By default, Apache and WordPress append trailing slash to all its URLs. Here’s how to remove trailing slash in Apache and WordPress.
How to Remove Trailing Slash in Apache
Before proceeding further, you need to enable mod_rewrite in Apache web server. Here are the steps to enable mod_rewrite (.htaccess) in Apache web server.
1. Open htaccess file
Open terminal and run the following command to open .htaccess file. Please change the file path to .htaccess file as per your requirement.
$ sudo vi /var/www/html/.htaccess
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2. Remove trailing slash
Add the following 2 lines to redirect all URLs with trailing slash to URLs without trailing slash.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ /$1 [R=301,L]
In the above code, the first line checks that the request is a URL and not a directory. The second line redirect matching URLs with trailing slash to those without trailing slash.
Alternatively, you can add the following line
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3. Restart Apache web server
Restart Apache server with following command
$ sudo systemctl restart httpd
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