Trying to rewrite a dynamic wordpress url to more friendly url

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Hi there,

Thank you for any pointers that may be able to help me :)

I'm trying to rewrite a dynamic wordpress url using mod_rewrite in my htaccess file..

detail?series_id=1&wpda_search_column_series_id=1

To this..

nice-url-instead

What I have tried:

I've tried this htaccess code..

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^nice-url-instead$ detail?series_id=1&wpda_search_column_series_id=1

But I just get a page not found in wordpress.

So basically I just want the page that's normally returned fine here..

detail?series_id=1&wpda_search_column_series_id=1

Rewritten so that that page appears under the cleaner url..

nice-url-instead

Feels like it should be do-able but I'm kind of hacking my way through if I'm honest!

Thanks!

Posted 1-Jun-22 4:19am

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Updated 1-Jun-22 4:52am

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Graeme Ball · Answer 1 · 2022-07-26T00:45:00

Sometimes using a 301 redirect plugin can work around this issue.

It is also worth noting that if you have a deleted post or page in the Bin area ( At the top section) This will need to be cleared out of the bin, if it holds a page / URL that you are looking to redirect to.

Apart from the above, the post itself should be editable via the Permalink / URL. Then you can add a redirect rule via a 301 redirect plugin from the old URL to the new cleaner one.

Hope this helps

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