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I have a wordpress blog, and having issue with URL's.. Few months ago i used link with slug (Forcely changed to blog when i switched to MultiSite) like this, example.com/blog

Now I am using wordpress without BLOG and removed slug "BLOG" after link.

Problem is many quality backlinks i have with old blog slug.
When someone visit my blog with example.com/blog/post-permalink it redirects to not_found_404 error because link should be looks like this, example.com/post-permalink.

I am confused, how to redirect every request that comes with example.com/blog/post-name and redirect to example.com/post-name

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  • There are hundreds of redirect plugins you could use, I like this one: wordpress.org/plugins/safe-redirect-manager Commented Mar 16, 2016 at 14:22
  • yes but i want to solve this issue by using .htaccess Commented Mar 19, 2016 at 14:32

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Redirecting pages below /blog/

It should be as simple as a .htaccess in your domain root directory (where index.php lives) with the following contents:

RewriteEngine on RewriteRule ^blog/(.*)$ /$1 [L,R=301]

Note that RewriteEngine on is required only once per .htaccess file, so skip this if it is present already.

The RewriteRule itself matches all URL beginning (^) with blog/ and catches everything following until the end ($). The caught part is stored in the reference $1.

This reference is thereafter used in the redirection target, as /$1.

L means that no further rules in the .htaccess are evaluated.

R=301 redirects using a HTTP/1.1 301 Permanent redirect, which is desirable for SEO and redirects all visitors to the new URL.

Redirecting /blog itself

In addition to the above insert

RewriteRule ^blog(/?)$ / [L,R=301]
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