Wordpress How to fix URL using .htaccess?

Question

I am using wordpress, i have some URL issue.

My current URL is : http://www.example.com/states/?q=ohio

I want URL :www.example.com/states/ohio

i want to remove ? mark form url.

without adding code in htaccess when i call URL http://www.example.com/states/ohio. it given me page not found error.

so how could i solve this issue?

https://codex.wordpress.org/Introduction_to_Blogging#Pretty_Permalinks — Peon, Apr 25 '17 at 11:34
wordpress handle that automatically you just need to make sure you set permalinks using the settings API on your dashboard — Masivuye Cokile, Apr 25 '17 at 11:36
Possible duplicate of [URL rewriting with PHP](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16388959/url-rewriting-with-php) — Felix Haeberle, Apr 25 '17 at 12:28

atoms · Answer 1 · 2017-04-25T11:41:03.703

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Could use something like this as your htacces file:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^states/([a-zA-Z0-9-_]+)/?$ /states/?q=$1 [NC,L,QSA]

Visiting http://www.example.com/states/ohio/ should now resolve to /states/?q=ohio

If not check your apache logs and that the page can be directly accessed

edited Apr 25 '17 at 11:41

answered Apr 25 '17 at 11:35

atoms

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still not working query string still appearing in URL. – samir Apr 25 '17 at 11:37
add that to you htaccess file. then try the URL with a forward slash on the end – atoms Apr 25 '17 at 11:38
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@samir Did you enabled mod_rewrite module in you apache server ? What server you are using ? – Suresh Velusamy Apr 25 '17 at 11:38
is the htaccess file saved in the root of your site? – atoms Apr 25 '17 at 11:44
so what is the error? What does the apache log show? – atoms Apr 25 '17 at 11:45
i said still ? mark is appearing in URL. i want URL like this www.example.com/states/ohio/ – samir Apr 25 '17 at 11:47
so if you visit http://www.example.com/states/ohio// it directs back to the ? address? if so you need to remove the other redirect & clear cache to try again – atoms Apr 25 '17 at 11:48
then there is probably another redirect in place. somewhere. – atoms Apr 25 '17 at 11:51

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 25 '17 at 11:40

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I have done the same thing previously using add_rewrite_rule.

Try to use this code,

 function custom_rewrite_rule() {
      add_rewrite_rule(        
            'states/([^/]*)/?',        
            'index.php/states/?q=$1',        
            'top' );
    }

    add_action('init', 'custom_rewrite_rule', 10, 0);

Do not forget to update your permalink after adding this into "function.php" file.

It should work for you. Thanks.

answered Apr 25 '17 at 11:40

Ahmed Ginani

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i used above code in my theme functions.php and also update permalink but still query string is appearing in my URL. – samir Apr 25 '17 at 11:43
@samir , check your .htacces file after updating your permalink structure. It should be updated with this: "RewriteRule ^states/([^/]*)/? /index.php/states/?q=$1 [QSA,L]". Try to load this link: http://www.example.com/states/ohio directely. – Ahmed Ginani Apr 25 '17 at 11:47
It's given me page not found Error. :( – samir Apr 25 '17 at 11:52
my pleasure :-) – Ahmed Ginani Apr 25 '17 at 11:55
this code is not working on cpanel , it's given me page not found error. – samir Apr 25 '17 at 12:14

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