Wordpress 301 Redirect Help Please

I need to change my url structure to include an id so I want to just do it the way I should have done it when I started.

Right now I am simply using: %postname%

I want to change it to /topic-%year%%post_id%/

So the urls would go from /this-is-a-sweet-topic/

to /topic-2006123/

How would I 301 redirect the this-is-a-sweet-topic/ to the new url via .htaccess?

I guess you will have to create one rewrite rule per post in this case:

Code:

RewriteRule ^this-is-a-sweet-topic/ http://www.domain.com/topic-2006123/ [L,R=301]

Thanks I just needed the correct rule to give me a start

didn't i tell you to do this? :P
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The following is not working:

Code:

RewriteRule ^ford-mustang-video-game/ http://www.mustangevolution.com/topic-5/ [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^chip-foose-stallion-mustang/ http://www.mustangevolution.com/topic-6/ [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^shelby-gt500-convertible/ http://www.mustangevolution.com/topic-7/ [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^shelby-2005-cs6/ http://www.mustangevolution.com/topic-8/ [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^2007-shelby-gt500/ http://www.mustangevolution.com/topic-9/ [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^stockton-firm-faces-suit-ford-trademark-violation/ http://www.mustangevolution.com/topic-10/ [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^shelby-mustang-gt500-prices/ http://www.mustangevolution.com/topic-11/ [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^2005-rendered-mustang-t-tops/ http://www.mustangevolution.com/topic-12/ [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^ford-bold-moves-gt500/ http://www.mustangevolution.com/topic-13/ [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^2008-boss-mustang-return/ http://www.mustangevolution.com/topic-14/ [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^retail-shelby-gt-h/ http://www.mustangevolution.com/topic-15/ [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^2007-shelby-gt-mustang-information/ http://www.mustangevolution.com/topic-41/ [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^the-legend-mustang/ http://www.mustangevolution.com/topic-55/ [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^ford-mustangs-myspace/ http://www.mustangevolution.com/topic-59/ [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^shelby-gt500-road-america/ http://www.mustangevolution.com/topic-61/ [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^roush-427r-mustang/ http://www.mustangevolution.com/topic-64/ [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^ford-bold-moves-street-racing-video-game/ http://www.mustangevolution.com/topic-68/ [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^commercial-video-shelby-gt500-in-germany/ http://www.mustangevolution.com/topic-70/ [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^vmptuning-gets-505-to-the-wheels-with-gt500/ http://www.mustangevolution.com/topic-72/ [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^the-next-mustang-a-first-look-at-the-2009-ford-mustang/ http://www.mustangevolution.com/topic-81/ [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^mustang-gt-520/ http://www.mustangevolution.com/topic-94/ [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^saleen-2009-mustang-facelift/ http://www.mustangevolution.com/topic-99/ [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^shelby-gt500-debuts-as-nascar-pace-car/ http://www.mustangevolution.com/topic-105/ [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^ford-rolls-out-ford-mustang-for-sema-2006/ http://www.mustangevolution.com/topic-107/ [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^boss-302-engine-back/ http://www.mustangevolution.com/topic-114/ [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^sct-brings-next-generation-tuning-with-livewire/ http://www.mustangevolution.com/topic-120/ [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^2010-mustang-wagon-speculated-by-german-magazine/ http://www.mustangevolution.com/topic-126/ [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^giugiaro-2010-mustang-concept-picture/ http://www.mustangevolution.com/topic-129/ [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^viva-la-mustang-ford-releases-giugiaro-mustang-information/ http://www.mustangevolution.com/topic-131/ [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^shelby-gt-police-chase-commercial/ http://www.mustangevolution.com/topic-140/ [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^bullitt-and-boss-mustang-to-return-in-late-2007/ http://www.mustangevolution.com/topic-141/ [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^shelby-gt-mustang-production-starts-in-january/ http://www.mustangevolution.com/topic-142/ [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^35-duratec-v-6-and-46-3-valve-v-8-engines-top-wards-10-best-engines/ http://www.mustangevolution.com/topic-143/ [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^2007-mustang-meets-ipod/ http://www.mustangevolution.com/topic-97/ [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^interview-with-doug-gaffka-on-designing-the-shelby-gt500/ http://www.mustangevolution.com/topic-51/ [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^ford-mustang-sales-up-64-from-august-2005/ http://www.mustangevolution.com/topic-57/ [L,R=301]

All it does is take my to the mainpage and the url is to the old permalink

Is this full contents of your .htaccess? Didn't you forget to add "RewriteEngine on" to the top?

Full content:

Code:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond &#37;{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.mustangevolution\.com
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.mustangevolution.com/$1 [L,R=301]
# Redirect FeedBurner to your own Feed
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^feedburner_711296/?$ /feed/ [R,L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^FeedBurner.*$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
# These Rules redirect all feed Traffic to FeedBurner
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^feed=(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://feeds.feedburner.com/mustangnews [R,L]
RewriteRule ^(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)?/?$ http://feeds.feedburner.com/mustangnews [R,L]
RewriteRule ^wp-(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom).php http://feeds.feedburner.com/mustangnews [R,L]
# force trailing slash
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /+[^\.]+$
RewriteRule ^(.+[^/])$ /$1/ [R=301,L]
# These are the standard WordPress Rules
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
# Redirect FeedBurner to your own Feed
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^feedburner_711296/?$ /feed/ [R,L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^FeedBurner.*$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
# These Rules redirect all feed Traffic to FeedBurner
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^feed=(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://feeds.feedburner.com/mustangnews [R,L]
RewriteRule ^(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)?/?$ http://feeds.feedburner.com/mustangnews [R,L]
RewriteRule ^wp-(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom).php http://feeds.feedburner.com/mustangnews [R,L]
# These are the standard WordPress Rules
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

Where should I place the new rules? Also this .htaccess looks bloated. Are there duplicates in there that should be?

They should go right after "RewriteEngine On" line.

I guess that 2nd <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>...</IfModule> block is redundant