People often use a tool like Redirection to help with site reorganisation. For example, changing your permalink structure, or moving from a different tool to WordPress. Once you’ve created redirects for this task a common question is how long do you need to keep them around for? The simple answer is that a redirect should… Continue reading How long do I need to keep a redirect for?
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Redirecting a 404
A common question is how to redirect all 404s to another page, typically the home page. The simple answer to this is: don’t! The question is based on the mistaken belief that a 404 page is bad and needs fixing. A 404 is the correct response for a page that doesn’t exist and has never… Continue reading Redirecting a 404