How To Use A 301 Redirect In Your Functions File

WordPress includes some really handy pluggable functions one of which is

wp_redirect()

This function can easily be written into a custom function with a conditional tag and hook to create a 301 redirect.

Here’s a working example which redirects from a page with the slug ‘shop’ to the blog page:

add_action( 'template_redirect', 'redirect_to_blog_page' );
function redirect_to_blog_page() {
    if ( is_page('shop') && ! is_user_logged_in() ) {
      wp_redirect( 'http://www.example.dev/blog/', 301 ); 
	  exit;
    }
}

You can also use code like this to redirect to the home page.

add_action( 'template_redirect', 'redirect_to_home_page' );
function redirect_to_home_page() {
    if ( is_page('shop') && ! is_user_logged_in() ) {
     wp_redirect( home_url(), 301 );
      exit;
    }
}

You don’t need to use a 301 redirect with this function if you don’t want. You can use the wp_redirect() function for any type of redirect.

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