Title: /go/ subfolder? Last modified: April 5, 2024 --- # /go/ subfolder? * Resolved [Deon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deon-b/) * (@deon-b) * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/go-subfolder/) * Hello John! * I want to create a /go/ or /recommend/ subfolder to contain all redirects which will be all affiliate links (1000+) and then: 1) block this in robots.txt 2) set it as no-index * Can I use your plugin for this case and if yes, how would that work? Would I need to install wordpress on mywebsite.com/go/ separately? Viewing 13 replies - 1 through 13 (of 13 total) * Plugin Author [John Godley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnny5/) * (@johnny5) * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/go-subfolder/#post-17554838) * Sure you can use it. Nothing special needs to be done and you don’t need a separate installation. Just install the plugin and create your redirects. * Thread Starter [Deon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deon-b/) * (@deon-b) * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/go-subfolder/#post-17554842) * Hey John thanks for the quick reply! * So you’re saying I don’t need to create a /go/ subfolder, I can just add /go/ to the link every time, so for example: **Source URL:** /go/product**Target URL:** product.com * Even if mysite.com/go/ doesn’t exist? * Plugin Author [John Godley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnny5/) * (@johnny5) * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/go-subfolder/#post-17554846) * Yes, that’s one of the main purposes behind the plugin. It’s not based on real directories or pages. * Thread Starter [Deon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deon-b/) * (@deon-b) * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/go-subfolder/#post-17554859) * If it’s not based on real directories, if then I place a * disallow: /go/ * will that prevent google from crawling all affiliate links like: * /go/1 /go/2/go/3 * Etc? * I thought this would only work if there was an actual directory named /go/ * Plugin Author [John Godley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnny5/) * (@johnny5) * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/go-subfolder/#post-17554871) * It makes no difference whether they are real directories or not. WordPress pages are also not real and still work fine. * Thread Starter [Deon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deon-b/) * (@deon-b) * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/go-subfolder/#post-17702487) * Hi John, * but how do I set all these new “pages” `website.com/go/product` from being indexed. Is there a way to add a no-index meta tag to all of them like some affiliate plugins do? * Plugin Author [John Godley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnny5/) * (@johnny5) * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/go-subfolder/#post-17702494) * You can find HTTP headers here: * [https://redirection.me/support/site-options/](https://redirection.me/support/site-options/) * Thread Starter [Deon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deon-b/) * (@deon-b) * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/go-subfolder/#post-17705294) * Thanks John, * Basically if I choose “site”, your plugin will apply no-index to the whole site? That is like a nuclear bomb, I think that option should be removed for safety. * If I select “redirect” it will apply no-index only to the redirects created using your plugin or also to other redirects I created in htaccess in the past? * Plugin Author [John Godley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnny5/) * (@johnny5) * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/go-subfolder/#post-17705362) * > I think that option should be removed for safety * Your needs are not the same as others. * > If I select “redirect” it will apply no-index only to the redirects created > using your plugin or also to other redirects I created in htaccess in the past? * The plugin has no knowledge of redirects outside of Redirection. It will only be applied to the ones in the plugin. * Thread Starter [Deon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deon-b/) * (@deon-b) * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/go-subfolder/#post-17710790) * [@johnny5](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnny5/) * I added the no-index x-tag following the instructions: [https://prnt.sc/_syG5gY9INzs](https://prnt.sc/_syG5gY9INzs) * How can I verify that the no-index tag is working correctly? Here it seems it’s not working: * [https://prnt.sc/X59tTEu65sYA](https://prnt.sc/X59tTEu65sYA) * Thank you! * Plugin Author [John Godley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnny5/) * (@johnny5) * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/go-subfolder/#post-17710950) * Have you cleared any caches? * Thread Starter [Deon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deon-b/) * (@deon-b) * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/go-subfolder/#post-17713687) * Thanks John, I don’t have any caching plugin on the site, but now I checked this with Command Line, and it shows the no-index. * Is there a php code you can give me to put in my functions php to hardcode these no-indexes for the redirections? * I would feel safer with that, so if the plugin fails me at some update, I won’t have 2000 thin URLs indexed in google. * I think we’re looking at something similar to this? * `function ta_add_noindex_headers() { ` `header( 'X-Robots-Tag: noindex, nofollow');``}`` add_action( 'ta_before_link_redirect' , 'ta_add_noindex_headers' );` * I copy pasted the above from a similar redirection plugin support page, but I wouldn’t know how to adapt it for your plugin. * Plugin Author [John Godley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnny5/) * (@johnny5) * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/go-subfolder/#post-17714547) * I don’t have any PHP code for that, no. There’s no reason to think the plugin will stop working, and it’s not really a problem that’s ever happened before. Viewing 13 replies - 1 through 13 (of 13 total) The topic ‘/go/ subfolder?’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/redirection/assets/icon-256x256.jpg?rev=983639) * [Redirection](https://wordpress.org/plugins/redirection/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/redirection/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/redirection/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/redirection/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/redirection/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/redirection/reviews/) * 13 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [John Godley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnny5/) * Last activity: [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/go-subfolder/#post-17714547) * Status: resolved