Index.html keeps redirecting to old domain

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(@crossy)

Hi,

The export seems to work relatively well for all child pages, but for some reason the main page (/index.html) keeps redirecting to the old URL.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
	<head>
		<title>Redirecting...</title>
		<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=http://old-url.com/">
	</head>
	<body>
		<script type="text/javascript">
			window.location = "http://old-url.com/";
		</script>

		<p>You are being redirected to <a href="http://old-url.com/">http://old-url.com/</a></p>
	</body>
</html>

I’ve tried a dozen settings, changes, another homepage URL etc. but nothing seems to work. Any idea what’s going on and how to fix this?

Best,
Dave

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Plugin Author patrickposner
(@patrickposner)

1 year ago

Hey @crossy,

thanks for reaching out!

Take a close look at the URL and if there is a trailing slash at the end or not.
This issue is quite common and happens because of your “canonical” tag.

Let’s say your WP website runs at https://old-url.com (also configured in WP under Site URL), but the canonical tag (often added by SEO plugins) points to https://old-url.com/.

This would result in the exact problem you’re facing right now, as the tag would tell Simply Static to add a 301 redirect instead of fetching the page’s content.

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