Title: Redirection Plugin
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Redirection Plugin

 *  [lauriepk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lauriepk/)
 * (@lauriepk)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirection-plugin-2/)
 * Hi,
 * I recently changed my url structure from
 * [http://theadventurouswriter.com/quipstipsworkingworld/](http://theadventurouswriter.com/quipstipsworkingworld/)
 * to
 * [http://theadventurouswriter.com/working/](http://theadventurouswriter.com/working/)
 * And now I need to reroute the incoming links so they go to the correct place.
 * For instance, an old link is:
 * [http://theadventurouswriter.com/quipstipsworkingworld/freelance-writer-job-description-career-tips-writers/](http://theadventurouswriter.com/quipstipsworkingworld/freelance-writer-job-description-career-tips-writers/)
 * and I want it to point to the new one:
 * [http://www.theadventurouswriter.com/working/freelance-writer-job-description-career-tips-writers/](http://www.theadventurouswriter.com/working/freelance-writer-job-description-career-tips-writers/)
 * I uploaded the Redirection plugin (thanks John G!), and I tried inserting the
   urls themselves in the Redirection plugin’s source and target fields, but that
   didn’t work.
 * Can you tell me what to insert in the source and target fields, so I don’t have
   broken links all over the place?
 * Thank you,
    Laurie

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 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirection-plugin-2/#post-1877190)
 * [http://urbangiraffe.com/plugins/redirection/](http://urbangiraffe.com/plugins/redirection/)
   
   fairly comprehensive guide- scroll down page
 *  Thread Starter [lauriepk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lauriepk/)
 * (@lauriepk)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirection-plugin-2/#post-1877196)
 * Thank you! I’ve read it, and I can’t figure out if it can do what I want.
 * I don’t want to change my source url, which John explains here:
 * _Matching a URL is a key part of Redirection and consists of a source URL. This
   URL must exactly match a URL that you want to redirect. For example, your site
   has the page:_
 * [http://yoursite.com/oldpage/that/needs/redirecting/](http://yoursite.com/oldpage/that/needs/redirecting/)
   
   The source URL for this is: /oldpage/that/needs/redirecting/. The source does
   not require your website address, and it is only possible to redirect a URL that
   exists on your website (you cannot redirect an external website, for example).
 * Rather, I want to change the [http://yoursite.com/](http://yoursite.com/) string.
   That’s what I can’t figure out….

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 * Last reply from: [lauriepk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lauriepk/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirection-plugin-2/#post-1877196)
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