Title: Regarding Redirection
Last modified: July 10, 2023

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# Regarding Redirection

 *  [shreen2008](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shreen2008/)
 * (@shreen2008)
 * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/regarding-redirection/)
 * Hi.
 * My question is regarding 301 redirection.
 * I normally use plugins to redirect pages, posts, images etc, or regex expressions.
 * But the same can be accomplished using .htaccess file on my Litespeed server 
   and hosting.
 * I have around 150 redirections for a typical website.
 * Will the site slow down if i put all the redirection code in .htaccess or do 
   you recommend using the plugin for so many redirections.
 * What about the case when the number of redirections are less like 10 or 50?
 * How does it affect the site speed?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fregarding-redirection%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [Benedikt Ledl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benniledl/)
 * (@benniledl)
 * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/regarding-redirection/#post-16884025)
 * Hi,
 * I would recommend redirecting via the .htaccess file only for advanced users.
 * .htaccess files are definitely faster than redirects from a plugin since the 
   webserver can directly return the redirect, with the plugin the webserver has
   to first start a php process to initialize wordpress, and then sometime later
   the plugin can make the redirect.
 * So if you are comfortable with “coding” in the .htaccess then you can go ahead
   and make those redirects in the .htaccess to speed them up <span style=”text-
   decoration: underline;”>a bit.</span>
 *  Thread Starter [shreen2008](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shreen2008/)
 * (@shreen2008)
 * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/regarding-redirection/#post-16884077)
 * What about the number of redirection lines for eg. 150 to 700 in .htaccess file.
   Will that impact server and site speed? Also how does it impact server performance?
 *  [Benedikt Ledl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benniledl/)
 * (@benniledl)
 * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/regarding-redirection/#post-16884475)
 * I don’t think this will make a noticable impact, I found this very interesting
   article from a guy who tested all that out and shared his findings in numbers:
   [https://www.seomike.com/blog/how-many-htaccess-redirects-are-too-many/](https://www.seomike.com/blog/how-many-htaccess-redirects-are-too-many/)

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 * Last reply from: [Benedikt Ledl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benniledl/)
 * Last activity: [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/regarding-redirection/#post-16884475)
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