Title: Regex appears to not work…
Last modified: March 16, 2026

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# Regex appears to not work…

 *  Resolved [brucedwilliams](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brucedwilliams/)
 * (@brucedwilliams)
 * [3 weeks, 5 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/regex-appears-to-not-work/)
 * I’m attempting to redirect pages like “/calendar/any-sequence-of-characters” 
   to “/events/” using the regex: /calendar/.*
 * This doesn’t seem to be working. As an example, “/calendar/month.calendar/2020/
   08/08/46.html” fails to redirect at all.
 * What am I missing?

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 *  Plugin Author [John Godley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnny5/)
 * (@johnny5)
 * [3 weeks, 5 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/regex-appears-to-not-work/#post-18853203)
 * You can find details here:
 * [https://redirection.me/support/problems/url-not-redirecting/](https://redirection.me/support/problems/url-not-redirecting/)
 *  Thread Starter [brucedwilliams](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brucedwilliams/)
 * (@brucedwilliams)
 * [3 weeks, 5 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/regex-appears-to-not-work/#post-18853222)
 * John, thanks for the lightning fast response!
 * It’s not browser cache, as I have tested clearing that and get the same null 
   result.
 * It’s not server cache, as that is disabled.
 * I also don’t think it’s due to the .html file type being otherwise redirected
   as I can access the WordPress “readme.html” that is included in every WordPress
   install.
 * Any other ideas? This isn’t critical, but it sure would help to make a cleaner
   transition from a Joomla-based site to a WordPress-based site I’m currently working
   on…
 * Thanks!
 *  Plugin Author [John Godley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnny5/)
 * (@johnny5)
 * [3 weeks, 5 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/regex-appears-to-not-work/#post-18853227)
 * The fact you can access a .html just shows your server is set up to handle them.
   It is almost certainly the cause of why you can’t redirect it.
 *  Thread Starter [brucedwilliams](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brucedwilliams/)
 * (@brucedwilliams)
 * [3 weeks, 5 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/regex-appears-to-not-work/#post-18853258)
 * Argh, I’m an idiot…

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 * Last activity: [3 weeks, 5 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/regex-appears-to-not-work/#post-18853258)
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