Title: Header 301 Redirect Problem
Last modified: September 11, 2018

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# Header 301 Redirect Problem

 *  Resolved [1vanillagorilla](https://wordpress.org/support/users/1vanillagorilla/)
 * (@1vanillagorilla)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-301-redirect-problem/)
 * I deactivated the plugin and chose to revert back to http however, when I fetch
   as google bot, the 301 is still in the header and it redirects to the same address
   as being requested. How can I manually revert every change this plugin made? 
   Thanks

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Rogier Lankhorst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rogierlankhorst/)
 * (@rogierlankhorst)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-301-redirect-problem/#post-10677651)
 * Hi [@1vanillagorilla](https://wordpress.org/support/users/1vanillagorilla/),
 * If you deactivated using the WordPress plugin deactivation, all changes will 
   have reverted. Only if you had .htaccess redirection enabled, and after that 
   set the .htaccess file to not writable it might be possible these lines were 
   not removed. In that case you can simple follow the steps in the manual deactivation
   procedure, step 2.
    [https://really-simple-ssl.com/knowledge-base/when-the-built-in-deactivation-does-not-work-manual-uninstalling/](https://really-simple-ssl.com/knowledge-base/when-the-built-in-deactivation-does-not-work-manual-uninstalling/)
 * Just to make sure, you can also check the other steps, although these are not
   about redirection.
 *  Thread Starter [1vanillagorilla](https://wordpress.org/support/users/1vanillagorilla/)
 * (@1vanillagorilla)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-301-redirect-problem/#post-10686629)
 * Thanks, I’ve deactivated it all and waiting for analytics. The only reason I’ve
   deactivated it at all is, I’ve seen my google impression drop from around 500
   to less than 50. I tracked it back to the day I installed the SSL cert and this
   plugin. Have you heard of this before?
 *  Plugin Contributor [Rogier Lankhorst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rogierlankhorst/)
 * (@rogierlankhorst)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-301-redirect-problem/#post-10687397)
 * Often it helps to enable the .htaccess redirect, to make sure the 301 redirect
   is working properly. The .htaccess redirect is more reliable and faster.
 * Additionally you need to adjust your Google Analytics settings:
    [https://really-simple-ssl.com/knowledge-base/how-to-setup-google-analytics-and-google-search-consolewebmaster-tools/](https://really-simple-ssl.com/knowledge-base/how-to-setup-google-analytics-and-google-search-consolewebmaster-tools/)
 * In my experience a site will experience a drop in visits for about 3-5 days, 
   then bounces back up.
 *  Thread Starter [1vanillagorilla](https://wordpress.org/support/users/1vanillagorilla/)
 * (@1vanillagorilla)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-301-redirect-problem/#post-10690314)
 * My impression drop have been ongoing for 3 months (sharp decline maintained after
   SSL install) however, I think my issue is with Yoast and needing to deactivate
   it once (per your instructions) and reactivate it. Just did this, waiting on 
   analytics and I’ll give a full write up for future use if that fixed the issue.

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 * Last reply from: [1vanillagorilla](https://wordpress.org/support/users/1vanillagorilla/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-301-redirect-problem/#post-10690314)
 * Status: resolved