Title: redirect change
Last modified: February 13, 2020

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# redirect change

 *  Resolved [John](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jbculpepper/)
 * (@jbculpepper)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-change/)
 * I’m trying to fine tune our website page speed. GTMetrix is giving us an F in
   the category Minimize redirects. All of the errors are instagram error. Each 
   instance looks like this:
    [https://www.instagram.com/p/B53WjiXBavp/media?size=t](https://www.instagram.com/p/B53WjiXBavp/media?size=t)
   [https://www.instagram.com/p/B53WjiXBavp/media/?size=t](https://www.instagram.com/p/B53WjiXBavp/media/?size=t)
   [https://scontent-sea1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/e35/c98.0.444.444a/s150x150/73216162_2495648924014946_5332665600545457727_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-sea1-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=102&_nc_ohc=czpFB230gmoAX_CdKxc&oh=2e0c922d3ab5b04b3a4b67b26495e676&oe=5EFCAED7](https://scontent-sea1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/e35/c98.0.444.444a/s150x150/73216162_2495648924014946_5332665600545457727_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-sea1-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=102&_nc_ohc=czpFB230gmoAX_CdKxc&oh=2e0c922d3ab5b04b3a4b67b26495e676&oe=5EFCAED7)
 * We use Cloudflare, W3Total Cache and Autoptimize.
 * Is there a setting in your plugin to minimize or remove these redirects?
 * Thanks

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Craig at Smash Balloon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/craig-at-smash-balloon/)
 * (@craig-at-smash-balloon)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-change/#post-12433330)
 * Hey John,
 * Yes there is! We have a setting on the “Customize” tab called “Favor Local Images”.
   As long as our feature to localize resized images is working on your site this
   setting should fix the redirects.
 * The new API only has one full size image option available which can be as large
   as 1080px square. This is why the plugin uses a combination of the redirect method
   you are seeing and a local image storage option.
 * Let me know if you have more questions.
 * – Craig
 *  Thread Starter [John](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jbculpepper/)
 * (@jbculpepper)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-change/#post-12437446)
 * Thanks Craig. Favor Local Images was checked. I cleared the image cache and it
   has made no difference. Any other thoughts?
 *  Plugin Contributor [Craig at Smash Balloon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/craig-at-smash-balloon/)
 * (@craig-at-smash-balloon)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-change/#post-12437681)
 * In that case, it would be helpful to see the site firsthand along with your “
   System Info” from the “Support” tab. Can you contact us on our website with this
   info?
 * [https://smashballoon.com/instagram-feed/support/](https://smashballoon.com/instagram-feed/support/)
 *  Thread Starter [John](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jbculpepper/)
 * (@jbculpepper)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-change/#post-12437956)
 * Think I found it. I unchecked Disable JS image loading and GTMetrix didn’t give
   those errors. I’ll watch it for a few days and get back to you via the support
   feed if they return but for now I’m going to mark this resolved.
 * Thanks for the help.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Craig at Smash Balloon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/craig-at-smash-balloon/)
 * (@craig-at-smash-balloon)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-change/#post-12440006)
 * Sounds good! Have a great weekend.
 *  [erwinbr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/erwinbr/)
 * (@erwinbr)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-change/#post-13021303)
 * I’m joining in on this issue as I do think there’s also a change you can make
   in your code. As the original post states there are 2 redirects:
    1. 301: from ..media?size=t to …media/?size=t
    2. 302: from …media/?size=t to [https://scontent-&#8230](https://scontent-&#8230);.
       cdninstagram.com/…
 * The latter, the 302, cannot be prevented, but the former, the 301 (permanently
   moved), can be prevented by changing the code to render URLs like …media/?size
   =t instead of …media?size=t. So I hope you will change this for the next version.
 *  [Smash Balloon Mike](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smashballoonmike/)
 * (@smashballoonmike)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-change/#post-13024994)
 * Hey [@erwinbr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/erwinbr/),
 * We appreciate you sharing this information with us. We are looking into this 
   and will look to correct this in the next update.
 * Many thanks, hope you are having a great day!
    -  This reply was modified 6 years, 2 months ago by [Smash Balloon Mike](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smashballoonmike/).

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 * Last reply from: [Smash Balloon Mike](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smashballoonmike/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-change/#post-13024994)
 * Status: resolved