Setup Reverse Proxy

HelpGuides support configuration of reverse proxy for advanced scenarios.

What is Reverse Proxy?

For the sake of example, let's say you own a domain example.com. You have an existing website using that domain running WordPress where you host a blog: example.com/blog/example-name.

You then created a project on HelpGuides myproject.helpguides.io. And, you want to move your blog content from WordPress to HelpGuides while still using WordPress for your main website. This setup is known as a reverse proxy.

How it works

Requests sent to example.com/blog/example-name are proxied to myproject.helpguides.io/example-name. The blog content is hosted at myproject.helpguides.io, but the browser URL and canonical URL remains example.com/blog/example-name.

Why use a reverse proxy?

The use case for a reverse proxy is:

• Migrate content to a more robust platform, e.g. HelpGuides (search, APIs, AI tools, etc.)
• Do not break existing, published URLs
• Ensure that content remains associated with the root domain vs. a subdomain - good for SEO.

Setting up a Reverse Proxy

Setting up a Reverse Proxy is beyond the scope of this article. But platforms such as Cloudflare make these types of advanced configurations relatively simple.