[wp-hackers] WordPress Permalink Redirection

[Baki Goxhaj]

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

Otto, thanks very much for clearing this out and for the rest of the
explanation.

Kindly,

Baki Goxhaj
www.wplancer.com | www.banago.info | proverbhunter.com


On 19 March 2011 18:52, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:

> 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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