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Burgi
Burgi

Reputation: 434

WordPress 301 Redirects on IIS

I am really struggling with getting the 301 redirects working on our server after deploying a new website. Everything I have tried has either resulted in a 500 error or just plain not working.

Below is the rewrite section excerpt from my web.config file.

<rewrite>
    <rules>
        <rule name="wordpress" stopProcessing="true">
            <match url=".*" />
            <conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAll">
                <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" negate="true" />
                <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" negate="true" />
            </conditions>
            <action type="Rewrite" url="index.php" />
        </rule>
        <rule name="301 Redirect 1" stopProcessing="true">
            <match url="^join$" />
            <action type="Redirect" url="careers" redirectType="Permanent" />
        </rule>
    </rules>
</rewrite>

I was expecting to be able to redirect http://www.example.com/join to http://www.example.com/careers but I just get a 404 while accessing http://www.example.com/join.

I have checked and the URL Rewrite module is installed and enabled.

What am I doing wrong?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 857

Answers (2)

Pratik Bhatt
Pratik Bhatt

Reputation: 488

Replace the code in your web.config file and update it with below code

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
<system.webServer>
<rewrite>
<rules>
<rule name="Main Rule" stopProcessing="true">
<match url=".*" />
<conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAll">
<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" negate="true" />
<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" negate="true" />
</conditions>
<action type="Rewrite" url="index.php" />
</rule>
</rules>
</rewrite>
</system.webServer>
</configuration>

Upvotes: -1

Allen
Allen

Reputation: 6505

move your 301 redirect as first rule before the wordpress rule.

<rewrite>
    <rules>
        <rule name="301 Redirect 1" stopProcessing="true">
            <match url="^join$" />
            <action type="Redirect" url="careers" redirectType="Permanent" />
        </rule>
        <rule name="wordpress" stopProcessing="true">
            <match url=".*" />
            <conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAll">
                <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" negate="true" />
                <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" negate="true" />
            </conditions>
            <action type="Rewrite" url="index.php" />
        </rule>
    </rules>
</rewrite>

Upvotes: 2

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