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1. lonewolfonline
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I am trying to move away from having dates in my permalinks since they serve no purpose on my site. I am having trouble with a RewriteRule to redirect old permalinks.

   I would like http://www.mydomain.com/2008/07/19/my-post-title/ to redirect to http://www.mydomain.com/my-post-title/

   The rule I have been trying is
   RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/([^/]+)/*$ http://www.mydomain.com/$4/ [L,R=301]

   But that ends up as a 500 Server Error because the redirect never completes (loops).

   I can change the redirect from $4 to $1 and the post is redirected to /2008/, same for $2 and $3. $4 always time-out.

   Any ideas?

   Thanks

2. lonewolfonline
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Don't worry, just got it sorted.

3. microkid
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I have written a plugin that solves this with a 301 redirect, might be a little easier.

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