Common

Htaccess 301
Redirect Rules
AUTHOR: Team Linchpin

UPDATED ON: February 13, 2021

PUBLISHED IN: Website Creation

READING TIME:4 min

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 In this article, we’ll take a look at:

1) What is an Htaccess file?

2) Common 301 Redirect Htaccess Rules

2.1) How do you redirect a single page?

2.2) How do you redirect an entire site or domain to a new one?

2.3) How do you redirect an entire site to a sub folder?

2.4) How do you redirect a sub folder to different website?

2.5) How do you redirect a file extension but retain the page name?

2.6) How do you use rewriting to redirect from an old domain to a new

domain?

2.7) How do you use rewriting to redirect from a non-www to a www

subdomain?

2.8) How do you use rewriting to redirect a domain to a www location

with a subdirectory?

2.9) How do you use rewriting to redirect from an old domain to a new

domain that includes the full path and query string?

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 2.10) How do you use rewriting to redirect from an old domain with a

subdirectory to new domain without the subdirectory but include the full

path and query string?

2.11) How do you rewrite and redirect URLs with query parameters with

files placed in a root directory?

2.12) How do you redirect URLs with query parameters and place files in

a subdirectory?

2.13) How do you redirect a site to HTTPS from HTTP to eliminate

duplicate content?

2.14) How do you redirect a site from HTTP to HTTPS to eliminate

duplicate content?

2.15) How do you remove an index.html or index.php and redirect to the

root?

2.16) How do you rewrite and redirect URLs with query parameter to

directory based structure while retaining the query string in the URL root

level?

2.17) How do you rewrite URLs with a query parameter to a directory

based structure while retaining query string parameter in the URL

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 subdirectory?

2.18) How do you redirect an old website to a new domain and retain the

URL path?

2.19) How do you rewrite and add a trailing slash to URLs without one?

2.20) How do you redirect from a blog sub domain to to a blog folder?

2.21) How do you redirect one directory to another?

There are common htaccess 301 redirect rules that I find

myself searching for each time I build a website , need to
redirect a page for a SEO strategy for a client, or help with a
website’s SEO transition plan . So I thought I would create a
resource where I could gather all the common rules into one
spot to save me time each project.

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 What is an Htaccess
file?
The .htaccess, or Hypertext Access file, is a configuration text
file that controls the directory, as well as any subdirectories,
where it is located on an Apache web server. If you use a
Linux-based web hosting plan, your web properties likely run
on Apache. You may have seen the .htaccess file in certain
directories, particularly if you have deployed WordPress,
Joomla, Drupal or any other content management web
software.

The .htaccess file can include specific instructions to the

server. This file can configure the server to require a
password for the directory where it resides. The .htaccess file
can also be configured to automatically redirect users to
another index file or site, restrict or allow users based on IP

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 addresses, and disable directory listings. You may never
need to edit the .htaccess file, but if you do, you must make
sure that the file is named ‘.htaccess’ only, with the period in
front and no .txt or .htm file extension.

Common 301 Redirect

Htaccess Rules
How do you redirect a single page?
Redirect 301 /pagename.php http://www.domain.com/pagename.html

How do you redirect an entire site or

domain to a new one?
Redirect 301 / http://www.domain.com/

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 How do you redirect an entire site to a sub
folder?
Redirect 301 / http://www.domain.com/subfolder/

How do you redirect a sub folder to

different website?
Redirect 301 /subfolder http://www.domain.com/

How do you redirect a file extension but

retain the page name?

Example: If you want an .html extension to use the same

filename but use the .php extension.

RedirectMatch 301 (.*)\.html$ http://www.domain.com$1.php

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 How do you use rewriting to redirect from
an old domain to a new domain?
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.newdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]

How do you use rewriting to redirect from a

non-www to a www subdomain?
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
rewritecond %{http_host} ^domain.com [nc]
rewriterule ^(.*)$ http://www.domain.com/$1 [r=301,nc]

How do you use rewriting to redirect a

domain to a www location with a
subdirectory?
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} domain.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^( *)$ http://www domain com/directory/index html [R=301 NC]
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 RewriteRule (. )$ http://www.domain.com/directory/index.html [R 301,NC]

How do you use rewriting to redirect from

an old domain to a new domain that
includes the full path and query string?
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(.*) http://www.newdomain.com%{REQUEST_URI} [R=302,NC]

How do you use rewriting to redirect from

an old domain with a subdirectory to new
domain without the subdirectory but
include the full path and query string?
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/subdirname/(.*)$
RewriteRule ^(.*) http://www.katcode.com/%1 [R=302,NC]

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 How do you rewrite and redirect URLs with
query parameters with files placed in a root
directory?

Example: The original URL being

http://www.website.com/index.php?id=3 and the new URL
being http://www.website.com/path-to-new-location/

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} id=3
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ /path-to-new-location/? [L,R=301]

How do you redirect URLs with query

parameters and place files in a
subdirectory?

Example: The original URL being

http://www.website.com/sub-dir/index.php?id=3 and the

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 new page being http://www.website.com/path-to-new-
location/

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} id=3
RewriteRule ^sub-dir/index\.php$ /path-to-new-location/? [L,R=301]

How do you redirect a site to HTTPS from

HTTP to eliminate duplicate content?
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} on
RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}

How do you redirect a site from HTTP to

HTTPS to eliminate duplicate content?
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} on
RewriteRule (.*) http://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}

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 How do you remove an index.html or
index.php and redirect to the root?
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /index.php HTTP [NC]
RewriteRule (.*)index.php$ /$1 [R=301,L]

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /index.html HTTP [NC]
RewriteRule (.*)index.html$ /$1 [R=301,L]

How do you rewrite and redirect URLs with

query parameter to directory based
structure while retaining the query string in
the URL root level?

Example: The original URL being

http://www.website.com/index.php?id=100 and new page
being http://www.website.com/100/

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 RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^([^/d]+)/?$ index.php?id=$1 [QSA]

How do you rewrite URLs with a query

parameter to a directory based structure
while retaining query string parameter in
the URL subdirectory?

Example: The original URL is

http://www.website.com/index.php?category=fish and new
page being http://www.website.com/category/fish/

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^/?category/([^/d]+)/?$ index.php?category=$1 [L,QSA]

How do you redirect an old website to a

new domain and retain the URL path?
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example-old\.com$ [NC]

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 RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example-new.com/$1 [R=301,L]

If you do not want to pass the path to the new domain, change the last line to:
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example-new.com/ [R=301,L]

How do you rewrite and add a trailing slash

to URLs without one?
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(.*)/$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/$1/ [R=301,L]

How do you redirect from a blog sub

domain to to a blog folder?

Example: Redirect blog.oldsite.com to

www.newsite.com/blog/

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}/ blog
RewriteRule ^(.*) http://www.somewhere.com/%{REQUEST_URI} [R=302,NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*) http://www.somewhere.com/blog/%{REQUEST_URI} [R=302,NC]

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 How do you redirect one directory to
another?
Options +FollowSymLinks RewriteEngine On RewriteRule ^(.*)/old-directory/(.*)$ $

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