.htaccess - Adding a word to the URL via htaccess

Question

I've been struggling with a problem and have tried many other suggestions shown on this forum but have been unsuccessful.

I need to modify blog urls on my web site.

This is the current url:

https://www.example.com/my-blog/2021-outloook

I need the url to be this:

https://www.example.com/my-blog/entry/2021-outloook

So I'm trying to add the word "entry" to the url for the blog posts.

I've been trying to do this via htaccess without success.

Can anyone help?

Answer 1

1. Look for this line in your .htaccess. If it doesn't exist, add it.

    RewriteEngine On
   

2. Add this line below RewriteEngine On.

    RewriteRule ^my-blog/(.*)$ /my-blog/entry/$1 [R=301,L]
   

That will redirect your current URL as described. The R=301 makes this a permanent 301 redirect. The L directive tells Apache to stop applying any rules that follow.