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i think i have a canonical issue

by Crazee Hippee
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I think I have a canonical issue going on on my site, and I want to try and fix it. But I'm a bit confused...

I've been doing a bit of research on it, and I think I need to install a .htaccess file. I have no idea how to do this...

Though, perhaps I can just use 301 redirect? I don't know how to do this either though...

So I was wondering if anyone can advise which is easier, or better to do... and how I do it...

Or, is there a wordpress plugin that can do it for me?

Any info is appreciated, thanks.
#canonical #issue
  • Profile picture of the author mrmagos
    If you have custom permalinks set up on your Wordpress site, you probably already have an .htaccess file. To set up a 301 redirect manually, you would normally place rewrite rules in this file. However, you can use the Redirection plugin to handle redirects entirely from within Wordpress.
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  • Profile picture of the author Crazee Hippee
    Thanks for the advice MrMagos! I checked that plugin out... but the consensus on the plugin page is that it doesn't work... 'it's broken'. Have you installed it and gotten it working ok?

    I did check my files for an .htaccess file, but on the template that I am using, there doesn't seem to be one there!

    I know I've had one on other templates... so not sure why this one doesn't have one.
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  • Profile picture of the author phpbbxpert
    It won't be in the templates, it wili be in the WordPress root drectory where the wp-admin, wp-includes, wp-content directories are.
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  • Profile picture of the author mrmagos
    I have it installed on one of my sites and it works fine for me. I have seen issues with it on other sites, but that has mainly been due to a misunderstanding on how the plugin works i.e. user error.

    The .htaccess file will be hidden on a web server (typically). If you're using the file manager in cpanel, make sure to check the box to view hidden (dotfiles).
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  • Profile picture of the author izapharry
    Basically this is not canonical issue so review you problem again
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