[wp-hackers] WordPress Permalink Redirection

[Otto]

Sure. WordPress does indeed generate 301 redirects for your particular case.

In the case of a 404, the redirect_canonical function tries a few
different ways to guess what permalink you really meant. If it comes
up with one, it will do a 301 redirect to the correct URL. This works
for both users and search engines.

Not all cases are covered though. So sometimes changing permalinks
won't work like this. In such a case, using a plugin that can handle
it will work.

-Otto



On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 12:32 PM, Baki Goxhaj <banago at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the addition Dan. Well, this is exactly why I asked as I tested
> that redirection worked fine for human users. As far as I know WordPress has
> made the redirection plugin redundant having those features in the core, but
> I don't know to what extend. Can someone please just and clarify this point.
>
> Kindly,
>
> Baki Goxhaj
> www.wplancer.com | www.banago.info | proverbhunter.com
>
>
> On 19 March 2011 18:25, Dan Smart <dan at dansmart.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Although WordPress will automatically change the permalinks of each post, I
>> don't believe it will create an HTTP 301 Redirect for the changed posts,
>> which means that anyone with links to your posts under the old permalink
>> structure will get 404 errors, and you'll lose all that SEO goodness.
>> Therefore you'll need to use a plugin like the Redirection plugin (
>> http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/redirection/) to manage such
>> redirects.
>>
>> Dan
>>
>> (Sent from iPhone)
>> Dan Smart - Web Developer
>> www.dansmart.co.uk 07931588361
>>
>> On 19 Mar 2011, at 16:24, SWORD Studios <info at swordstudios.net> wrote:
>>
>> > Google will react the same way your browser does. If it redirect
>> perfectly
>> > for you, it will do so for se's
>> >
>> > Jesse
>> > On Mar 19, 2011 12:23 PM, "Baki Goxhaj" <banago at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> Hi Hackers,
>> >>
>> >> I changed one of my blogs peralinks from %postname% to
>> >> %year/%month%postname% for better performance. WordPress handles the
>> >> redirection perfectly taking visitors to new permalink when the old one
>> is
>> >> requested. My question is: How is Google going to behave towards this
>> >> change?
>> >>
>> >> Kindly,
>> >>
>> >> Baki Goxhaj
>> >> www.wplancer.com | www.banago.info | proverbhunter.com
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