There’s at least 5 ways to redirect 1 page to another, all tested.
1. The easiest method if you’re using a theme like Genesis, is to use the Theme SEO Settings on the Edit Page screen you want to redirect like this:
2. Another method is to place a directive in your .htaccess file located in the root directory of your WordPress installation like this:
RewriteEngine On
Redirect 301 /old https://wpsites.net/new
The above code redirects a page with the slug old to a page on the same domain with a slug named new.
You can also use:
RewriteEngine On
Redirect 301 /old /new
3. Install a Redirection plugin
This method might cause a increase in the the usage of server resources.
4. Use PHP code in your child themes functions file:
add_action( 'template_redirect', 'redirect_to_external_url' );
function redirect_to_external_url() {
if ( is_page( 'old' ) ) {
wp_redirect( 'http://www.example.com/', 301 );
exit;
}
}
5. You can also use the built in redirects feature your web host provides.
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