What redirects are there?

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But what actually happens in the background during a redirect? In total, we are talking about five different types of redirection. You can recognize each of them by its three-digit status code.

The most commonly used redirect is the 301 redirect . With this redirect, you tell the search engine that this is a permanent redirect . You also pass the link juice on to the new URL. There are also other types of redirects that you should know about:

301: With a 301 redirect you permanently redirect a URL to another URL.
302: If you only want to redirect a URL temporarily, you use a 302 redirect. You then do not pass the link juice on to the redirect address.
307: A 307 redirect is like a 302 redirect. The only difference is that the HTTP request method remains the same.
410: You set up a 410 redirect when you permanently delete a URL. This sends a message to the search engine telling it to remove the URL from the index.
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How does a redirect work?
A distinction is made between server-side and client-side redirects. With server-side redirects (301, 302 and 307) you enter a corresponding command in the .htaccess file using a tool, your website code or a plugin. With Raidboxes this is much easier, more on that later. The commands mean that the server immediately redirects people who access the corresponding URL to the new URL you have specified.

With client-side redirects, you don't need to make any changes to the server. In this case, you store your redirects directly in the source code. However, with regard to the search engine optimization of your bc data europe websites, you should avoid client-side redirects if possible.

Generally, Internet users rarely notice redirects. You can therefore use automatic redirects to redirect your URLs without affecting your website visitors. There are various approaches to your WordPress redirects . We would like to introduce you to three of them below.

Setting up WordPress redirects manually
If you decide to set up your WordPress redirects manually, log in to your server using your FTP access. Then access the .htaccess file directly. You can find it in the main directory of your WordPress installation. If you don't see it right away, it may be hidden. In this case, you first have to display it using the options of your FTP program.

How to manually forward individual subpages
As soon as you have found the .htaccess file, you can redirect all links from the outdated URLs to the new ones right there and then. To do this, enter the following code, here using the example of a 301 redirect:

RewriteEngine on
redirect 301 /verzeichnis/url-alteseite
The entry RewriteEngine on activates the Apache module mod_rewrite . You only need it once and can add further redirects under it.

With the redirect command you tell the server that you have set up a redirect. Then you enter the outdated URL directly, followed by the new one. This means you redirect your visitors from your old page to your new one. Test this yourself to see if the entry was created correctly.

How to move a complete domain manually
If you have decided to redirect a domain completely, you obviously do not need to do this for all subpages individually. You can find examples of how you can do this using an entry in the .htaccess file in this article .

But be careful: When you make changes to the .htaccess file, there is always a certain risk involved. If you enter a command incorrectly, this can lead to an internal error and make your website inaccessible.

In addition, this type of WordPress redirect only works with Apache servers. You cannot use it on an NGINX server. Raidboxes also uses NGINX - and thus automatically takes care of everything that is normally associated with .htaccess files, including redirects. But more on that later.

WordPress Redirect Plugins
When using WordPress plugins, you should always be careful not to affect the performance of your website too much. The Raidboxes dashboard is often much faster. We'll take a closer look at three of the most popular and high-performance plugins for WordPress redirects:

1. Redirection
The most well-known plugin for WordPress redirects is Redirection . It allows you to redirect your blog articles and websites to other URLs – in all kinds of ways. Should a 404 error occur, Redirection offers you a 404 monitor.