Setting up redirects on your FareHarbor Site

Each page on your website has a unique URL. Sometimes, content must move from one URL to another. In this case, a redirect is necessary to automatically direct a browser to go from the old URL to a new one.

For example, if you’ve moved your website to a new domain, you don’t want users to land on a 404 Page not found error page when they’re looking for the content that was previously there. A redirect brings them to the new location of that content.

To learn more about the types of redirects and which you should use, visit the redirect guide in FareHarbor Compass.

Setting Up Redirects

To set up a redirect on your FareHarbor Site, make sure you have the current URL as well as the new URL where you’ll redirect your content, and log into the WordPress dashboard for your FareHarbor Site to follow the steps below.

1. Select Tools from the left-hand menu bar.
   • Click Redirection.

2. Add the redirect in the following format:

   • Source URL: Do not include the entire URL. Only enter the content that comes after the “/”, also known as the slug.

   • Target URL: Enter the entire URL of the final destination of the redirect
     Correct format for redirects.

     
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3. Click Add Redirect.

4. Once you’ve added the redirect, test it by trying to visit the old URL and check to see if you get redirected to your new final destination.

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Note

Sometimes it is necessary to clear the WP cache before the redirect will work.