: .htaccess and permanent redirection issues I have a WordPress website hosted on Bluehost which contains the following URL pattern: http://www.example.com/2017/01/30/sample-post/ I want to permanent

@Ogunnowo487

RedirectMatch 301 ^/([^/]+)/$ www.example.com/


The pattern ^/([^/]+)/$ doesn't match the URL-path /2017/01/30/sample-post/, so these URLs will not be redirected. However, it does match /sample-post/ - which is why you get the redirect loop.

However, RedirectMatch is also a mod_alias directive, not mod_rewrite. (RewriteEngine does not apply.) You should change this to a mod_rewrite directive to avoid potential conflicts and unexpected results. (Different Apache modules execute at different times, despite their apparent order in the config file.)

So, try the following instead:

RewriteRule ^d{4}/dd/dd/(.+) / [R=302,L]


This specifically matches a URL of the form /2017/01/30/sample-post/ (the trailing slash is not enforced). Your redirect would have actually stripped the trailing slash.

Make sure your browser cache is cleared before testing. Change the 302 to a 301 only when you are sure it's working OK. (302s avoid being cached.)

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