Objective

Using nginx redirect single url

Example

ORIGINAL URL:

http://example.com/foo

REDIRECT TO:

http://example.com/bar

nginx basic php location block example

location / {
	try_files $uri $uri/ @mylocation;
}

location @mylocation {
        rewrite ^/foo(.*)$ /bar/ redirect;
        rewrite ^.*$ /index.php last;
}

nginx wordpress example

location / {
	try_files $uri $uri/ @wordpress;
    }

    location @wordpress {
        rewrite ^/foo(.*)$ /bar/ redirect;
        rewrite ^/([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?files/(.+) /wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$2 last;
        rewrite ^/([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?wp-admin$ /$1wp-admin/ permanent;
        rewrite ^/[_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) /$1 last;
        rewrite ^/[_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/(.*\.php)?$ /$1 last;
        rewrite .* /index.php last;
    }