Redirection issue with multiple domains

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Last updated by Andreas 1 year, 9 months ago.

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February 10, 2023 at 5:54 pm #13009111
staffanS-2	I would just like to clarify something from my last c running hat so I'm not off doing something stupid. We are running a multidomain site and have Redirect disabled. What happens if you type the domain for a site that is not your native language? It's always redirecting to buting.se I guess your language is english, could you please try to go to hidden link (german site) and tell me what you see.
February 10, 2023 at 6:28 pm #13009197
staffanS-2	So I created a testing site at hidden link and deactivated wpml
February 10, 2023 at 6:34 pm #13009245
staffanS-2	I'm not really sure how this will help me, I can't really test the wpml multidomain function since it only takes me to the original site butong.se
February 10, 2023 at 7:28 pm #13009545
staffanS-2	So here's an idea why the site is doing the redirection. I have in the past changed the default language and then I'm not sure if I turned it back to Swedish or if WPML has done that by itself.
February 10, 2023 at 8:25 pm #13009705
Andreas	Hello there Thank you for contacting us. I am happy to help you. First of all, I would like to clarify that WPML is not able to do any kind of 301 redirections. The only thing it can do, if you enable it, is to set a cookie and display the proper language based on browser language, which is not your case. Now from my search, I found that the Redirection is caused by Litespeed. Please check my attached images. So I would suggest checking Litespeed and if it has some cache or defined some 301 redirect. I hope this helps. Please let us know how it goes or if you need any further assistance. I'll gladly help you. 🙂 Regards, Andreas
February 12, 2023 at 6:55 am #13014277
staffanS-2	This issue has ween with us for quite som time and has been present with w3 total cache and Litespeed. It is not a 301 redirection, if I understand the definition correctly, if you try hidden link it probably redirects you to hidden link since german is not your native language. I also deactivated litespeed 2 days ago You February 10, 2023 - 7:18 pm (a day ago) Deactivated plugin "LiteSpeed Cache" View plugin info
February 12, 2023 at 7:00 am #13014311
staffanS-2	Now I have also cleared the database with litespeed entrys with WP Optimize as well as other entries of not used/installed plugins. Still the same result.
February 13, 2023 at 9:56 am #13018549
Andreas	Thank you very much for your reply. May I ask you to share the content of your .htacess file? I am marking your next reply as private. Regards, Andreas
February 13, 2023 at 9:39 pm #13024749
staffanS-2	# BEGIN LSCACHE # END LSCACHE # BEGIN NON_LSCACHE # END NON_LSCACHE # fix CORS error for fonts <FilesMatch ".(eot\|otf\|ttf\|woff\|woff2)"> Header always set Access-Control-Allow-Origin "" </FilesMatch> #Begin Really Simple Security <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on [NC] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/\.well-known/acme-challenge/ RewriteRule ^(.)$ hidden link{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L] </IfModule> #End Really Simple Security # BEGIN WordPress # The directives (lines) between "BEGIN WordPress" and "END WordPress" are # dynamically generated, and should only be modified via WordPress filters. # Any changes to the directives between these markers will be overwritten. <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}] RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] </IfModule> # END WordPress
February 14, 2023 at 9:06 am #13027893
Andreas	Thank you In your htaccess there is a 301 redirection based on {HTTP_HOST}. May I ask you to check if this is what is causing you the error? Regards, Andreas
February 14, 2023 at 9:25 am #13028411
staffanS-2	So i cleaned the whole htaccess file, there's only comments in it now. Still same result. But I noticed a difference in how I write the links hidden link takes me to butong.se but hidden link takes me to butong.fr Can you see if you get the same results with and without www?
February 14, 2023 at 9:37 am #13028653
Andreas	First of all clear htacess is not the best idea, because WordPress needs some server rules in order to work. I am not sure if you are familiar with htacess rules and if you do it in purpose. Now redirection of www to non www domain is also can set with different ways. Not sure how to implement your server or site. But in general, have in mind that it is not bad this behavior. The only thing I would like to know since you comment on the lines in htacess, may I ask you to check it again and see if for any reason new lines have been added there? Regards, Andreas
February 14, 2023 at 10:00 am #13028851
staffanS-2	The only thing still in the htaccess file is # BEGIN LSCACHE # END LSCACHE # BEGIN NON_LSCACHE # END NON_LSCACHE # BEGIN WordPress # The directives (lines) between "BEGIN WordPress" and "END WordPress" are # dynamically generated, and should only be modified via WordPress filters. # Any changes to the directives between these markers will be overwritten. # END WordPress The things in the file were generated by a removed plugin. But I have a backup of it just in case.
February 14, 2023 at 10:55 am #13029425
Andreas	Thank you this is the default htacess for WordPress https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/htaccess/ You can check it. Regards, Andreas
February 15, 2023 at 7:12 am #13035837
staffanS-2	I applied this htaccess to the site and it seem to keep the site intact, but still get the same redirect.