Wordpress .httaccess redirect

Discussion in 'Programming' started by andrej, Jun 24, 2013.

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  1. #1
    I want to redirect 2 affiliate links on my Wordpress website using the .httaccess file. By default the .httaccess file looks the following:
    # 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
    PHP:
    I wonder if everything will work fine if I add 2 lines (the redirect codes) at the bottom? It would look the following way:
    
# 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


redirect 301 /hostgator http://secure.hostgator.com/~affiliat/cgi-bin/affiliates/clickthru.cgi?id=andrej1
redirect 301 /bluehost http://www.bluehost.com/track/andrej1
    PHP:
    Will my Wordpress website work without any problems? Can I do this?
     
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    andrej, Jun 24, 2013 IP
  2. #2
    Sure, it's fine. 301 redirects should not affect your WP install unless you accidentally set up redirects that relate directly to your published content.
     
    I. Brian, Jun 24, 2013 IP
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  3. andrej

    andrej Notable Member

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    OK, thank you for your advice.
     
    andrej, Jun 25, 2013 IP