How to redirect multiple files in same directory using nginx?

Question

We have a site built with WordPress with nginx web server. I want to do multiple redirection in one line of code in our nginx file.

The code below runs smoothly:

location /wp-links-opml.php {
  return 301 https://$host/page-not-found;
}

What I want to happen is redirect multiple files in just one config:

location /wp-links-opml.php /wp-config-sample.php /wp-load.php {
  return 301 https://$host/page-not-found;
}

All of the files above belong in root directory but nginx prompts with nginx exited with code 1

Do you know how can I properly redirect multiple files in 1 config?

Note: I tried this How can I have same rule for two locations in NGINX config? but in my case I am working with php files and not locations

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 23 '19 at 11:56

2

That's how you could use one location for multiple files:

    location ~ ^/(wp-links-opml.php|wp-config-sample.php|wp-load.php)$ {
        return 301 https://$host/page-not-found;
    }

edited Jul 23 '19 at 11:56

Richard Smith

answered Jul 23 '19 at 09:22

metallic

thank you for this. what i also did with your code is put the new config on top of the default `nginx` php config. i think it has an effect in terms of priority – redshot Jul 23 '19 at 12:45

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