If you delete some old posts in your blog and do not want to lose the traffic, you can redirect the traffic to the new updated page. Normally, if you do not redirect, users who come to search for that page would be shown 404 error page (i.e the page doesn’t exist error).
So, basically this plugin allows you to do that without touching your .htaccess file. Because, usually this type of redirection (301 permanent redirect) is done by modifying your .htaccess file. And as you know, modifying your .htaccess wrongly can have dire consequences.
As you can see from the screenshot above, it’s very straightforward to use – just insert the old (non existent) URL and the new URL that you want your users to be redirected to. That’s it.
Plugin URL: http://urbangiraffe.com/plugins/redirection/ (he has some other great plugins too)
That is so much easier than modifying your .htaccess and makes it easier to keep track of all the changes.
It’s cool plugin, i am gonna add it in my blog.
ehm..thanks for this info. Its new to me.
Looks like a neat plugin. Will add it to my blog!
Wow, that does seem rather simple. I’m definitely adding this one to my project blog. 301 redirects made easy!
That’s one way of doing it, I personally use the htaccess file.
Cool plugin.. That will save alot of time and hassles as well..
Especially those who have moved their sites to new domains like I did..