Comments on: WordPress URIs, etc. http://cleverhack.com/2006/06/26/wordpress-uris-etc/ Technology, Startups, Internet Marketing Tue, 22 May 2012 04:43:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: joy http://cleverhack.com/2006/06/26/wordpress-uris-etc/#comment-23767 Tue, 27 Jun 2006 04:38:37 +0000 http://cleverhack.com/2006/06/26/wordpress-uris-etc/#comment-23767 Owen, the rewrite rule didn't work at all. What's happening is that the old feed url is getting redirected to index.php via a 302 redirect with that "default" WP .htaccess entry. <http://cleverhack.com/archives/category/podcasts/feed/> I am at loss as to how to create a 301 based redirect on WordPress. The problem is that everyone and his brother has the old URL for the podcasts. Owen, the rewrite rule didn’t work at all.

What’s happening is that the old feed url is getting redirected to index.php via a 302 redirect with that “default” WP .htaccess entry.

I am at loss as to how to create a 301 based redirect on WordPress.

The problem is that everyone and his brother has the old URL for the podcasts.

]]> by: Owen http://cleverhack.com/2006/06/26/wordpress-uris-etc/#comment-23766 Mon, 26 Jun 2006 14:22:53 +0000 http://cleverhack.com/2006/06/26/wordpress-uris-etc/#comment-23766 That shouldn't be so - the version of WordPress you're using shouldn't alter the .htaccess when you change your permalink structure. It should do that all internally. There is a switch that makes WP use the old method (which does write a bunch of explicit rules to .htaccess) but unless you or a plugin has turned that on, it shouldn't be doing that. It does seem as though your RSS is hacked up quite a bit. Maybe some plugin is messing with things in a way that it shouldn't. In any case, if you just wanted to be rid of the "archives/", you could use a rule like: <code>RewriteRule archives/(.*)$ $1</code> That shouldn’t be so - the version of WordPress you’re using shouldn’t alter the .htaccess when you change your permalink structure. It should do that all internally. There is a switch that makes WP use the old method (which does write a bunch of explicit rules to .htaccess) but unless you or a plugin has turned that on, it shouldn’t be doing that.

It does seem as though your RSS is hacked up quite a bit. Maybe some plugin is messing with things in a way that it shouldn’t.

In any case, if you just wanted to be rid of the “archives/”, you could use a rule like:

RewriteRule archives/(.*)$ $1

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