This is what I have found as the ideal format for redirecting a single page with a Permanent (301) Redirect in WPENGINE.
Source
^/url-path-here/?$
What this does is…
- ^ means that this is the beginning of the URL
- ? will let this apply whether there is a trailing slash or not
- $ forces the redirect to end here and not apply further
Destination
Put whatever the full final path is here. For best server performance it should be the full URL e.g. https://fewerthanthree.com/destination-url/
This means that if we had ^/how-to-rock/?$ as the rule then accessing
https://example.com/how-to-rock/
or
https://example.com/how-to-rock
Should both redirect to whatever I put in the Destination.
Further Reading and Tools
- Redirect Checker – useful for avoiding browser cache misdiagnosis when testing redirects
- WPENGINE Advanced Rewrite Options
- WPENGINE – Common RegEx Used for Redirect Rules and SSL
