htaccess too many redirect

Hi,

I am having issue with custom ‘wp-content/uploads’ url rewrite.

I have “renamed” the ‘wp-content/uploads’ folder to ‘files’ in the module settings.

However, I would like direct links to “wp-content/uploads” to be accessible at the same time WITHOUT redirecting it to 404 page, or rather it should be redirected/rewritten to ‘files’.

How should I go about changing the rules in .htaccess to remove the 404 redirection and to 301 redirect it/rewrite the URL?

Below is the existing rules in .htaccess:

# BEGIN WP Hide & Security Enhancer
...
RewriteRule ^files/(.+) /wp-content/uploads/$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteCond %{ENV:REDIRECT_STATUS} ^$
RewriteRule ^wp-content/uploads/(.+) /index.php?wph-throw-404 [L]
RewriteCond %{ENV:REDIRECT_STATUS} ^$
...
# END WP Hide & Security Enhancer

If i try to put the following rule all the way at the top of htaccess, it will say TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS:
RewriteRule ^wp-content/uploads/(.+)$ /files/$1 [R=301,L]

Please help, thanks

• This topic was modified 8 years, 7 months ago by jayden34638.