Redirection vs Simple URLs Legacy

Redirection is the most popular redirect manager for WordPress. With it you can easily manage 301 redirections, keep track of 404 errors, and generally tidy up any loose ends your site may have. This can help reduce errors and improve your site ranking. Redirection is designed to be used on sites with a few redirects to sites with thousands of redirects. It has been a WordPress plugin for over 10 years and has been recommended countless times. And it’s free! Full documentation can be found at https://redirection.me Redirection is compatible with PHP from 7.4 to 8.4. Redirect manager Create and manage redirects quickly and easily without needing Apache or Nginx knowledge. If your WordPress supports permalinks then you can use Redirection to redirect any URL. There is full support for regular expressions so you can create redirect patterns to match any number of URLs. You can match query parameters and even pass them through to the target URL. The plugin can also be configured to monitor when post or page permalinks are changed and automatically create a redirect to the new URL. Conditional redirects In addition to straightforward URL matching you can redirect based on other conditions: Login status – redirect only if the user is logged in or logged out WordPress capability – redirect if the user is able to perform a certain capability Browser – redirect if the user is using a certain browser Referrer – redirect if the user visited the link from another page Cookies – redirect if a particular cookie is set HTTP headers – redirect based on a HTTP header Custom filter – redirect based on your own WordPress filter IP address – redirect if the client IP address matches Server – redirect another domain if also hosted on this server Page type – redirect if the current page is a 404 Full logging A configurable logging option allows to view all redirects occurring on your site, including information about the visitor, the browser used, and the referrer. A ‘hit’ count is maintained for each redirect so you can see if a URL is being used. Logs can be exported for external viewing, and can be searched and filtered for more detailed investigation. Display geographic information about an IP address, as well as a full user agent information, to try and understand who the visitor is. You are able to disable or reduce IP collection to meet the legal requirements of your geographic region, and can change the amount of information captured from the bare minimum to HTTP headers. You can also log any redirect happening on your site, including those performed outside of Redirection. Add HTTP headers HTTP headers can be added to redirects or your entire site that help reduce the impact of redirects or help increase security. You can also add your own custom headers. Track 404 errors Redirection will keep track of all 404 errors that occur on your site, allowing you to track down and fix problems. Errors can be grouped to show where you should focus your attention, and can be redirected in bulk. Query parameter handling You can match query parameters exactly, ignore them, and even pass them through to your target. Migrate Permalinks Changed your permalink structure? You can migrate old permalinks simply by entering the old permalink structure. Multiple migrations are supported. Apache & Nginx support By default Redirection will manage all redirects using WordPress. However you can configure it so redirects are automatically saved to a .htaccess file and handled by Apache itself. If you use Nginx then you can export redirects to an Nginx rewrite rules file. Fine-grained permissions Fine-grained permissions are available so you can customise the plugin for different users. This makes it particularly suitable for client sites where you may want to prevent certain actions, and remove functionality. Import & Export The plugin has a fully-featured import and export system and you can: Import and export to Apache .htaccess Export to Nginx rewrite rules Copy redirects between sites using JSON Import and export to CSV for viewing in a spreadsheet Use WP CLI to automate import and export You can also import from the following plugins: Simple 301 Redirects SEO Redirection Safe Redirect Manager Rank Math WordPress old slug redirects Quick Post/Pages redirects Search Regex compatible Redirection is compatible with Search Regex, allowing you to bulk update your redirects. Wait, it’s free? Yes, it’s really free. There’s no premium version and no need to pay money to get access to features. This is a dedicated redirect management plugin. Support Please submit bugs, patches, and feature requests to: https://github.com/johngodley/redirection Please submit translations to: https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/redirection

Simple URLs Legacy is a fork of the plugin by Nathan Rice. A URL management system to create, manage, and track outbound links from your site. Usage Simple URLs Legacy adds a new custom post type to your admin menu, where you can create, edit, delete, and manage URLs. It stores click counts in the form of a custom field on that custom post type, so it scales really well. And, by avoiding page based redirects, which is the current trend in masking affiliate links, we avoid any issues with permalink conflicts, and therefore avoid any performance issues. Upload the entire simple-urls-legacy folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory DO NOT change the name of the simple-urls-legacy folder Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress Navigate to Settings > Permalinks. That’s it. Just open that screen and WordPRess automatically flushes redirects. Trust me. Navigate to the Simple URLs Legacy menu Create a new URL, or manage existing URLs. Publish and use the URLs however you want! = 1.0.4 = * 05/27/2025 * Add capability to reset click counter on any simple url. * ‘Reset Clicks’ to 0 from link edit screen or using Quick Edit hover navigation. * 1.0.3 12/16/2024 Updated Tested To vesion for WP 6.7.1 Applied wp_unslash correctly to url sanitization. Corrected text domain setting in admin class. Aligned license declaration between readme and plugin header. Added license comment block. Addressed issues with lengthy short description in header. Added original contributors back into readme header. Adjust loading of constants and get_plugion_data to accomodate WP 6.7 changes in text_domain loading. 1.0.2 11/13/2023 Updated Tested To version for WP 6.4.1 Added logic to pull plugin version from main file header 1.0.1 03/31/2023 #5FTF #WebDevStudios Updated Tested To vesion for WP 6.2 Clean up documentation 1.0.0 12/30/22 #5FTF #WebDevStudios Initial release of Simple Urls Legacy 0.10.3 11/25/2022 #5FTF #WebDevStudios Add Published date to Simple URLs Legacy admin page 0.10.2 11/25/2022 #5FTF #WebDevStudios Applied WordPress coding standards Tweaked plugin description. Added required license declarations in readme.txt 0.10.1 10/28/2022 #5FTF #WebDevStudios Added conflict notice in admin if Simple URLs plugin is running. Reworked constants for better readability. Added build/dependency source files back in with updated dependencies. 0.10.0 08/09/2022 Reverted plugin to last known state under original author – Nathan Rice (v0.9.9). Renamed plugin from Simple URLs to Simple URLs Legacy. URL structure modifier filter changed from ‘simple_urls_slug’ to ‘simple_urls_legacy_slug’. Reworked naming conventions to use simple-urls-legacy namespace and package name. Removed build/dependency source files. 0.9.9 Fixed URLs not properly redirecting. 0.9.8 Coding standards. Added composer. Added Circle CI integration. Added new filter to change the slug. Added REST support to ensure Simple URLs appear in list when linking text. Added cast string to int to avoid type error. 0.9.7 WordPress compatibility. 0.9.6 Add plugin header i18n Add textdomain loader 0.9.5 Changed messages and labels. Updated textdomain. Generated POT file. 0.9.4 Fixed saving bug 0.9.3 Removed capability line from the register function. Users with permission to edit posts can create/edit URLs. Bumped to show compatibility with WordPress 3.0.4 0.9.2 Fixed a type in the plugin URL Bumped to show compatibility with WordPress 3.0.2 0.9.1 Fixed bug with URLs with ampersands in them Added 'with_front' => false to the post type registration 0.9 Initial Beta Release