Nginx + Wordpress language redirect

Question

i am currently trying to configure an Nginx installation with Wordpress multisite used for language support.

The multisite is configured: mysite.com (not used) mysite.com/it mysite.com/en

Basically i want to add a default language and redirect if i find english. The site is actually on an Apache installation so we use:

RewriteCond %{HTTP:Accept-Language} ^en [NC]
RewriteRule ^$ /en/ [L,R=301]

RewriteRule ^$ /it/ [L,R=301]

for the actual redirect.

I'm trying to replicate that with nginx, without any luck. So far i added:

map $http_accept_language $lang {
    default it;
    ~en en;
}

server {

 listen       80;
 server_name  mysite.com;
 access_log  /var/log/nginx/logs/mysite-access.log ;
 error_log /var/log/nginx/logs/mysite-error.log ;

 location / {
    root   /var/www/html/mysite;
    index  index.php index.html;
    try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
    rewrite ^ /$lang/ permanent;
 }    

#Other rules used by wordpress and plugins
}

This results in "The page does not redirect correctly" error.

Any tips on how to solve the issue?

Thanks.

Take a look at https://www.nginx.com/resources/wiki/modules/accept_language/ . — serverliving.com, May 09 '16 at 10:13

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered May 09 '16 at 12:16

Here is a problem:

    rewrite ^ /$lang/ permanent;

You are rewriting every request, not merely requests to the home page, because every request has a beginning.

There are (at least) two ways to fix this. You can use either:

Rewrite only requests for the home page.
```
rewrite ^/$ /$lang/ permanent;
```
Use a specific location that matches only the home page:
```
location = / {
    return 301 /$lang/;
}
```

Nginx + Wordpress language redirect

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