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1. Marco Raaphorst
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I noticed that when I change the permalink structure of my blog Worpress automatically redirects them to the correct url(for example when I change it from http://www.melodiefabriek.nl/2010/07/02/posttitle to http://www.melodiefabriek.nl/3928674/posttitle. That's great but I find all these redirection plugins which seems a bit unneeded, only if I really need to generate a 301 error for example.

   My question: please confirm WordPress will redirect when you change the permalink structure of your blog.

2. James
   Happiness Engineer
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I believe that the official answer is "it should," because it depends entirely on server configuration. Try it out, it should only take a minute and you can always change back.

3. Marco Raaphorst
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thanks. It works on my server. Is there any documentation about this? I am wondering how this is implemented in WordPress.

4. James
   Happiness Engineer
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Is there any documentation about this?

   Not that I know of. I know that WordPress keeps a history of past permalink structures, and the past structures technically continue to function, but WordPress attempts to 301 (permanent) redirect them to the new structure.

5. Marco Raaphorst
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thanks a lot! Seems to work fine on my server right now. Great solution, best way.

   Cheers!

6. James
   Happiness Engineer
   Posted 1 year ago #

   You're welcome!

7. denharsh
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   @Marco @Macmanx
   It does but gives lots of 404 errors in between..
   I would suggest monitor your Google webmaster tool 404 error tabs...

   Also install 404 smart link plugin....
   To make sure when you change your permalink it should be 301 perma-redirection, I would suggest use deans' perma redirection plugin.
   More on this: How to use Dean;s perma redirection plugin

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