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Wordpress Blog Question?

by entrepreneurjay
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Anyone know how to redirect a wordpress blog page to another URL or page?
#blog #question #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author Rus Sells
    Go to your plugins menus and search for one based on a keyword. Your bound to find one.
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  • Profile picture of the author cloudnomadic
    Hi

    Im assuming you want a permenant change for the PAGE URL and that the new page is in the same blog.

    Every wordpress blog page has its own URL. So you can do a 301 redirect if you wish to make the chnage permant.

    If you go into plugins and search to install a new plugin theres one called "redirection" which is very easy to use and setup, enter the old page URL and the new one. Set it the chnage is instant. Then go to your browser and check the redirect works.

    Then if somebody enter the old URL (or follows a links to the old address) they will get the new page.

    hope that helps.
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  • Profile picture of the author SteveJohnson
    You can use a redirect plugin, or a line in your .htaccess file (assuming that you're not running from a Windows server). Use this in .htaccess:
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    Redirect 301 /old/page/url http://newdomain.com/new/page/location/
    That should go BEFORE any existing WordPress rewrite rules in the .htaccess file.

    When you're messing with htaccess files, be sure to keep an easy-to-find local backup of a working version. After you've uploaded the changed file, check your site to make sure there're no errors. If you get blank screen syndrome or 500 error or any other funny behavior, upload the working version so you don't suffer any downtime.
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  • Profile picture of the author Geoff101
    Here you go

    Redirection: WordPress › Redirection WordPress Plugins

    Redirect: WordPress › Redirect WordPress Plugins
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  • Profile picture of the author HigherPrThanGod
    Originally Posted by entrepreneurjay View Post

    Anyone know how to redirect a wordpress blog page to another URL or page?
    THE BEST and EASIEST I've seen is: "Page Links To"

    Allows you to point WordPress pages or posts to a URL of your choosing. Good for setting up navigational links to non-WP sections of your site or to off-site resources. Just to explain - You create a page or post, then put your redirect link in simple form at bottom of the page. Thaz it.


    It simply works.
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    • Profile picture of the author netkid
      I totally agree with the previous poster....Wordpress' "Link To" plugin is what I use for exactly your purpose. It takes only 10 seconds to enter your custom URL where you want the visitor to go. Quick and dirty, I say!
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    • Profile picture of the author ChrisCree
      For permanent changes I've found a 301 Redirect in the .htaccess file to be the easiest way.

      Originally Posted by HigherPrThanGod View Post

      Good for setting up navigational links to non-WP sections of your site or to off-site resources.
      The Page Links To plugin is great. And it's written by one of the WordPress core developers too!

      However, since WordPress 3.0 you can now add off-site links to your navigation easily using custom navigation menus found under Appearance --> Menus. You no longer need a plugin or hand coding in your theme to do that.
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  • Profile picture of the author Goatboy
    I have been using the "redirection" plugin for wordpress. It makes the whole process very easy and Google seems to like the results.
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  • Profile picture of the author misterhu
    I agree. This plugin has been a helpful tool for me in using a WordPress blog.
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