Title: Incorrect target url
Last modified: November 26, 2017

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# Incorrect target url

 *  Resolved [janmoore](https://wordpress.org/support/users/janmoore/)
 * (@janmoore)
 * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/incorrect-target-url/)
 * Here is a screenshot of the redirect I’ve set up:
    [https://www.screencast.com/t/ZhrwIxxQ6r2J](https://www.screencast.com/t/ZhrwIxxQ6r2J)
 * Here is the url it takes me to:
    [http://www.thesuccessalchemist.net/empowerment-coachinghttp:/www.thesuccessalchemist.net/](http://www.thesuccessalchemist.net/empowerment-coachinghttp:/www.thesuccessalchemist.net/)
   which of course gets a No Results Found error.
 * The only redirect that is working is the home page. The others are replacing 
   the destination page location /destination page/ with the source page location/
   source page/ and appending the destination url as well.
 * What am I doing wrong?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fincorrect-target-url%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [smartyp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smartyp/)
 * (@smartyp)
 * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/incorrect-target-url/#post-9723632)
 * Does it work if you untick the Regex box (as you don’t appear to be using regular
   expressions for this redirect)? Or are there any rules before this one that might
   be overriding it (this one is position no.4)?
 *  [Gal Baras](https://wordpress.org/support/users/galbaras/)
 * (@galbaras)
 * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/incorrect-target-url/#post-9723996)
 * Try adding “^” at the start of the pattern. I have one just like yours with this
   symbol at the start, which means “the beginning of the URL”.
 * Also, make sure the redirection is enabled and look for any redirections that
   might be conflicting or preceding this one.
 *  Plugin Author [John Godley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnny5/)
 * (@johnny5)
 * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/incorrect-target-url/#post-9724332)
 * Uncheck the regex box. Your source URL isn’t a regular expression, and because
   of the way the URL is matched and the target replaced you will find it is appended
   as you described. Making it a non-regex will fix this

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