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How to remove subdirectory in wordpress using htaccess

I need to change the url from:

http://example.com/*/a/any.html
http://example.com/*/b/any.html
http://example.com/*/c/any.html

to:

http://example.com/a/any.html
http://example.com/b/any.html
http://example.com/c/any.html

and if access directly to:

http://example.com/a/any.html
http://example.com/b/any.html
http://example.com/c/any.html

keep it that way

thank you all for your help in advance

Solution

  • If /subdir is the subdirectory you need to remove then you can try something like the following at the top of your root .htaccess file, before the existing WordPress directives:

    RewriteRule ^subdir(/(a|b|c)/[\w-]+\.html)$ $1 [R=302,L]

    If the subdirectory is literally any subdirectory then try the following instead:

    RewriteRule ^[^/]+(/(a|b|c)/[\w-]+\.html)$ $1 [R=302,L]