Title: Sobi Redirects Author: alesas Published: November 10, 2026 Last modified: November 10, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/sobi-redirects/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3794026) ![](https://ps.w.org/sobi-redirects/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3794026) # Sobi Redirects By [alesas](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alesas/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/sobi-redirects.1.0.0.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/sobi-redirects/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/sobi-redirects/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/sobi-redirects/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/sobi-redirects/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/sobi-redirects/) ## Description Exact redirects. No database. No tracking. No bloat. Sobi Redirects keeps a short list of exact paths and sends each one to a page, another path, or a full URL. You add the addresses you care about. Search Console already records the rest. * **One JSON file** — rules live in `uploads/sobi-redirects/rules.json`. There is no database table, and the front end never queries MySQL. * **A miss changes nothing** — if no rule matches, WordPress continues. No query, no log line, no extra header. * **Exact and predictable** — a path matches that path. A path with parameters matches those parameters only, in any order. The target is sent as you wrote it. * **No logs, no stats, no tracking** — no 404 log and no hit counter. Requests for `/xmlrpc.php` or `/.env` are not stored. * **A small screen** — one list under **Tools Sobi Redirects**. Add, edit, enable, disable, delete. * **CSV import and export** — columns `source`, `target`, `code`, `enabled`. Import adds rows and leaves existing sources as they are. A match is redirected before WordPress runs the main query. The code is 301 or 302. One hop per request. A chain is fine across later requests. A loop is refused when you save. Sobi Redirects is built by the makers of [Sobi Forms](https://wordpress.org/plugins/sobi-forms/?utm_source=sobi-redirects&utm_medium=plugin&utm_campaign=cross-promo&utm_content=readme), a lightweight contact form plugin. ## Installation 1. Upload the plugin folder to `/wp-content/plugins/sobi-redirects/`, or install the zip from the Plugins screen. 2. Activate Sobi Redirects. The redirects screen opens. 3. Add a source path and a target. The screen also lives under **Tools Sobi Redirects**. ## FAQ ### Does this log 404s? No. The plugin only redirects paths you add. Search Console already records missing URLs, and requests for `/xmlrpc.php` or `/.env` are not stored here. ### Does it count visits? No. There is no hit counter and no statistics screen. ### Does the front end query the database? No. Redirects are read from `uploads/sobi-redirects/rules.json`. A request that matches nothing is left unchanged. ### What does an exact match mean? A source without a query matches that path, whatever parameters the visitor added, and those parameters stay off the target. A source with a query matches only when the parameters are the same, in any order. ### Can I use wildcards, regex, or conditions? No. Rules are exact paths. There are no regular expressions, groups, roles, referrers, or geo rules. ### Can I point a redirect at a page? Yes. On the source, picking a page copies its path. On the target, the page stays linked: a permalink change updates the target when the page is saved, and a deleted page leaves the last URL in place with a warning. ### What does uninstall remove? Uninstall deletes `uploads/sobi-redirects/`, including the JSON file, and leaves nothing in MySQL. Deactivating the plugin deletes nothing. ### Can someone download the redirects file? The file is `uploads/sobi-redirects/rules.json`, and it holds paths and display names, not passwords. Directory listing is blocked; on Nginx a direct request can still succeed, so deny that folder in the server configuration if you want it closed. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Sobi Redirects” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ alesas ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alesas/) [Translate “Sobi Redirects” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/sobi-redirects) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sobi-redirects/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/sobi-redirects/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/sobi-redirects/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/sobi-redirects/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0.0 * First release. Exact-match redirects, CSV import and export, and a flat-file lookup. ## Meta * Version **1.0.0** * Last updated **17 hours ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.1.4** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Tags * [301 redirect](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/301-redirect/)[link](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/link/) [redirect](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/redirect/)[redirects](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/redirects/) [seo](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/seo/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/sobi-redirects/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/sobi-redirects/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/sobi-redirects/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ alesas ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alesas/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? 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