Use .htaccess to remove directory folder from WordPress URL

Question

I want to remove a folder from my WordPress URL in a particular case:

From:

http://capitulardesign.com.br/blog/portfolio/70-anos-sinduscon/

To:

http://capitulardesign.com.br/portfolio/70-anos-sinduscon/

But the rule must work only on /blog/portfolio/ cases. The WordPress is installed on /blog/ folder and the normal website (custom PHP pages mixed with WordPress Codex codes) is in the root folder.

Plus: The /portfolio/ is a Custom Post Type taxonomy.

Here you go https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12045205/how-to-redirect-a-specific-page-using-htaccess — Elzo Valugi, Oct 08 '17 at 13:01
Did not work, not even redirected the match. `RewriteEngine On RewriteRule ^blog/portfolio/$ /portfolio/ [L,R=301]` — Danilo P. da Silva, Oct 08 '17 at 13:13

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

That would be a really, hmmm... ineffective solution.

Have you considered to alter the rewrite_rules and change portfolio "term" link with term_link?

Check out what current rules of the portfolio using portfolio_rewrite_rules filter and change links to them using term_link filter.
Another way to solve this will be to change with_front (to false) of your rewrite element of arguments array for taxonomy portfolio (while register_taxonomy).

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 08 '17 at 14:58

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Put the following code in main root .htaccess file :

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} !\s/+portfolio/ [NC]
RewriteRule ^blog/portfolio/(.*)$ portfolio/$1 [R=302,L,NE]
RewriteRule ^portfolio/(.*)$ blog/portfolio/$1 [L]

The scenario is to redirect any request for /blog/portfolio/ to /portfolio/ then internally redirect any /portfolio/ to /blog/portfolio/ .

Note: clear your browser cache and test it , if Ok , change 302 to 301 to be permanent redirection

answered Oct 08 '17 at 14:58

Mohammed Elhag

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Yes! It works, now I just need to adjust the URL in the PHP loop to remove the /blog/ from the URL. But, for some reason I'm free to access from both URLs. – Danilo P. da Silva Oct 08 '17 at 18:30
could you able to access blog/portfolio from browser without redirecting to portfolio? – Mohammed Elhag Oct 08 '17 at 18:34
Yes, I'm not being redirected automatically. I need to change manually the URL in the browser. – Danilo P. da Silva Oct 08 '17 at 18:36
did you put it in root ,htaccess file or other directory ? – Mohammed Elhag Oct 08 '17 at 18:38
Yes, in the root. Also `/public_html` my WordPress are in `/public_html/blog` – Danilo P. da Silva Oct 08 '17 at 18:46

score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 08 '17 at 12:10

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use better search replace plugin to replace your url. old url

http://capitulardesign.com.br/blog/portfolio/

New url

http://capitulardesign.com.br/portfolio/

No need of htaccess

answered Oct 08 '17 at 12:10

David Corp

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Don't work for me, because I'm not moving the entire site from /blog/ to /, I want to change only on this particular case of URL as /blog/portfolio/ – Danilo P. da Silva Oct 08 '17 at 12:32
RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^capitulardesign.com.br RewriteRule ^blog/portfolio/(.*)$ portfolio/$1 [L,R=301] – David Corp Oct 08 '17 at 13:51

David Corp · Answer 4 · 2017-10-10T02:51:53.860

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RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^capitulardesign.com.br
RewriteRule ^blog/(.*)$ blog/portfolio/$1 [L,R=301]

edited Oct 10 '17 at 02:51

answered Oct 08 '17 at 13:52

David Corp

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Please explain how your solution fixes the problem. – clemens Oct 10 '17 at 05:00

Use .htaccess to remove directory folder from WordPress URL

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