you want people to type in their browser to reach your WordPress blog.
- The "WordPress Address (URL)" setting is the address where your WordPress core files reside.