> I want them to redirect to `www.example.com/blog`, but when I open my site it should not redirect me to blog You want it to "redirect" without redirecting! What you really mean is you want to _internally rewrite_ to `/blog` but without _externally redirecting_. You can do this with something like the following in .htaccess: RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/blog/ REwriteRule (.*) /blog/$1 [L] This basically says... if the requested URI does not start with `/blog/` then rewrite to include `/blog/` at the start. Note the absence of the `R` flag on the `RewriteRule` directive. The `R` flag would result in an _external redirect_. Note also that I've removed the `?` at the end of the `RewriteRule` substitution. This specifically removes any query string from the request. Unless that is required, it should be omitted. No need to test against `%{HTTP_HOST}` or specify IP addresses.