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Asked: 2026-05-25T09:44:39+00:00

I just can’t seem to be able to run a 301 redirect and rewrite

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I just can’t seem to be able to run a 301 redirect and rewrite when a specific variable is somewhere inside a dynamic URL.

For example, with any of these URLs:

/movabletype/mt-search.cgi?tag=SOMETHING&limit=20
/some-other-random-content?post=somethinghere&tag=SOMETHING

If tag=SOMETHING is anywhere inside the URL, then redirect to:
/categories/something_here/

Any ideas?! Here’s what I have so far – I’m at a loss as to what to put inside the RewriteCond

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}
RewriteRule tag=SOMETHING /categories/something_here/ [L,R=301]
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  1. Editorial Team

    Your rewrite condition requires a left- and right-hand argument. It looks like you want to redirect when a certain URL parameter is present (i.e, tag), so you can use %{QUERY_STRING} in your condition.

    Consider the following example:

    RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} tag=([A-Za-z0-9]+)
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /categories/$1 [R=301,L]

    This should take a URL like /some-other-random-content?post=somethinghere&tag=SOMETHING and redirect it to /categories/SOMETHING.

    URL Rewriting for Beginners may be a helpful guide.

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