sammythebull
Member
Posted 2 years ago #
I recently moved a few hundred posts to a new domain on my WordPress-powered site. According to Google's Webmaster Tools, I'm supposed to update all of my internal links to point to the new domain instead of the old one.
Needless to say, having to go through hundreds and hundreds of posts would be time consuming and a great bother. All the posts are already on a live site.
I've searched around a bit but haven't found a clear-cut method of implementing the internal link change automatically. I'd like to know what the best way of going about it is, and would especially like to hear from people that went through the process themselves.
pizza boy
Member
Posted 2 years ago #
The best way I have found to do this is by using seo ultimate plugin which allows me to see all 404 errors quickly and then use redirection plugin which 301 redirects old page to the new page you designate.
Both of these plugins can be Downloaded and installed from your plugins page, just do a search for each.
Is there a way to do it all automatically? Change all the old urls to the new.. not that I am aware of.
sammythebull
Member
Posted 2 years ago #
The old blog has already been redirected to the new one.
All I'm looking for is to update the thousands of internal links to point to the new domain instead of the old domain.
I really hope I don't have to do this manually... it can end up taking weeks to finish.
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search-and-replace/
is a bit old, but I think Ive seen people still use it with success
tinfish
Member
Posted 2 years ago #
I've used the above plugin to do exactly what your after, recently too. It worked. But careful though, its very powerful.
sammythebull
Member
Posted 2 years ago #
But careful though, its very powerful.
Care to elaborate? I'm about to do it on a live site.
I appreciate all the help, guys and gals!
