www to non-www: Do I need a second htaccess RewriteCond for my Wordpress blog?

Note: I figured it would be best to ask this question in a new thread so it will be easier for others with the same question to find.

Currently, my forum uses the non-www URL version but my Wordpress uses the www for URLs. I will be changing my site to use the non-www version for URL.

My vBulletin is located at example.com
My Wordpress is located at example.com/blog/

Thanks to Brian I know what I need to do for the vBulletin part and will be using this in the htaccess:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.example\.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://example.com/$1 [L,R=301]

However there is another htaccess file found at domain.com/blog/. I don't recall ever modifying it when I set it up, but here's what it currently says:

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /blog/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /blog/index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

Do I need to modify this Wordpress htaccess file too so there are 301 redirects for the blog?

If you are trying to force a non-www on the second code block, insert what Brian showed you right after the rewritebase.

Okay, how do I format it since the WP is at example.com/blog/? Do I have to do something like this?

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.example\.com\blog\$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://example.com/blog/$1 [L,R=301]

Originally Posted by creditcardforum

Okay, how do I format it since the WP is at example.com/blog/? Do I have to do something like this?

It would just be

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.example\.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://example.com/blog/$1 [L,R=301]

that you need to place in the .htaccess folder in the blog directory.

It would just be

Code:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.example\.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://example.com/blog/$1 [L,R=301]

Okay thanks, but where do I put it in relation to the other things that are in the WP default htaccess. Something like this?

Code:

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /blog/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /blog/index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.example\.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://example.com/blog/$1 [L,R=301]

Hi,

No it would need to be above the rest of the WP rules but bellow the RewriteEngine On rule...

Something like this would work as you don't really need the <IfModule either

Code:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.example\.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://example.com/blog/$1 [L,R=301]

# BEGIN WordPress
RewriteBase /blog/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /blog/index.php [L]
# END WordPress