Rewriting URLs and Doing WordPress Redirects Without .htaccess - WordPress Redirection Plug-in by Urbangiraffe.com
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Plug-ins are really useful if you use WordPress; they make things very easy. Since editing .htaccess requires that you mess with server configurations by editing the file, a redirection plug-in can sort out all of your redirection problems.
This is the download URL: http://urbangiraffe.com/plugins/redirection/ . This article covers only the latest version at the time of writing, and the plug-in authors may change or update the plug-in, which could affect some of the features discussed in this article.
Below is a snapshot of the redirection plug-in using WordPress:
There are basically five important parameters:
SOURCE URL: This is the old URL that you want to be changed.
TARGET URL: This is the new location of your document (new URL) or your desired new URL.
TYPE: The redirection conditions.
METHOD: The type of redirect. (Set this to “Simple Redirection” for standard redirection).
REGEX: Are the Source and Target URL scripted as Reg Ex? Reg Ex stands for “Regular Expressions.”
Application Tutorial using Redirection Plug-in: How to safely rename or change a WordPress URL
As discussed, the WordPress URL by default is not user friendly. The following are the important procedures if you need to rename the URL of your post/pages. The steps below are also applicable if you need to permanently redirect URL 1 to URL 2.
This is a safe way to rename URLs with the following benefits:
Enables your visitors to still find your content for the old URL, but it uses your new URL.
Enables search engines to find the new URL without creating a duplicate content issue.
Prevents a 404 not found status, which constitutes loss of traffic from search engines. The old post URL might be ranking in Google, but clicking on those old URLs may give a 404 not found status. This is the case when you delete your old post in favor of your new post with the new URL.
The number of links pointing to your post is important to rankings, and by using a proper redirection method, Google will transfer that link juice to the new URL.
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