• Resolved HvH

    (@hvh)


    Hi there,

    Today I was testing this plugin. I’m using it for 2 reasons:
    1. 75% of my content is old and needs to be redirected to new stuff
    2. the posts need to get URL’s without the date in it.

    So I did 2 things:
    1. I changed the permalinks in WordPress settings.
    2. I added /%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/ as source URL and /%postname%/ as the target URL.

    I tested it and 3 different things happened:
    1. When I go to the homepage and click on ‘Blogs’ in the menu and than I click on a title, it works like charm: the new URL is given.
    2. But when I copy an old URL in the address bar of my browser: nothing happens.
    3. Not the specific post is being displayed, but the blog overview page BUT with the layout being incomplete… ??? (So this gives 2 extra errors, so to speak.)

    The test URL (a real blog) is: https://devolle200.nl/2022/08/05/het-leven-gaat-niet-over-rozen-het-gaat-ook-over-hun-doornen/

    I deleted the codes strings mentioned in the snippets under [2], refreshed the browser and… nothing happened.

    I am working on a Macbook in Safari when I’m logged into my website. The testing was done in both Safari and Chrome, both normal and Incognito.

    How can I solve this? All URLs with dates in them, should be postname only.

    I’m looking forward to your answer.

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  • Plugin Author Alexandru Tapuleasa

    (@talextech)

    When you change the permalink settings in Settings -> Permalinks WordPress should redirect automatically to the new URL structure. I’m not sure why it’s not working for you 🙁

    301 Redirects does not support those permalink tags like /%postname%/ so you can’t use them to create redirect rules. In the PRO version you can use a regex to redirect those URLs, but this forum is only for the free version so if you have questions about that please contact us through the website.

    Thread Starter HvH

    (@hvh)

    Hi!

    It is the free plugin indeed. The permalinks changed and are working, like I described, when clicking through the website.

    But the 301 redirect from the copy/pasty method doesn’t work.

    And even stranger: the link given above opens, with the OLD permalink structure AND saying ‘Page not found’ (‘Pagina niet gevonden’ – in Dutch) although it opens and was found…???

    Any ideas on how to fix that?

    Thread Starter HvH

    (@hvh)

    Also: URLs without a date (pages instead of posts, in this scenario) don’t get forwarded at all. Both in Chrome and Safari…

    I’ll try another plugin. Unfortunately. I selected this specific one for a reason, I’m sorry it doesn’t work.

    Btw: https://www.wpexplorer.com/change-permalinks-wordpress/ gave me the idea about the permalink changes with the code strings. It worked for them apparently.

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    Plugin Author Alexandru Tapuleasa

    (@talextech)

    Sorry, we try to make it as compatible as possible with everything but there are edge cases where things don’t go out as planned 🙁

    It’s good you found something that works for you 🙂

    Thread Starter HvH

    (@hvh)

    Well… I didn’t find it yet. The other plugin you guys made, also doesn’t work properly. I deactivated my cache plugin and waited about 30 minutes to refresh everything. The requested page shows the 404 error page, but not the URL I entered under ‘target url’ in the plugin :-\

    It’s such a shame, because I’m looking for a 301 plugin that supports csv import. I’m glad I tested it first with 1 URL.

    Is it possible to log into my website and have a look?

    Plugin Author Alexandru Tapuleasa

    (@talextech)

    Hi,

    Oh, sorry, I don’t have any ideas 🙁
    No, we can’t log in and please don’t share any private or contact information on this forum as it’s against the forum guidelines

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