{"id":1990,"date":"2025-01-31T22:58:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T22:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitaldocumentation.wustl.edu\/hereandnext\/?page_id=1990"},"modified":"2025-01-31T23:07:46","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T23:07:46","slug":"redirects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/digitaldocumentation.wustl.edu\/hereandnext\/web-best-practices-guidelines\/redirects\/","title":{"rendered":"Redirects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">A redirect automatically forwards a website\u2019s visitors from one URL (web address) to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Redirects help a website\u2019s visitors get to the right place when a link to a page \u2014 its URL \u2014 has changed or is shortened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Redirects from your site&#8217;s domain<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can set up redirects from any URL on your site&#8217;s domain. For example, you can redirect https:\/\/yoursite.wustl.edu\/outdated-page\/ to https:\/\/yoursite.wustl.edu\/new-page\/ or to https:\/\/anothersite.wustl.edu\/current-page\/.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-washu-accordions accordion\">\n<dt class=\"accordion-header\" aria-expanded=\"\"><span class=\"accordion-header-content\">Sites with 301 Redirects plugin<\/span><svg width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 20\"><path fill=\"#a51417\" d=\"M5 6l5 5 5-5 2 1-7 7-7-7z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/dt><dd class=\"accordion-content \">\n<ol>\n<li>From your site\u2019s dashboard, go to&nbsp;<strong>Settings&nbsp;<\/strong>&gt;&nbsp;<strong>301 Redirects<\/strong>&nbsp;in the left menu.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Under <strong>Request<\/strong>, enter the&nbsp;<em>relative URL<\/em>&nbsp;of the page you\u2019re redirecting traffic&nbsp;<em>from<\/em>. This is the link to the original page. The&nbsp;<strong><em>relative<\/em>&nbsp;URL<\/strong>&nbsp;is the path&nbsp;<em>after<\/em>&nbsp;the site domain,&nbsp;<em>including<\/em>&nbsp;the forward slash (\/). For example: \/old-page\/.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Under <strong>Destination<\/strong>, enter the&nbsp;<em>full URL<\/em>&nbsp;of the page you\u2019re redirecting traffic&nbsp;<em>to<\/em>. The full URL includes the site domain. For example: https:\/\/mysite.wustl.edu\/page-name\/. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the <strong>Add New<\/strong> button.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/dd>\n\n\n\n<dt class=\"accordion-header\" aria-expanded=\"\"><span class=\"accordion-header-content\">Sites with Redirection plugin<\/span><svg width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 20\"><path fill=\"#a51417\" d=\"M5 6l5 5 5-5 2 1-7 7-7-7z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/dt><dd class=\"accordion-content \">\n<ol>\n<li>Access the Redirection plugin<br>From the WordPress dashboard, click&nbsp;<strong>Tools &gt; Redirection<\/strong>&nbsp;in the left menu.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Change global settings<br>Adjusting a few global settings will make your life easier with every redirect you set! You only need to change these settings once.\n<ul>\n<li>Click&nbsp;<strong>Options<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Find&nbsp;<strong>Default URL settings<\/strong>, and check&nbsp;<em>both<\/em>&nbsp;settings to enable them:&nbsp;<strong>Case insensitive matches<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Ignore trailing slashes<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Find&nbsp;<strong>Default query matching<\/strong>, and select&nbsp;<strong>Ignore all query parameters<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click&nbsp;<strong>Update<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Set individual redirects\n<ul>\n<li>On the main&nbsp;<strong>Redirects tab<\/strong>, click&nbsp;<strong>Add New<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Complete these fields:<ul><li><strong>Source URL<\/strong>: The&nbsp;<em>relative URL<\/em>&nbsp;of the page you\u2019re redirecting traffic&nbsp;<em>from<\/em>, starting with a forward slash \/. This is the original link of the page that\u2019s moving, or the vanity URL. The&nbsp;<strong><em>relative<\/em>&nbsp;URL<\/strong>&nbsp;is everything after .edu.<br><strong>Example from yoursite.wustl.edu<\/strong>: \/forms (truncated from&nbsp;https:\/\/yoursite.wustl.edu\/forms)<\/li><\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Target URL<\/strong>: New page address (the URL where traffic is redirected), starting with a forward slash \/ (everything after .edu)<br><strong>Example from yoursite.wustl.edu<\/strong>: \/patients\/covid-19-patient-guidelines\/patient-forms\/<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To the right of the Source URL, select&nbsp;<strong>Ignore Case<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Ignore Slash<\/strong>&nbsp;if they are not already selected.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>For both fields, start with a forward slash \/ and enter the part of the URL following .edu.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click&nbsp;<strong>Add Redirect<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Test<\/strong>&nbsp;your redirect by going to the source URL and making sure it redirects to the page correctly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Or, bulk import many redirects at once\n<ul>\n<li>The bulk import option is particularly useful if you are replacing a website and have dozens or even hundreds of redirects to set at once.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In a&nbsp;<strong>spreadsheet<\/strong>, list the source\/original URL in Column A, and the corresponding target URL in Column B. Do not include column labels or additional columns.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The source and target&nbsp;<strong>URLs should be truncated<\/strong>. That is, the domain should be removed so the URL starts with the forward slash (see examples in section above).&nbsp;<strong>Pro tip!<\/strong>&nbsp;If your spreadsheet lists the full URL for each page, you can truncate the URLs en masse by running a FIND and REPLACE.&nbsp;<strong>FIND<\/strong>&nbsp;should be the domain name without the trailing slash (eg, https:\/\/yoursite.wustl.edu). Leave&nbsp;<strong>REPLACE<\/strong>&nbsp;blank.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Save the file as a&nbsp;<strong>CSV<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Navigate to your site\u2019s Redirection page and click&nbsp;<strong>Import\/Export<\/strong>&nbsp;at the top.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the Import section, add your file and click&nbsp;<strong>Upload<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Test<\/strong>\u00a0your redirects! If you\u2019ve set too many redirects to test all of them individually, run a spot check. You can also contact WashU Medicine Marketing &amp; Communications to run a report that will help identify any issues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>If you would like to apply advanced options, visit the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/redirection.me\/support\/create-redirects\/\">Redirection website for additional supp<\/a><\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>After you&#8217;ve completed these steps, you may need to <a href=\"..\/..\/cache-clearing\/\">clear your browser cache<\/a> in order to see the redirect working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Redirects from another domain<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>WashU IT must set up most redirects from domains other than your site&#8217;s. 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