How can I redirect anything after the article url to main article?
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Hello everyone,
When someone visits my websites article like http://www.website.com/article-title/lol , it give to 404 page error. But when someone http://www.website.com/article-title/ , it shows the article. The word "lol" can be changed to anything. I would like that to be redirected to the main article.
Example: Someone visits website.com/article-title/lol, they should be redirected to website.com/article-title/
Is it possible to do so? If yes, please tell me how.
Note: I'm using WordPress
Thank you
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Here is the mod_rewrite code that would go in your Wordpress .htaccess file that would redirect
http://www.website.com/article-title/lol
to this:
http://www.website.com/article-title/
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^article-title/lol(.*)$ http://www.website.com/article-title/$1 [r=301,nc]Make a note of this Mod_Rewrite Tool and it should help you with similar rules in the future.
Hope that helps!
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Thanks Lkkie,
It would be really kind of you if you can get me the .htaccess code which will help me fix my problem stated above.
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You simple need to define your URL rules through htaccess file this will resovle your issue.
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