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Wordpress: Changing permalinks of existing posts and redirecting the old ones?

by mprey
6 replies
Hi,

I've decided to considerably shorten some of my post titles in my current niche blog because they're way too long. Obviously the same is now true for the permalinks themselves. However I already submitted a good number of them to EzineArticles, Digg etc.

Is there any plugin or method I can use so that I can change the current permalinks to new ones while the old ones flying around as backlinks on the internet will be redirected to the new ones?

Hope everyone understood me there.

Thanks!
#changing #existing #permalinks #posts #redirecting #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author Gimme4Free
    Setup a new file for each one that is currently linked to (A PHP file) and have this code:
    <?php
    header ("location:http://newsite.com/newpage.html");
    ?>
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  • Profile picture of the author Ken Shorey
    Here's a plugin that will do it for you very easily: Permalinks Migration Plugin for wordpress : DEAN LEE:/DEV/BLOG
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    • Profile picture of the author mprey
      Ken, thanks for the help, but that plugin only allows me to set the general old permalink structure using a variable. What I need to do is individually redirecting old permalinks of posts to their new counterparts, while all that is changed is the permalink itself, but not its structure.
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  • Profile picture of the author MemberWing
    John Godley's "redirection" plugin does it automatically when article/page URL changes:
    Redirection - Manage 301 redirections without modifying Apache | Urban Giraffe

    I used it mainly to conceal affiliate links, but discovered the above feature by accident

    Gleb
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  • Profile picture of the author Abledragon
    I agree with MemberWing - Redirection works very well and takes care of changed urls automatically.

    Plus you can set up specific re-directs manually if you want.

    Cheers,

    Martin.
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  • Profile picture of the author mprey
    Thanks for the help guys! This plugin really seems to do the perfect job. Exactly what I wanted!
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