Redirect Your Readers Nicely Using WP Redirection

By on November 5, 2007 in Reviews

I had the wonderful pleasure this weekend of converting my church website from static HTML pages into the awesome WordPress blogging platform.

One of the many tasks was making sure that I didn’t break people’s bookmarks. After browsing WordPress Extend, I came across a great WordPress plugin called WP Redirection.

You see, I was used to doing it the old and boring way: using.htaccess. However, this plugin actually made setting up redirects a breeze.

Installation

Installation was as simple as uploading the plugin file and hitting activate. It can’t get any more easier than that.

Plugin Activation

Where to Find the Options

The options are hidden away under the “Manage” tab, but once you think about it, the location is a good fit for how the plugin operates.

Plugin Location in WordPress

Inputting the Redirects

Putting the redirects into place involved filling out a form with the source location and the target location. And adding the URL is a snap. It’s all done via AJAX, so it’s very quick.

Add new Redirection

The Redirects After Adding

Some smarts are built in so that if you enter a full path for the source location, the plugin will trim it down for .htaccess goodness.

Once again, all redirects are applied via AJAX, so adding in redirects is fast and easy.

The Redirects

And Editing a Redirect is Simple Too

You can also edit and save existing redirects via AJAX as well. I think I had to pinch myself a few times to realize that yes, there is a plugin that awesome.

The Redirect Edit Portion

Conclusion

In short, I highly recommend trying out the WP Redirection plugin.

It’ll save you a load of time, you don’t have to edit the .htaccess file, and your readers are sent to the right place. What can get better than that?

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William lives in Oakley, California and is an avid tech enthusiast. When he's not writing about online social networking and businesses, he is busy reviewing how social media affects us all.
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5 Responses to Redirect Your Readers Nicely Using WP Redirection

  1. Simonne November 5, 2007 at 8:36 pm #

    This is great! I’ve got an issue with .htaccess: after I upload it on the server, I cannot see it anymore in the ftp program (Fire FTP). This plugin will help me a lot. Thank you for writing about it.

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  2. Ronald Huereca November 5, 2007 at 9:32 pm #

    Simonne,

    That’s great. Let’s hope you have as much fun with it as I did.

    Reply
  3. Simonne November 5, 2007 at 9:36 pm #

    Thanks! I’ve already had a great share of fun with upgrading WordPress whis weekend (never trust a webhost claiming that automatic installs also save your old files for eventual retrieval :( )

    Reply
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  5. Cindy December 22, 2009 at 12:42 am #

    I’ve already had a great share of fun with upgrading WordPress whis weekend (never trust a webhost claiming that automatic installs also save your old files for eventual retrieval

    Reply

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