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I can access subdirectory, but not files within it

Turns out the file was the problem, as @TheDeadMedic suspected. The permissions were 640. After changing them to 644, the problem was solved! Thanks for the help.

htaccess and redirect to new url using regex

Found that solution useful I think, this is an expensive way to replace underscores with dashes. But this works at least in my test environment. The first rule replaces dashes one by one. The second rule then removes the prefix from the requested URL. RewriteBase / # replace underscores with dashes RewriteRule (.+?)_(.+) $1-$2 [R=302,L] … Read more

How to change permalink structure and keep permalinks for old posts

Hide category name using mod_rewrite

I solved my problem. All I needed was the WordPress Rewrite API. if( ! function_exists(‘theme_add_rewrite_rules’) ){ function theme_add_rewrite_rules(){ add_rewrite_rule( ‘^blog/([^/]+)/?$’, ‘index.php?name=$matches[1]’, ‘top’ ); } } add_action( ‘init’, ‘theme_add_rewrite_rules’); This solves how wordpress will parse the URL. Half of the problem is how to modify the posts so that the links will not include the /en/ … Read more

Template hierarchy changes when custom post-type permalink leverages custom taxonomy

What is the best practice workflow for new website overhaul and keeping current SEO ranking? [closed]

If you are only changing the theme or plugins, then it shouldn’t make a difference at all. I see no reason to create new posts and/or pages just because you are changing themes. If you are doing a complete site overhaul, however (you don’t specify), then yes, you should add 301 redirects to your .htaccess … Read more

Cannot get 301 redirection in htaccess to work (either Redirect or Rewrite)

The ^ in your rewriterule means the URL must begin with the postname, as in your new structure – so what you’re saying in that second line is, “redirect http://www.example.com/postname to http://www.example.com/postname“. So it’s the ^ that’s throwing things off. If you were previously using URLs like http://www.example.com/categoryname/postname/ then I would suggest instead: RewriteEngine On … Read more