Title: htaccess rewrite Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # htaccess rewrite * [Colin Murphy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/colin-murphy/) * (@colin-murphy) * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-rewrite-1/) * Im having trouble trying to rewrite a url in my htaccess * The url is [http://www.example.com/bodega/gallery/album/nightlife](http://www.example.com/bodega/gallery/album/nightlife) * and on the server side i would it like to read [http://www.example.com/bodega/gallery?album=nightlife](http://www.example.com/bodega/gallery?album=nightlife) * The problem is if i use the below code it works but adds the query string to the url which i dont want it to do * ``` RewriteRule ^gallery/([^/]+)/([^/]+) http://www.example.com/bodega/gallery?album=$2 [L] ``` * If i use this code without [http://www.example.com](http://www.example.com) it brings me to a 404 `RewriteRule ^gallery/([^/]+)/([^/]+)$ /bodega/gallery?album =$2 [L]` * Here is the full htaccess file ` # BEGIN WordPress RewriteEngine On RewriteRule ^gallery/([^/]+)/([^/]+) [http://www.example.com/bodega/gallery?album=$2](http://www.example.com/bodega/gallery?album=$2)[ L] #RewriteRule ^gallery/([^/]+)/([^/]+)$ /bodega/gallery?album=$2 [L] RewriteRule ^login$ [http://example.com/bodega/wp-login.php](http://example.com/bodega/wp-login.php)[ NC,L] RewriteRule ^admin$ [http://example.com/bodega/wp-admin/index.php](http://example.com/bodega/wp-admin/index.php)[ NC,L] RewriteBase /bodega/ RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}!- f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /bodega/index.php [L] # END WordPress ` * Any help would be grateful Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) * Thread Starter [Colin Murphy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/colin-murphy/) * (@colin-murphy) * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-rewrite-1/#post-2252496) * Any help would be grateful as I am really stuck on this issue. * [Big Bagel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/big-bagel/) * (@big-bagel) * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-rewrite-1/#post-2252497) * What do mean “it adds the query string”? Queries other than `?album=nightlife`? Why do want to use `/?album=nightlife` instead of `/album/nightlife`? You’re essentially undoing a bit of your pretty permalinks which results in a less friendly url. * Thread Starter [Colin Murphy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/colin-murphy/) * (@colin-murphy) * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-rewrite-1/#post-2252499) * Hi Big Bagel. * Sorry if i was not clear enough so when you go to the URL `/bodega/gallery/album/ nightlife` it changes the URL to `/bodega/gallery?album=nightlife` * Yes i want to keep the pretty URL and also on the server side run the query * [Big Bagel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/big-bagel/) * (@big-bagel) * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-rewrite-1/#post-2252504) * Ah…you’re trying to do an internal rewrite so you can use the nice url. Got it. * I would assume that it changes the shown url in your first example because the full address makes it think it’s an external redirect. Why don’t you make your second example `[R,L]` so that you can see what url it’s trying to rewrite to. Once you see the problem you can fix it and take out the `R`. I wouldn’t trust my skills with any regex, but yours looks ok to me. * Is this query something not related to WordPress? (Custom taxonomies and such should still be able to make use of the normal WordPress rewrite rules to look nice) * Thread Starter [Colin Murphy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/colin-murphy/) * (@colin-murphy) * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-rewrite-1/#post-2252518) * I removed the first RewriteRuleand added [R,L] to the second RewriteRule. * It is working but still adding the query string to URL instead of the pretty URL. * Its related to calling out NGG Galleries. * [Big Bagel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/big-bagel/) * (@big-bagel) * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-rewrite-1/#post-2252521) * The NextGEN Gallery plugin doesn’t automatically use nice permalinks or have a setting for it? I thought the author added that a while ago. Since this is specifically for that plugin you might get some more informed answers by asking the plugin author directly or at least adding the relevant tag (nextgen-gallery) to this topic in order to make it show up on the NextGEN plugin page. * Adding the R was to see exactly what URL the server would use with your second rewrite rule (since you said it was causing a 404). If everything worked, then removing the R should do exactly the same but without changing the shown URL. Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) The topic ‘htaccess rewrite’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [htaccess](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/htaccess/) * [permalinks](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/permalinks/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 6 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Big Bagel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/big-bagel/) * Last activity: [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-rewrite-1/#post-2252521) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics