.htaccess file can't be replaced to change URLs

You should be able to just add the following to your .htaccess file:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^yourdomain.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.yourdomain.com/$1 [L,R=301]

David thanks for your prompt response:

For every old and new page 301 redirect I add the above code?

redirectMatch 301^(.*)$ https://www.oldsite.com/index.html/
redirectMatch permanent ^(.*)$ https://www.newsite.com/

redirectMatch 301^(.*)$ https://www.oldsite.com/about.html/
redirectMatch permanent ^(.*)$ https://www.newsite.com/about-us/

redirectMatch 301^(.*)$ https://www.oldsite.com/site/programs.html
redirectMatch permanent ^(.*)$ https://www.newsite.com/programs/

etc, etc……

Will I than delete the old .html files on the server?

Thanks

Am I replacing below with the above code you provided, or adding it like this?

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^yourdomain.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.yourdomain.com/$1 [L,R=301]
# END WordPress

It doesn’t really matter.

Crystal, I read your post quickly and overlooked the part where you redirecting individual pages as well. Sorry about that. The code I posted will fix the non-www issue.

To redirect individual pages, try doing the following for each page URL:

RewriteRule ^about.html$ https://www.mydomain.com/about-us [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^work.html$ https://www.mydomain.com/our-work [L,R=301]

If the above doesn’t work, try adding a leading / before like so:

RewriteRule ^/about.html$ https://www.mydomain.com/about-us [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^/work.html$ https://www.mydomain.com/our-work [L,R=301]

Hi David:

OK, in my file I got rid of the
# BEGIN WordPress
<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

And put in all the pages with:
RewriteRule ^about.html$ https://www.mydomain.com/about-us [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^work.html$ https://www.mydomain.com/our-work [L,R=301]

That didn’t work
I used the / before. That didn’t work.

I realized it can’t run without the first code in there.
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^mydomain.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.mydomain.com/$1 [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^/about.html$ https://www.mydomain.com/about-us [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^/work.html$ https://www.mydomain.com/our-work [L,R=301]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress

Ok so the site is working, but if I type in www. after the https:// it reverts to https://mydomain.com?

Now I can’t log into my wp-Control Panel–yikes

To make the site’s URL https://www., go into WordPress; Settings; General, and add the www to the WordPress URL and Site Address section!

No! That can immediately trash your site & lock you out of your admin area.

You should not be removing the code that WordPress places in the .htaccess file by default. It is needed to make the site run properly. Leave what is already in there and add the pieces I’ve talked about.

Also, I’m assuming you are replacing “mydomain.com” with your actual domain, correct?

It all works great now, I’m not locked out of my CPanel,
and No I didn’t remove it.
.htaccess file is now:
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
RewriteRule ^/about.html$ https://www.mydomain.com/about-us [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^/work.html$ https://www.mydomain.com/our-work [L,R=301]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress
And to make the site’s URL https://www., I went into WordPress; Settings; General, and added the www to the WordPress URL and Site Address section!

It works now!!!!!

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