Permalink Redirect

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Permalink Redirect

Sometimes you want to update a page, post, etc. So the permalink will change. In order to avoid broken links from pages linking to the permalink to be changed we can add a redirect. We use a simple redirect plugin to help.

Let’s show the process by way of an example. We have a page at url such as:

https://staging.villadirect.com/property-management-services-orlando/

It is a submenu item for “Orlando Property Management.”

Therefore we are going to move the page under “Orlando Property Management” so that the new link will be https://staging.villadirect.com/orlando-property-management/property-management-services-orlando/

  1. In the WP Admin find the page that we are going to move.
  2. Click quick edit
  3. To the right of the page title in the Quick edit area you will see parent. Change parent to “Orlando property management services.” This should update the menu automatically … sweet but still verify
  4. Save your changes

Now that we have the new link:

https://staging.villadirect.com/orlando-property-management/property-management-services-orlando/

We need to insure the old link redirects to the new:

  1. In the WP Admin goto Settings >> 301 redirects
  2. Add the old link in the box to left and new link in the box to the right following the example of the others.
  3. Save
  4. Then test your new redirect by navigating to the old link such as click this: https://staging.villadirect.com/property-management-services-orlando/
  5. You should see that you were redirected to the new link as in our example: https://staging.villadirect.com/orlando-property-management/property-management-services-orlando/