Description
Flex Redirects sends visitors from an old path to a new URL before the theme loads. Use it after migrations, slug changes, or when you retire pages.
- Exact, prefix, and regex matching
- Regex targets can reuse capture groups with
$1or${1} - 301, 302, and 307 status codes
- Optional query-string matching and passthrough
- Hit counters per redirect
- Hits Log with referrer, IP, user agent, and logged-in user (latest 5000)
- Optional 404 logging (latest 1000 HTML/permalink paths)
- CSV import (upsert) and export
- Dry-run tester for a path or URL
- Sortable columns and pagination on every list
- Clean uninstall removes tables and options
No remote calls. Rules and logs stay in your WordPress database. CSS and JavaScript are loaded from this plugin only.
Privacy
Flex Redirects stores redirect rules and optional 404 paths in your WordPress database.
When Log redirect hits is enabled (on by default), it also stores per-hit visitor data: IP address, HTTP referrer, user agent, and WordPress user ID if the visitor is logged in. Only administrators can view this log. Disable the setting if you do not need visitor-level history; aggregate Hits counters still update.
The plugin does not send data to external servers and does not load third-party scripts.
Installation
- Upload the
flex-redirectsfolder to/wp-content/plugins/, or install the zip via Plugins Add New Upload Plugin. - Activate Flex Redirects.
- Go to Flex Redirects All Redirects and add your first rule.
- Confirm with Tools Test a path, or visit the old URL in a private window.
FAQ
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Does this replace an SEO plugin?
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No. Use Flex Redirects for URL redirects. Pair it with Flex SEO (or another SEO plugin) for titles, meta tags, and sitemaps.
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How do regex replacements work?
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Use match type Regex with a pattern such as
^/blog/(.*)$and a target like/news/$1. Enter the pattern without#delimiters. Invalid patterns are rejected when you save. -
Can I redirect to another domain?
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Yes. Put a full
https://URL in Target. Onlyhttpandhttpsdestinations are allowed. -
What is stored in the Hits Log?
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Time, source, target, status code, logged-in user (or Guest), referrer, IP, and user agent. The log keeps about the latest 5000 rows. Turn it off under Settings if you do not need that history.
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Will this conflict with another redirect plugin?
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Possibly. If two plugins try to redirect the same path, the one that runs first wins. Disable overlapping rules, or use Tools Test a path to see what Flex Redirects would do.
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What happens when I uninstall?
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Deleting the plugin drops the redirect tables, hits log, 404 log, and settings. Deactivating alone keeps your data.
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Contributors & Developers
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Changelog
1.3.0
- WordPress.org submission hygiene: http(s)-only destinations, no inline JavaScript, CSV size/row limits.
- About page links only to Flex plugins already listed on WordPress.org.
- Sync Stable tag with plugin version; expand readme privacy and FAQ.
1.2.2
- Align sort arrows with column headers.
1.2.1
- Sortable columns and always-visible pagination (20/50/100 per page) on All Redirects, Hits Log, and 404 Log.
1.2.0
- Add Hits Log: each redirect with user, referrer, IP, and user agent.
- Setting to enable/disable hit logging (keeps latest 5000 rows).
- Link rule hit counts on All Redirects into the filtered Hits Log.
1.1.1
- Exact rules with a query string match on the path when “Ignore query string” is on.
- Prefix rules append the unmatched suffix (folder move) and reject source /.
- Redirect GET/HEAD only; skip login, feeds, and the Flex SEO sitemap.
- Insert query strings before URL fragments; validate regex on save; upsert 404 hits.
- Expand the Usage page with match types, query strings, 404 log, CSV, and tester details.
1.1.0
- Fix regex sources, prefix path boundaries, subdirectory installs, and query-string matching.
- Skip self-redirects and in-request loops; continue to the next rule.
- CSV import upserts by source and match type; schema upgrades on plugin update.
- Add regex
$1targets, query passthrough, 404 static-file filter, pagination, and a dry-run tester.
1.0.2
- Refreshed admin UI with a cleaner, card-based layout (local CSS only).
1.0.1
- Fix admin layout overlap on the redirects screen.
1.0.0
- Initial release.