Title: case sensitive?
Last modified: July 5, 2017

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# case sensitive?

 *  [icommllc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/icommllc/)
 * (@icommllc)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/case-sensitive-10/)
 * Hi. I noticed our client uses /MechanicsburgSignature as a vanity short cut for
   some online needs. I added that as a 301, and it redirects fine BUT only if I
   have the “M” and “S” capitalized. If I try lower case letters, it fails. I know
   I can add another 301 redirect, but I am trying to avoid that as they may create
   many ones. Is there a setting we can use to not make it case-sensitive?

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 *  [terrysnyder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/terrysnyder/)
 * (@terrysnyder)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/case-sensitive-10/#post-9291620)
 * I think there’s more than one way to do that, but one options is:
    – enable the
   Regex chechbox – edit the source URL to instead be /[Mm]echanicsburg[Ss]ignature
 * That syntax means it will accept “any one of the characters within the square
   brackets”.
 *  Thread Starter [icommllc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/icommllc/)
 * (@icommllc)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/case-sensitive-10/#post-9291702)
 * Thanks. Do you know of a way to do it automatically for all 301s? We are rebuilding
   a site and I need to do this for many entries.
 *  [terrysnyder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/terrysnyder/)
 * (@terrysnyder)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/case-sensitive-10/#post-9308407)
 * Sorry, I’m not aware of any “global” way to set it to be case insensitive – as
   far as I know you’ll have to edit every redirect.
 *  [Tony G](https://wordpress.org/support/users/starbuck/)
 * (@starbuck)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/case-sensitive-10/#post-9309124)
 * For an individual Source, surround it in delimiters and then trail it with the
   letter “i”. This makes the entire regex case-INsensitive. Example:
    `{some regex
   here}i` As to doing that with all of your sources, a mass change would need to
   be done with code or SQL, and a bit of thought as to whether you really want 
   to do that.
 * As to doing it through the UI, that would require a code change to the plugin
   from the author or a contributor.

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 * Last activity: [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/case-sensitive-10/#post-9309124)
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