Title: mod_rewrite: *.html to */
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# mod_rewrite: *.html to */

 *  [sepoy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sepoy/)
 * (@sepoy)
 * [20 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mod_rewrite-html-to/)
 * Hi,
 * I just switched from MT 3.2 to WP 1.5.
 * My MT url looked like this: [http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/homistan/softer_side_of_freedom.html](http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/homistan/softer_side_of_freedom.html)
 * My WP url looks like this: [http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/homistan/softer_side_of_freedom/](http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/homistan/softer_side_of_freedom/)
 * I am using the dash-to-underscore plugin shipped w/WP.
 * To keep my old permalinks active, I added .html to my permalinks structure. But,
   I would rather redirect people than keep .html at the end of the url string.
 * My question is that my mod_rewrite just doesn’t seem to work. I have this
    RewriteRule
   ^archives/(.*)/(.*).html$ /index.php?category_name=$1&name=$2 [QSA,L]
 * subsequently, is there an harm in keeping html around?
    please help.

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 *  [chaaban](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chaaban/)
 * (@chaaban)
 * [20 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mod_rewrite-html-to/#post-280669)
 * You shouldnt change the way ur link was , changing the link will affect search
   engine side … as mush as you can try 2 kepe the sames links …

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