I wouldn’t use htaccess for that. What I would do is make a ‘download page’ template and use it to ‘serve’ the files. By doing that, I can do a check with is_user_logged_in() Codex and redirect with wp_login_url() Codex Just do: if ( is_user_logged_in() ) : //file link else : wp_login_url(); endif; I think it’s … Read more
after you delete a page ,on the “all pages” section, on the top, after the “drafts”, there is link to trash, go there and delete it permanently, after this you can change the slug name.
The following two functions should point you in the right direction: function wpse49393_query_vars($query_vars) { $query_vars[] = ‘myvar’; return $query_vars; } add_filter(‘query_vars’, ‘wpse49393_query_vars’); function wpse49393_rewrite_rules_array($rewrite_rules) { $rewrite_rules[‘path/to/page/([^/]+)/?$’] = ‘index.php?pagename=path/to/page&myvar=$matches[1]’; return $rewrite_rules; } add_filter(‘rewrite_rules_array’, ‘wpse49393_rewrite_rules_array’); I would give credit where it is due, but I cannot remember where I originally found this code. I just pulled this … Read more
There are probably more problems with your question than with WordPress. To get an insightful answer, it’d help to get us a clear idea about your setup. Don’t be shy about hiding your website link and it’s structure. This can help us figure it out. To get the rewrite rules of your blog add_action (‘template_redirect’, … Read more
You can try this but not 100% sure it will work since the post_id is not in the original permalink structure. RedirectMatch 301 ^/([0-9]{4})/([^/]+)/([^/]+).html$ http://domain.com/$2/$3/
Stop redirecting to posts not in a category / duplicate slugs
download a copy of wordpress.zip file then unzip it, copy /wp-admin/includes/update-core.php file and overwrite the one on the problem site. that worked for me.
Possible to use /%monthname%/ in my permalink structure without using a plugin?
Make Category Base Appear in Posts Permalink (but not tags)
You don’t have to mess with .htaccess since WordPress has it’s own rewrite engine builti in. You are looking for this: https://codex.wordpress.org/Rewrite_API/add_rewrite_rule