Title: 404 Errors – 301/302 Redirect Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # 404 Errors – 301/302 Redirect * [cableghost](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cableghost/) * (@cableghost) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-errors-301302-redirect/) * Is there a plugin which allows you to set which bad links are 301 and which are 302? * I have a number of bad links which should be 301, however, I also have a number of links which I will probably reuse someday as a different page and want to only 302 those links. * Actually, I should ask first…when setting a 301, does the browser still check to see if the link is valid, then redirects it accordingly, or does it redirect it immediately? * -Scott Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) * Moderator [Kathryn Presner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoonini/) * (@zoonini) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-errors-301302-redirect/#post-1908962) * Apache redirection is done at the server level, not through WordPress. I would suggest either: * 1) seeing if your hosting control panel offers a redirection feature. Some control panels like cPanel allow you to set up page redirection with either 301 or 302, through an easy-to-use graphical user interface (GUI) * 2) editing your .htaccess file directly in a plain-text editor. That is where you can set your redirects to be either 301 (permanent) or 302 (temporary). There are a number of different syntaxes possible for redirects – the best thing is to look in your host’s documentation to find out what the correct syntax is for your particular server. * For example, one popular syntax is: * Redirect 301 /oldpage [http://example.com/newpage](http://example.com/newpage) * > Actually, I should ask first…when setting a 301, does the browser still check > to see if the link is valid, then redirects it accordingly, or does it redirect > it immediately? * The browser redirects automatically to the new page as specified in your redirect rule. It doesn’t matter whether the old page still exists or not. * Moderator [Kathryn Presner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoonini/) * (@zoonini) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-errors-301302-redirect/#post-1908966) * Having said all that, I just Googled and here’s one WordPress redirection plug- in: * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/redirection/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/redirection/) * I would still recommend doing redirection at the server level, as it’s a more foolproof method. * *Case in point: I just noticed there are many reports saying this plug-in is currently broken. One more reason to go with redirection outside of WordPress. 😉 * Thread Starter [cableghost](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cableghost/) * (@cableghost) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-errors-301302-redirect/#post-1909160) * [@zoonini](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoonini/) – thanks. I’m giving‘ Redirection’ a go. It at least has logging, for which I can always remove the 301 if I have a use for an old keyword. * This plugin seems to log all 404 inquiries and I notice there are numerous calls to old plugins. Where are these calls added…site header or some other file? * -Scott * Thread Starter [cableghost](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cableghost/) * (@cableghost) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-errors-301302-redirect/#post-1909165) * An example would be… * `​/wp-content​/plugins​/slidedeck-lite-for-wordpress​/skins​/dark​/skin.js?ver =1.2.0` * This is no longer a plugin I have installed, however, something is calling for it. The plugin folder is gone and their is no related WP Table, and I cannot find any source of it in my header. * Where would such a call come from? * -Scott Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) The topic ‘404 Errors – 301/302 Redirect’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 4 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [cableghost](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cableghost/) * Last activity: [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-errors-301302-redirect/#post-1909165) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics