Help me find this re-direct

I know these things are normally in .htaccess

That’s correct. Did you check your hosting control panel for a redirect option?

I did and it’s not there. Let me ask you this. If I didn’t configure a redirect anywhere and my website was set to https://www.ia.com and someone typed in https://ia.com, does WordPress handle any of this on its own?

I appreciate the help.

Did you check the virtual host file? Sometimes redirects via htaccess are considered pretty heavyweight, so virtual host is used instead. (Be careful with that file, wrong changes can make your site unavailable)

No. I’ve never even heard of those. I’m reading a bit about it but it’s not totally clear. Do I need to define location of the virtual host file in the apache conf file? Thanks

Do I need to define location of the virtual host file in the apache conf file

No. Just check if there’s a vhost file

Sorry for the delay. Life got really busy.

I do not have anything in my vhost file. I wasn’t able to check it but Siteground support did.

I looked at .htaccess and now there is redirect stuff in it. I’m not sure if a plugin added it or what. See here:

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# BEGIN WP Rocket v3.7.4
# Use UTF-8 encoding for anything served text/plain or text/html
AddDefaultCharset UTF-8
# Force UTF-8 for a number of file formats
<IfModule mod_mime.c>
AddCharset UTF-8 .atom .css .js .json .rss .vtt .xml
</IfModule>
# FileETag None is not enough for every server.
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
Header unset ETag
</IfModule>
# Since we’re sending far-future expires, we don’t need ETags for static content.
# developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html#etags
FileETag None
<IfModule mod_alias.c>
<FilesMatch “\.(html|htm|rtf|rtx|txt|xsd|xsl|xml)$”>
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
Header set X-Powered-By “WP Rocket/3.7.4”
Header unset Pragma
Header append Cache-Control “public”
Header unset Last-Modified
</IfModule>
</FilesMatch>
<FilesMatch “\.(css|htc|js|asf|asx|wax|wmv|wmx|avi|bmp|class|divx|doc|docx|eot|exe|gif|gz|gzip|ico|jpg|jpeg|jpe|json|mdb|mid|midi|mov|qt|mp3|m4a|mp4|m4v|mpeg|mpg|mpe|mpp|otf|odb|odc|odf|odg|odp|ods|odt|ogg|pdf|png|pot|pps|ppt|pptx|ra|ram|svg|svgz|swf|tar|tif|tiff|ttf|ttc|wav|wma|wri|xla|xls|xlsx|xlt|xlw|zip)$”>
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
Header unset Pragma
Header append Cache-Control “public”
</IfModule>
</FilesMatch>
</IfModule>
# Expires headers (for better cache control)
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
ExpiresActive on
ExpiresDefault “access plus 1 month”
# cache.appcache needs re-requests in FF 3.6 (thanks Remy ~Introducing HTML5)
ExpiresByType text/cache-manifest “access plus 0 seconds”
# Your document html
ExpiresByType text/html “access plus 0 seconds”
# Data
ExpiresByType text/xml “access plus 0 seconds”
ExpiresByType application/xml “access plus 0 seconds”
ExpiresByType application/json “access plus 0 seconds”
# Feed
ExpiresByType application/rss+xml “access plus 1 hour”
ExpiresByType application/atom+xml “access plus 1 hour”
# Favicon (cannot be renamed)
ExpiresByType image/x-icon “access plus 1 week”
# Media: images, video, audio
ExpiresByType image/gif “access plus 4 months”
ExpiresByType image/png “access plus 4 months”
ExpiresByType image/jpeg “access plus 4 months”
ExpiresByType image/webp “access plus 4 months”
ExpiresByType video/ogg “access plus 4 months”
ExpiresByType audio/ogg “access plus 4 months”
ExpiresByType video/mp4 “access plus 4 months”
ExpiresByType video/webm “access plus 4 months”
# HTC files (css3pie)
ExpiresByType text/x-component “access plus 1 month”
# Webfonts
ExpiresByType font/ttf “access plus 4 months”
ExpiresByType font/otf “access plus 4 months”
ExpiresByType font/woff “access plus 4 months”
ExpiresByType font/woff2 “access plus 4 months”
ExpiresByType image/svg+xml “access plus 1 month”
ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-fontobject “access plus 1 month”
# CSS and JavaScript
ExpiresByType text/css “access plus 1 year”
ExpiresByType application/javascript “access plus 1 year”
</IfModule>
# Gzip compression
<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
# Active compression
SetOutputFilter DEFLATE
# Force deflate for mangled headers
<IfModule mod_setenvif.c>
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
SetEnvIfNoCase ^(Accept-EncodXng|X-cept-Encoding|X{15}|~{15}|-{15})$ ^((gzip|deflate)\s*,?\s*)+|[X~-]{4,13}$ HAVE_Accept-Encoding
RequestHeader append Accept-Encoding “gzip,deflate” env=HAVE_Accept-Encoding
# Don’t compress images and other uncompressible content
SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI \
\.(?:gif|jpe?g|png|rar|zip|exe|flv|mov|wma|mp3|avi|swf|mp?g|mp4|webm|webp|pdf)$ no-gzip dont-vary
</IfModule>
</IfModule>
# Compress all output labeled with one of the following MIME-types
<IfModule mod_filter.c>
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/atom+xml \
application/javascript \
application/json \
application/rss+xml \
application/vnd.ms-fontobject \
application/x-font-ttf \
application/xhtml+xml \
application/xml \
font/opentype \
image/svg+xml \
image/x-icon \
text/css \
text/html \
text/plain \
text/x-component \
text/xml
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
Header append Vary: Accept-Encoding
</IfModule>
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_mime.c>
AddType text/html .html_gzip
AddEncoding gzip .html_gzip
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_setenvif.c>
SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI \.html_gzip$ no-gzip
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} on [OR]
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} ^443$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} https
RewriteRule .* – [E=WPR_SSL:-https]
RewriteCond %{HTTP:Accept-Encoding} gzip
RewriteRule .* – [E=WPR_ENC:_gzip]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} GET
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} =””
RewriteCond %{HTTP:Cookie} !(wordpress_logged_in_.+|wp-postpass_|wptouch_switch_toggle|comment_author_|comment_author_email_) [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^(/(.+/)?feed/?.+/?|/(?:.+/)?embed/|/(index\.php/)?wp\-json(/.*|$))$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} !^(facebookexternalhit).* [NC]
RewriteCond “%{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/wp-content/cache/wp-rocket/%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}/index%{ENV:WPR_SSL}%{ENV:WPR_WEBP}.html%{ENV:WPR_ENC}” -f
RewriteRule .* “/wp-content/cache/wp-rocket/%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}/index%{ENV:WPR_SSL}%{ENV:WPR_WEBP}.html%{ENV:WPR_ENC}” [L]
</IfModule>
# END WP Rocket
# Leverage Browser Caching by SG-Optimizer
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
ExpiresActive on
ExpiresDefault “access plus 6 months”
# CSS
ExpiresByType text/css “access plus 1 year”
# HTML components (HTCs)
ExpiresByType text/x-component “access plus 0 seconds”
# HTML
ExpiresByType text/html “access plus 0 seconds”
# JavaScript
ExpiresByType application/javascript “access plus 1 year”
ExpiresByType application/x-javascript “access plus 1 year”
# Manifest files
ExpiresByType application/x-web-app-manifest+json “access plus 0 seconds”
ExpiresByType text/cache-manifest “access plus 0 seconds”
# Media
ExpiresByType audio/ogg “access plus 1 year”
ExpiresByType image/gif “access plus 1 year”
ExpiresByType image/jpg “access plus 1 year”
ExpiresByType image/jpeg “access plus 1 year”
ExpiresByType image/png “access plus 1 year”
ExpiresByType image/svg “access plus 1 year”
ExpiresByType image/svg+xml “access plus 1 year”
ExpiresByType video/mp4 “access plus 1 year”
ExpiresByType video/ogg “access plus 1 year”
ExpiresByType video/webm “access plus 1 year”
ExpiresByType image/x-icon “access plus 1 year”
ExpiresByType application/pdf “access plus 1 year”
ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash “access plus 1 year”
# Web feeds
ExpiresByType application/atom+xml “access plus 1 hour”
ExpiresByType application/rss+xml “access plus 1 hour”
# Web fonts
ExpiresByType application/font-woff “access plus 1 year”
ExpiresByType application/font-woff2 “access plus 1 year”
ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-fontobject “access plus 1 year”
ExpiresByType application/x-font-ttf “access plus 1 year”
ExpiresByType font/opentype “access plus 1 year”
</IfModule>
# END LBC
# START PHP VERSION CHANGE forced by SG Optimizer
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php74 .php .php5 .php4 .php3
# END PHP VERSION CHANGE
# GZIP enabled by SG-Optimizer
<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
<IfModule mod_filter.c>
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE “application/atom+xml” \
“application/javascript” \
“application/json” \
“application/ld+json” \
“application/manifest+json” \
“application/rdf+xml” \
“application/rss+xml” \
“application/schema+json” \
“application/vnd.geo+json” \
“application/vnd.ms-fontobject” \
“application/x-font-ttf” \
“application/x-javascript” \
“application/x-web-app-manifest+json” \
“application/xhtml+xml” \
“application/xml” \
“font/eot” \
“font/opentype” \
“image/bmp” \
“image/svg+xml” \
“image/vnd.microsoft.icon” \
“image/x-icon” \
“text/cache-manifest” \
“text/css” \
“text/html” \
“text/javascript” \
“text/plain” \
“text/vcard” \
“text/vnd.rim.location.xloc” \
“text/vtt” \
“text/x-component” \
“text/x-cross-domain-policy” \
“text/xml”
</IfModule>
</IfModule>
# END GZIP
# BEGIN LSCACHE
# END LSCACHE
# BEGIN NON_LSCACHE
# END NON_LSCACHE
#for browsershots
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent libwww-perl bad_bots
order deny,allow
deny from env=bad_bots
# BEGIN WordPress
# The directives (lines) between “BEGIN WordPress” and “END WordPress” are
# dynamically generated, and should only be modified via WordPress filters.
# Any changes to the directives between these markers will be overwritten.
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php74 .php .php5 .php4 .php3
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress
<Files 403.shtml>
order allow,deny
allow from all
</Files>
deny from 154.120.99.157
deny from 203.195.224.0/24
deny from 166.223.0.0/16
deny from 166.221.0.0/16
deny from 166.220.0.0/16
deny from 166.224.0.0/16
deny from 166.225.0.0/16
deny from 166.226.0.0/16
deny from 166.227.0.0/16
deny from 166.228.0.0/16
deny from 166.229.0.0/16

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Thanks

• This reply was modified 4 years, 3 months ago by rmcc4444.

Any help is greatly appreciated. I would even pay to have this fixed.