SEO Framework & Redirects
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Hi there,
Been using SEO Framework for a couple for years now….all good 🙂
Can I ask? We’ve never needed to update URL’s before however we now need to consider doing this on a few specific posts….just a few.
On one I ran through Google Search Console, it had never been crawled, so I updated the permalink.
When testing, if I enter the old URL in an incognito browser, it updates URL and redirects to the new….how so?
What is doing this?
Thank you. Pete
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Hi Pete!
WordPress has a built-in mechanism that guesses the post based on the URL provided. If it finds a post, it’ll 302 redirect the visitor to the correct URL (if not already there).
From https://developer.ww.wp.xz.cn/reference/functions/redirect_canonical/:
[This function] will also attempt to find the correct link when a user enters a URL that does not exist based on [an] exact WordPress query. [Then, it] will instead try to parse the URL or query in an attempt to figure [out] the correct page to go to.
Neither WordPress nor TSF keeps a record of URL changes, so if the URL change is too drastic, you may find this mechanism not working, and you need to create a custom 301 redirect instead.
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