Problem with URL path and .htacces redirect - apache

Question

I have the following code in my .htaccess:
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\. [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(?:www\.)?(.+)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^ https://%1%{REQUEST_URI} [L,NE,R=301]
which redirects all traffic to HTTPS and non-www, perfectly. However if a user happens to visit a page on the website and includes www it doesn't keep the full path but redirects to the home page. For example:
www.example.com goes to example.com
but
www.example.com/page goes to example.com instead of example.com/page
this happens regardless of using HTTPS or HTTP. It's something to do with the www redirect that's causing the problem (?)... I just can't figure it out and I've googled many answers to no avail.
UPDATE
My full .htacces is:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
# block text files in the content folder from being accessed directly
RewriteRule ^content/(.*)\.(txt|md|mdown)$ index.php [L]
# block all files in the site folder from being accessed directly
# except for requests to plugin assets files
RewriteRule ^assets/plugins/([a-zA-Z0-9\.\-_%=]+)/(.*)$ site/plugins/$1/assets/$2 [L,N]
RewriteCond $1 !^plugins/[a-zA-Z0-9\.\-_%=]+/assets/.*
RewriteRule ^site/(.*) index.php [L]
# block direct access to kirby and the panel sources
RewriteRule ^(kirby|panel\/app|panel\/tests)/(.*) index.php [L]
# make panel links work
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^panel/(.*) panel/index.php [L]
# make site links work
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*) index.php [L]
# HTTP to HTTPS and WWW to non WWW
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\. [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(?:www\.)?(.+)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^ https://%1%{REQUEST_URI} [L,NE,R=301]

Answer 1

Could you please try following, based on your shown samples. Please keep these rules above all of your rules and make sure you clear your browser cache before testing these.
RewriteEngine ON
##For www requests changing to https.
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\. [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(?:www\.)?(.+)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^ https://%1%{REQUEST_URI} [L,NE,R=301]
##For non-www requests changing to https.
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(?:www\.)?(.+)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^ https://%1%{REQUEST_URI} [L,NE,R=301]