What Kind of Redirect Would This Be?

Server Config
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RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^test.co.uk$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://test.co.uk/$1 [L,R=301]

I noticed theres no www anywhere, so what kind of redirect would this be?

And what is the proper way to redirect a wordpress site from http://www.site.co.uk/ to http://site.co.uk/?

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3,

Why the RewriteBase directive?

Is it possible/likely that you’d have test.co.uk co-located with any other domain (except www.test.co.uk, of course)?

I’d not bother creating a new Apache variable with (.*) so I’d replace your rule with:

RewriteRule .? http://test.co.uk%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]

www or not? What’s your preference? What have you used when you configured WP? Generally speaking, they’re the same (except when using https) so don’t sweat the petty stuff.

Regards,

DK