Title: Redirect a website. Last modified: October 2, 2021 --- # Redirect a website. * [hack3rcon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hack3rcon/) * (@hack3rcon) * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-a-website/) * Hello, I had a WordPress website and changed my domain name from “example1.com” to “example2.com” and reconfigured my Apache web server too. When I enter “example2. com” in my browser, then it forward to “example1.com”. Can WordPress configuration do it? If no, then can it a DNS or… problem? My Linux server doesn’t have any DNS service. Which part of my system must be examined? * Thank you. Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 15 total) * [Kuldeep](https://wordpress.org/support/users/soberbanda/) * (@soberbanda) * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-a-website/#post-14930926) * [@hack3rcon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hack3rcon/) Check your .htaccess file. What’s in there? * Check your Rewrite rules again. It should look like this if you want your users to go from example1.com to example2.com: * ``` RewriteEngine on RewriteCond "%{HTTP_HOST}" "!^www\.example1\.com" [NC] RewriteCond "%{HTTP_HOST}" "!^$" RewriteRule "^/?(.*)" "http://www.example2.com/$1" [L,R,NE] ``` * If you are using redirect, it should look like this: * ``` RewriteEngine on Redirect 301 / http://example2.com/ ``` * If you wanna change it via DNS (no redirection), Just point your A record to the new IP address. Here is how that would look like: [https://docs.plesk.com/en-US/onyx/quick-start-guide/images/77088.webp](https://docs.plesk.com/en-US/onyx/quick-start-guide/images/77088.webp) * Let me know how it goes 🙂 * Thread Starter [hack3rcon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hack3rcon/) * (@hack3rcon) * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-a-website/#post-14931041) * Thank you. My VirtualHost is: * ``` ServerAdmin root@localhost ServerName www.example2.com ServerAlias www.example2.com DocumentRoot /var/www/wp ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/wordpress_error.log CustomLog /var/log/httpd/wordpress_access.log common RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} =example2.com [OR] RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} =www.example2.com [OR] RewriteRule ^ https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [END,NE,R=permanent] Redirect permanent / https://www.example2.com TraceEnable off ServerSignature Off # SSL SSLCipherSuite ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 SSLHonorCipherOrder on SSLCompression off SSLSessionTickets off # Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks Options -Indexes AllowOverride All Require all granted ``` * And .htaccess file is: * ``` # BEGIN W3TC Browser Cache AddType text/css .css AddType text/x-component .htc AddType application/x-javascript .js AddType application/javascript .js2 AddType text/javascript .js3 AddType text/x-js .js4 AddType video/asf .asf .asx .wax .wmv .wmx AddType video/avi .avi AddType image/bmp .bmp AddType application/java .class AddType video/divx .divx AddType application/msword .doc .docx AddType application/vnd.ms-fontobject .eot AddType application/x-msdownload .exe AddType image/gif .gif AddType application/x-gzip .gz .gzip AddType image/x-icon .ico AddType image/jpeg .jpg .jpeg .jpe AddType image/webp .webp AddType application/json .json AddType application/vnd.ms-access .mdb AddType audio/midi .mid .midi AddType video/quicktime .mov .qt AddType audio/mpeg .mp3 .m4a AddType video/mp4 .mp4 .m4v AddType video/mpeg .mpeg .mpg .mpe AddType video/webm .webm AddType application/vnd.ms-project .mpp AddType application/x-font-otf .otf AddType application/vnd.ms-opentype ._otf AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.database .odb AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.chart .odc AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.formula .odf AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphics .odg AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation .odp AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet .ods AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text .odt AddType audio/ogg .ogg AddType application/pdf .pdf AddType image/png .png AddType application/vnd.ms-powerpoint .pot .pps .ppt .pptx AddType audio/x-realaudio .ra .ram AddType image/svg+xml .svg .svgz AddType application/x-shockwave-flash .swf AddType application/x-tar .tar AddType image/tiff .tif .tiff AddType application/x-font-ttf .ttf .ttc AddType application/vnd.ms-opentype ._ttf AddType audio/wav .wav AddType audio/wma .wma AddType application/vnd.ms-write .wri AddType application/font-woff .woff AddType application/font-woff2 .woff2 AddType application/vnd.ms-excel .xla .xls .xlsx .xlt .xlw AddType application/zip .zip ExpiresActive On ExpiresByType text/css A31536000 ExpiresByType text/x-component A31536000 ExpiresByType application/x-javascript A31536000 ExpiresByType application/javascript A31536000 ExpiresByType text/javascript A31536000 ExpiresByType text/x-js A31536000 ExpiresByType video/asf A31536000 ExpiresByType video/avi A31536000 ExpiresByType image/bmp A31536000 ExpiresByType application/java A31536000 ExpiresByType video/divx A31536000 ExpiresByType application/msword A31536000 ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-fontobject A31536000 ExpiresByType application/x-msdownload A31536000 ExpiresByType image/gif A31536000 ExpiresByType application/x-gzip A31536000 ExpiresByType image/x-icon A31536000 ExpiresByType image/jpeg A31536000 ExpiresByType image/webp A31536000 ExpiresByType application/json A31536000 ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-access A31536000 ExpiresByType audio/midi A31536000 ExpiresByType video/quicktime A31536000 ExpiresByType audio/mpeg A31536000 ExpiresByType video/mp4 A31536000 ExpiresByType video/mpeg A31536000 ExpiresByType video/webm A31536000 ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-project A31536000 ExpiresByType application/x-font-otf A31536000 ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-opentype A31536000 ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.database A31536000 ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.chart A31536000 ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.formula A31536000 ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphics A31536000 ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation A31536000 ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet A31536000 ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text A31536000 ExpiresByType audio/ogg A31536000 ExpiresByType application/pdf A31536000 ExpiresByType image/png A31536000 ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-powerpoint A31536000 ExpiresByType audio/x-realaudio A31536000 ExpiresByType image/svg+xml A31536000 ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash A31536000 ExpiresByType application/x-tar A31536000 ExpiresByType image/tiff A31536000 ExpiresByType application/x-font-ttf A31536000 ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-opentype A31536000 ExpiresByType audio/wav A31536000 ExpiresByType audio/wma A31536000 ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-write A31536000 ExpiresByType application/font-woff A31536000 ExpiresByType application/font-woff2 A31536000 ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-excel A31536000 ExpiresByType application/zip A31536000 AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css text/x-component application/x-javascript application/javascript text/javascript text/x-js text/html text/richtext text/plain text/xsd text/xsl text/xml image/bmp application/java application/msword application/vnd.ms-fontobject application/x-msdownload image/x-icon application/json application/vnd.ms-access video/webm application/vnd.ms-project application/x-font-otf application/vnd.ms-opentype application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.database application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.chart application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.formula application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphics application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text audio/ogg application/pdf application/vnd.ms-powerpoint image/svg+xml application/x-shockwave-flash image/tiff application/x-font-ttf application/vnd.ms-opentype audio/wav application/vnd.ms-write application/font-woff application/font-woff2 application/vnd.ms-excel # DEFLATE by extension AddOutputFilter DEFLATE js css htm html xml FileETag MTime Size Header unset Set-Cookie FileETag MTime Size FileETag MTime Size Header unset Set-Cookie Header unset Last-Modified Header set Referrer-Policy "no-referrer-when-downgrade" Header always edit Set-Cookie (.*) "$1; HttpOnly" Header always edit Set-Cookie (.*) "$1; Secure" # END W3TC Browser Cache # BEGIN W3TC Page Cache core RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{HTTPS} =on RewriteRule .* - [E=W3TC_SSL:_ssl] RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} =443 RewriteRule .* - [E=W3TC_SSL:_ssl] RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} =https [NC] RewriteRule .* - [E=W3TC_SSL:_ssl] RewriteCond %{HTTP:Accept-Encoding} gzip RewriteRule .* - [E=W3TC_ENC:_gzip] RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} w3tc_preview [NC] RewriteRule .* - [E=W3TC_PREVIEW:_preview] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} !=POST RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ="" RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} !(comment_author|wp\-postpass|w3tc_logged_out|wordpress_logged_in|wptouch_switch_toggle) [NC] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} \/$ RewriteCond "%{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/wp-content/cache/page_enhanced/%{HTTP_HOST}/%{REQUEST_URI}/_index%{ENV:W3TC_SSL}%{ENV:W3TC_PREVIEW}.html%{ENV:W3TC_ENC}" -f RewriteRule .* "/wp-content/cache/page_enhanced/%{HTTP_HOST}/%{REQUEST_URI}/_index%{ENV:W3TC_SSL}%{ENV:W3TC_PREVIEW}.html%{ENV:W3TC_ENC}" [L] # END W3TC Page Cache core # BEGIN rlrssslReallySimpleSSL rsssl_version[4.0.7] RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on [NC] RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L] # END rlrssslReallySimpleSSL # BEGIN WordPress RewriteEngine On RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}] RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] # END WordPress ``` * Which part is wrong? * [Kuldeep](https://wordpress.org/support/users/soberbanda/) * (@soberbanda) * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-a-website/#post-14931516) * [@hack3rcon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hack3rcon/) Your server config file file should look like this: * ``` ServerName www.example1.com Redirect 301 / http://www.example2.com/ ServerName www.example2.com . . . . . . ``` * Go through the following thread: [https://serverfault.com/questions/344614/simple-apache2-redirect-from-one-domain-to-another](https://serverfault.com/questions/344614/simple-apache2-redirect-from-one-domain-to-another) * [George Appiah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gappiah/) * (@gappiah) * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-a-website/#post-14932128) * > I had a WordPress website and changed my domain name from “example1.com” to“ > example2.com” * Just to rule out the possibility… * When you say you changed your domain, did you actually swap the two domains in BOTH the **“WordPress Address”** and **“Site Address”** fields in the WordPress dashboard (or their equivalent rows in the database)? * If you didn’t make the change in WordPress, then this is the root of your problem! * > [Changing The Site URL](https://wordpress.org/support/article/changing-the-site-url/) * Thread Starter [hack3rcon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hack3rcon/) * (@hack3rcon) * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-a-website/#post-14932158) * Hello [@soberbanda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/soberbanda/), Thank you for your help. I changed my VirtualHosts configuration and it is now as follows: * ``` ServerName www.example1.com Redirect 301 / http://www.example2.com ServerAdmin root@localhost ServerName www.example2.com ServerAlias www.example2.com DocumentRoot /var/www/wp ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/wordpress_error.log CustomLog /var/log/httpd/wordpress_access.log common RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} =example2.com [OR] RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} =www.example2.com [OR] RewriteRule ^ https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [END,NE,R=permanent] Redirect permanent / https://www.example2.com TraceEnable off ServerSignature Off # SSL SSLCipherSuite ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 SSLHonorCipherOrder on SSLCompression off SSLSessionTickets off # Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks Options -Indexes AllowOverride All Require all granted ``` * Then, I did: `# systemctl restart httpd` When I enter “example2.com” in my browser, then it showed me “example1.com”! Can it because of the wrong configuration in the domain name panel (NS1.example1.com) or DNS server? * Thread Starter [hack3rcon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hack3rcon/) * (@hack3rcon) * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-a-website/#post-14932160) * Hello [@gappiah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gappiah/), I edited the“ wp-config.php” file and added those lines, but about the “functions.php” file, which file must be edited: * ``` ./wp-content/plugins/recent-posts-widget-extended/includes/functions.php ./wp-content/themes/example/functions.php ./wp-content/themes/twentytwentyone/functions.php ./wp-includes/functions.php ``` * Thank you. * [George Appiah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gappiah/) * (@gappiah) * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-a-website/#post-14932163) * > Can it because of the wrong configuration in the domain name panel (NS1.example1. > com) or DNS server? * If properly configured, using example1.com as the NS for example example2.com shouldn’t cause such a redirect. Hosting companies use their own NS domains for thousands of their own clients’ domains, and this never causes any issues. * Of course, some DNS record(s) could be causing this. But it’s impossible to say without knowing the domains in question and checking their DNS records. * If you could share the actual domains involved, that would help. * [Kuldeep](https://wordpress.org/support/users/soberbanda/) * (@soberbanda) * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-a-website/#post-14932237) * [@hack3rcon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hack3rcon/) Try and Put `/$` after `^` on this line: * `RewriteRule ^ https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [END,NE,R=permanent]` * Thread Starter [hack3rcon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hack3rcon/) * (@hack3rcon) * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-a-website/#post-14932303) * Thanks [@soberbanda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/soberbanda/), but I got below error: * ``` Oct 03 11:53:30 example httpd[1183294]: AH00526: Syntax error on line 26 of /etc/> Oct 03 11:53:30 example httpd[1183294]: RewriteRule: bad flag delimiters ``` * Thread Starter [hack3rcon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hack3rcon/) * (@hack3rcon) * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-a-website/#post-14932334) * [@gappiah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gappiah/), which one of those files must be edited? * [Kuldeep](https://wordpress.org/support/users/soberbanda/) * (@soberbanda) * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-a-website/#post-14932357) * [@hack3rcon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hack3rcon/) Change /$ to just(.*) $ and check. * It is kind of hard to ascertain the exact thing going wrong here. * Here are the rewrite rules: [https://httpd.apache.org/docs/trunk/rewrite/intro.html](https://httpd.apache.org/docs/trunk/rewrite/intro.html) * I don’t think there’s an issue with the DNS unless you specified it to redirect from example2.com to example1.com and forgot about it. * You would need to debug the virtualhost config file. * Thread Starter [hack3rcon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hack3rcon/) * (@hack3rcon) * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-a-website/#post-14932635) * I don’t have any access to the DNS server and I can’t check it. How can I debug the VirtualHosts config file? In your opinion, is my VirtualHosts file incorrect? * [Kuldeep](https://wordpress.org/support/users/soberbanda/) * (@soberbanda) * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-a-website/#post-14932820) * [@hack3rcon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hack3rcon/) We need more information here to help you out. Did u migrate your website to a new server? What are your domain names pointing at? * We would need screenshot of your DNS records too, to check if there is any redirection applied. Use this: [https://mxtoolbox.com/DNSLookup.aspx](https://mxtoolbox.com/DNSLookup.aspx) * The server config file looks fine to me (if I am not missing a detail here). * What [@gappiah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gappiah/) suggested here, has to be applied to your current theme’s functions.php file. * Please let us know all the details along with a link to your website. * Thread Starter [hack3rcon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hack3rcon/) * (@hack3rcon) * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-a-website/#post-14934015) * Hello [@soberbanda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/soberbanda/), Thank you so much for your help. I added below lines to my “wp-config.php” file: * ``` define( 'WP_HOME', 'http://example.com' ); define( 'WP_SITEURL', 'http://example.com' ); ``` * And about the “functions.php” file, as you see my website using two theme’s: * ``` ./wp-content/themes/example/functions.php ./wp-content/themes/twentytwentyone/functions.php ``` * Should I add below lines to both of them and refresh my WordPress website and then remove those lines? * ``` update_option( 'siteurl', 'http://example.com' ); update_option( 'home', 'http://example.com' ); ``` * And about the DNS records, I can’t reveal my website name because of the security: [Link](https://i.postimg.cc/Znm5QLKm/DNS-Record.png) - This reply was modified 4 years, 10 months ago by [hack3rcon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hack3rcon/). * [Kuldeep](https://wordpress.org/support/users/soberbanda/) * (@soberbanda) * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-a-website/#post-14934184) * [@hack3rcon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hack3rcon/) The other one is the default WordPress theme not an active one. * Without website link, it is very difficult to be able to help. * Check these things: * 1. Is example2.com set to redirect to example1.com? 2. Did you migrate your website on a new server? 3. How does it look like in your settings?: [https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/changesiteurls-adminarea.png](https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/changesiteurls-adminarea.png) * Thanks 🙂 Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 15 total) The topic ‘Redirect a website.’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 15 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [Kuldeep](https://wordpress.org/support/users/soberbanda/) * Last activity: [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-a-website/#post-14934184) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics