Redirect rule for URLs ending with the same suffix?

Question

So I have a number of pages with URLs end in the same thing but have different content between the main URL and the final suffix. Some of these have multiple levels. For example:

https://www.example.com/category-1/page-to-be-redirected

https://www.example.com/news/topic-1/page-to-be-redirected

https://www.example.com/subfolder/category-1/category-2/page-to-be-redirected

https://www.example.com/blog-news/page-to-be-redirected

I need a redirect rule which will find all of these instances (anything including '/page-to-be-redirected' in this example) and send them all back to the home page (e.g. https://www.example.com).

Any help / advice would be amazing. Thank you!!

Answer 1

The simplest way to add and manage redirects in WordPress is by using the Redirection plugin. Install and activate the plugin. Once activated, visit Tools » Redirection to setup your redirects.

Documentation for the Redirection plugin can be found in this article.

If you would rather use the web server configuration file .htaccess, you will need to connect to your website using an FTP client. The .htaccess file resides in your WordPress site’s root directory. If you can’t see the file there, you need to set the FTP client to show hidden files. You may edit the .htaccess file in any text editor.

An example of a simple redirect (but much more can be found on the web) :

RewriteEngine On
Redirect 301 ^https://www.example.com/.*/page-to-be-redirected$ https://www.example.com/

For more information, see for example the article
Beginner’s Guide to Creating 301 Redirects in WordPress (Step by Step).