Beginner’s Guide to Creating 301 Redirects in WordPress (Step by Step)

Do you want to create 301 redirects on your WordPress website?

301 redirects help fix 404 page not found errors and point users to the correct page. It provides a better user experience and improves your keyword rankings.

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In this video, we’ll explain what is a 301 redirect and how you can create them on your website.

Method 1 is by using All in One SEO. AIOSEO is the best SEO plugin for WordPress. It has a powerful redirection manager addon that makes it easy to find and fix broken links on your website.

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Method 2 uses Redirection plugin that lets you easily redirect your old links to new links.

Method 3 uses the Page Links to plugin that lets you keep the post or page, but redirects it to another post or page

Method 4 is another easy to use plugin called Simple 301 Redirects that will keep track of your redirects on your site and lets you add new redirect links when you need to.

You can also set up 301 redirects using .htacess. This can be a little more advanced, but it lets you redirect on your server.

You'll want to make a backup of your .htaccess file before making any changes.

All In One SEO makes it easy to edit your .htaccess file right from your WordPress dashboard.

Feel free to take a look at the written version of this tutorial here:

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Timestamps

00:00 Why you need to create 301 redirects for your posts
02:33 Method 1 add redirect to your site using All in One SEO
06:46 Method 2 using Redirection plugin
08:11 Method 3 Page Links to Plugin
09:06 Method 4 Simple 301 Redirect plugin
09:52 Method 5 edit .htaccess file to add redirection

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[paulsmith]

No BS, just straight to it, I LOVE YOU(!) Thank you.

[mariachivers]

Thank you so very much. I have just added my first redirect and I am very pleased. I love the way you show people, from the start and hold their hand through the process. You make a good teacher. Once again, thank you.

[robwebb]

Method 3 really helped me when we couldn't access the DNS settings for an acquisition's website - Thank again 👍🏻

[Jim_Mundy]

You may be my new very favorite WP guru! Redirects have been a mystery to me. Thanks for this.

[mariachivers]

I'm letting you know, although I did my first redirect a few days ago. I have now completed quite a lot (I deleted a file, not realising I needed to change it properly). So I am very, very pleased. Thank you once again.

[computersolutionsnyc]

Very easy to follow and well explained tutorial, thanks a million!

[taraliftomasdottir]

Do you need to put the redirected page/post to draft?

I need to do a 302 redirect on a post for a month, and am wondering if I need to change the post status from published to draft.
Or if I can keep it "live" with a 302 until I take the 302 off?

[amarnath-palakala]

Do you have a tutorial on how to do 301 redirect from old domain to new domain ?

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