Title: Query parameter handling
Last modified: March 11, 2026

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# Query parameter handling

 *  [seamusrider](https://wordpress.org/support/users/seamusrider/)
 * (@seamusrider)
 * [2 months, 4 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/query-parameter-handling/)
 * If a URL has query parameters (like ?ref=abc), will the redirect still work normally,
   or do I need to enable any specific setting for that?

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 *  Plugin Author [John Godley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnny5/)
 * (@johnny5)
 * [2 months, 4 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/query-parameter-handling/#post-18847626)
 * If you put the parameter in your source it will match like any other part of 
   the URL. You can also ignore it:
 * [https://redirection.me/support/matching-a-url/](https://redirection.me/support/matching-a-url/)

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