{"id":2976,"date":"2015-08-12T20:35:50","date_gmt":"2015-08-13T00:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/digitalreadymarketing.com\/?p=2976"},"modified":"2020-01-30T08:08:22","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T13:08:22","slug":"uppercase-url-vs-lowercase-url-duplicate-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitalreadymarketing.com\/uppercase-url-vs-lowercase-url-duplicate-content\/","title":{"rendered":"Uppercase URL Vs. Lowercase URL &#8211; Duplicate Content"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><iframe title=\"Uppercase URL vs  Lowercase URL \u2013 Duplicate Content\" width=\"1333\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-zffAbVpz7w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Out of the many kinds of <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalreadymarketing.com\/what-is-duplicate-content-how-to-find-solve-them\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">duplicate content issues<\/a>, this is probably one of the least noticed duplicate content issue.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly enough, default WordPress setting does not take care of this problem so the best way is to use htaccess file to apply the redirect.<\/p>\n<p>There is also a very old WordPress Plugin called &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/force-lowercase-urls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Force Lowercase URLs<\/a>&#8221; \u00a0you could use, but it hasn&#8217;t been updated since 2012, you might want to test it out before applying on a live site.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3642 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalreadymarketing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/force-lower-case-URL.png\" alt=\"force lower case URL\" width=\"812\" height=\"623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalreadymarketing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/force-lower-case-URL.png 812w, https:\/\/digitalreadymarketing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/force-lower-case-URL-300x230.png 300w, https:\/\/digitalreadymarketing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/force-lower-case-URL-65x50.png 65w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 812px) 100vw, 812px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>How to upload the code to htaccess file<\/h2>\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/digitalreadymarketing.com\/affordable-seo-packages\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3317 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/digitalreadymarketing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DRM-video-thumbnail-with-button-300x168.png\" alt=\"DRM video thumbnail with button\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalreadymarketing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DRM-video-thumbnail-with-button-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/digitalreadymarketing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DRM-video-thumbnail-with-button-1024x575.png 1024w, https:\/\/digitalreadymarketing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DRM-video-thumbnail-with-button.png 1154w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-button-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalreadymarketing.com\/affordable-seo-packages\/\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-default\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#2def37;border-color:#24c02c;border-radius:12px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 30px;font-size:22px;line-height:44px;border-color:#6cf473;border-radius:12px;text-shadow:0px 2px 0px #000000\"> Join Us To Access The Video &gt;&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-simple su-spoiler-icon-caret su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>Video Notes<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true\">RewriteEngine On\r\nRewriteBase \/\r\n\r\n# If there are caps, set HASCAPS to true and skip next rule\r\nRewriteRule [A-Z] - [E=HASCAPS:TRUE,S=1]\r\n\r\n# Skip this entire section if no uppercase letters in requested URL\r\nRewriteRule ![A-Z] - [S=28]\r\n\r\n# Replace single occurance of CAP with cap, then process next Rule.\r\nRewriteRule ^([^A]*)A(.*)$ $1a$2\r\nRewriteRule ^([^B]*)B(.*)$ $1b$2\r\nRewriteRule ^([^C]*)C(.*)$ $1c$2\r\nRewriteRule ^([^D]*)D(.*)$ $1d$2\r\nRewriteRule ^([^E]*)E(.*)$ $1e$2\r\nRewriteRule ^([^F]*)F(.*)$ $1f$2\r\nRewriteRule ^([^G]*)G(.*)$ $1g$2\r\nRewriteRule ^([^H]*)H(.*)$ $1h$2\r\nRewriteRule ^([^I]*)I(.*)$ $1i$2\r\nRewriteRule ^([^J]*)J(.*)$ $1j$2\r\nRewriteRule ^([^K]*)K(.*)$ $1k$2\r\nRewriteRule ^([^L]*)L(.*)$ $1l$2\r\nRewriteRule ^([^M]*)M(.*)$ $1m$2\r\nRewriteRule ^([^N]*)N(.*)$ $1n$2\r\nRewriteRule ^([^O]*)O(.*)$ $1o$2\r\nRewriteRule ^([^P]*)P(.*)$ $1p$2\r\nRewriteRule ^([^Q]*)Q(.*)$ $1q$2\r\nRewriteRule ^([^R]*)R(.*)$ $1r$2\r\nRewriteRule ^([^S]*)S(.*)$ $1s$2\r\nRewriteRule ^([^T]*)T(.*)$ $1t$2\r\nRewriteRule ^([^U]*)U(.*)$ $1u$2\r\nRewriteRule ^([^V]*)V(.*)$ $1v$2\r\nRewriteRule ^([^W]*)W(.*)$ $1w$2\r\nRewriteRule ^([^X]*)X(.*)$ $1x$2\r\nRewriteRule ^([^Y]*)Y(.*)$ $1y$2\r\nRewriteRule ^([^Z]*)Z(.*)$ $1z$2\r\n\r\n# If there are any uppercase letters, restart at very first RewriteRule in file.\r\nRewriteRule [A-Z] - [N]\r\n\r\nRewriteCond %{ENV:HASCAPS} TRUE\r\nRewriteRule ^\/?(.*) \/$1 [R=301,L]<\/pre>\n<h3>Reference<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.askapache.com\/htaccess\/rewrite-uppercase-lowercase.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.askapache.com\/htaccess\/rewrite-uppercase-lowercase.html<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.goinflow.com\/redirect-uppercase-urls-to-lowercase\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.goinflow.com\/redirect-uppercase-urls-to-lowercase\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Out of the many kinds of duplicate content issues, this is probably one of the least noticed duplicate content issue. 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