301 redirect / Canonical

  • Paul Skip Brown

    (@paul-skip-brown)


    10 years, 4 months ago

    How can I remove redirects once established? – Is this a bug?

    Have searched but can’t see it reported. I created a post and redirected it to a page via Yoast Advanced Tab (Canonical and 301 redirect). I wanted to remove the redirect so I went back to the Yoast Advanced tab and deleted the 2 fields and saved. There was no effect and so I went back to the post and entered the posts own URLs in the input boxes and now the post is trapped in a redirect loop.

    I checked my .htaccess file and there are no Yoast rules written there so I assume Yoast redirects are written elsewhere?

    http://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/

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  • Thread Starter Paul Skip Brown

    (@paul-skip-brown)

    10 years, 4 months ago

    I believe I resolved it. I had to add a space to the 301 redirect field – it wouldn’t simply save the delete. Overwriting the redirect with an empty space seems to work. Does this sound right though?

    sunandwindfarm

    (@sunandwindfarm)

    10 years, 3 months ago

    I just experienced the exact same problem. In searching for an answer I found your post here, so I tried what you tried and it worked for me. Apparently Yoast SEO won’t overwrite an old 301 redirect unless you use an empty space in place of the redirect.

    tdrock

    (@tdrock)

    10 years, 3 months ago

    Thanks! This was exactly what I was looking for 🙂

    johannaglas

    (@johannaglas)

    10 years, 3 months ago

    I encountered the same problem and it drove me nuts, until I found your post Paul, it is fixed and you saved my day (and my traffic!!!) THANKS!

    davidacardona

    (@davidacardona)

    10 years, 2 months ago

    wow.. had the same problem and the blank space trick worked well

    gwnfld

    (@gwnfld)

    9 years, 7 months ago

    This tip is still valid and thanks it worked for me

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