Setting up a 301 Redirect on Managed WordPress Accounts

What is a 301 Redirect? 

A 301 redirect is a way to permanently reroute traffic from an old URL to a new one. If a business is moving to a new website, it might be hard to reach all the customers about the change (and even harder to get them to remember).

A 301 redirect solves the problem by rerouting all the traffic from the old URL to the new one. So customers who accidentally go to the old site will automatically end up at the new one, even though the URLs differ.

You can add 301 redirects for single pages or entire domains. All you have to do is add a line into your .htaccess file. This is easy to do in Pair's Account Control Center. Just follow the steps below:

If you have a Shared, VPS, Dedicated, or Podcast Websites hosting account, 301 redirects will be configured differently. See Setting up a 301 Redirect on Shared, VPS, or Dedicated Accounts or Setting up a 301 Redirect on Podcast Websites Accounts.

There are two ways to add redirects to your Managed WordPress account: 

• Using the Simple 301 Redirect Plugin
• Editing the PHP Header (Advanced)

Choose the tutorial that best fits your WordPress skill level. 

Creating Redirects with Simple 301 Redirect Plugin

You can create 301 redirects in WordPress by adding the Simple 301 Redirect plugin to your WordPress site. To add the plugin: 

1. In left sidebar of your WordPress Admin interface, click the Plugins tab
2. Click Add New in the drop-down
3. Search for "Simple 301 Redirect"
4. Click the Install Now button in the plugin's box
5. Click the Activate button after the plugin has finished installing
6. In the left sidebar, click the Settings tab, then click 301 Redirects in the drop-down
7. Under Request, enter the file name of the page you want redirected
8. Under Destination, enter the URL that you want the page to be redirected to
   
   If you need more help formatting the file name and URL for the redirect, click the Documentation link at the bottom of the page.
   
   
9. Click Save Changes

Creating Redirects by Editing the PHP Header

For more advanced WordPress users, the PHP header can be edited to create a redirect. Check out the wp_redirect feature’s WordPress documentation to see how this works.