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I had a WordPress site that I moved folders - http://example.com to http://example.com/blog.

The problem now is that many sites still link to my old blog links to /blog-post so when users click on them they get a 404. There's roughly about 100 links like these, however they don't all follow the same URL structure.

For example:

  • /blog-post
  • /postname
  • /2016/01/01/post

Is there any way for me to make those links take them to their NEW locations - which would be just prepending /blog/?

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    Do you have any other content in the root directory other than the blog? Is there anything else that the rule would have to be careful not to redirect? – Stephen Ostermiller♦ Oct 14 '16 at 14:44
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    @StephenOstermiller unfortunately yes - index.php, about.php for example and css folders. – movecx Oct 14 '16 at 15:57
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    Does index.php use rewrite rules to handle many URLs (like WordPress does) or is it just the single URL? – Stephen Ostermiller♦ Oct 14 '16 at 15:58
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    @StephenOstermiller just the single URL – movecx Oct 14 '16 at 16:32
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Try the following in your root .htaccess file (using mod_rewrite):

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /(.*)
RewriteRule !^blog /blog/%1 [R=301,L]

For all URLs that don't start /blog and don't exist as physical files (in the document root, or anywhere for that matter) then 301 redirect to /blog/<whatever>.

Make sure you clear the browser cache if you've previously tested 301s that have failed.

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