Using Apache to Redirect Pages

In this article I explain how to do a 301 and 302 redirect using Apache's .htaccess file.

Are you having trouble with htaccess redirects? No worries, they are easy!
In this article I explain how to do a 301 and 302 redirect using Apache’s .htaccess file.

To use a 301 redirect you need to have Apache and Apache’s mod_rewrite installed.

What is a 301 Redirect?

A 301 redirect means the page is moved permanently. A search engine will update this link and give the existing page rank to the new url.

What is a 302 Redirect?

A 302 redirect means the page is moved temporary. A search engine will check the original link each time it crawls.

How to do redirects in .htaccess

In your .htaccess file place the following

#This is how you do a 301 redirect
redirect 301 /old-page.html https://domain.com/new-page.html

#This is how you do a 302 redirect
redirect 302 /old-page.html https://domain.com/new-page.html

# How to do an exact redirect with and without the last slash:
RedirectMatch 301 ^/blog/?$ /blog/1

301 redirects are pretty straight forward, but they can get far more complex.

Reference

• Apache Tutorial: htaccess files
• 301 Redirect
• How 301 redirects work
• Redirect in PHP and htaccessvv