How to Use the Safe Redirect Manager

The Safe Redirect Manager is now compatible with the Lede platform!

To use the Safe Redirect Manager:

1. In your WordPress Admin, navigate to the Safe Redirect Manager.

2. Click “Create Redirect Rule”.

   1. Redirect From: Enter the URL or the path of the post/page you want to redirect elsewhere.

      1. Enable Regular Expression: Only check this setting if you are familiar with how to set up regular expressions! Else, leave this unchecked.

   2. Redirect To: Enter the URL or the path of the post/page (including external links) that you want to redirect the original page to.

   3. HTTP Status Code:

      1. Select “301 Moved Permanently” from the dropdown (this is likely the type of redirect you are trying to set up).

         1. Only select another option if you are confident in your selection.

   4. Notes: This is an optional field.

   5. Click “Publish”.

3. Redirect From: Enter the URL or the path of the post/page you want to redirect elsewhere.

   1. Enable Regular Expression: Only check this setting if you are familiar with how to set up regular expressions! Else, leave this unchecked.

4. Enable Regular Expression: Only check this setting if you are familiar with how to set up regular expressions! Else, leave this unchecked.

5. Redirect To: Enter the URL or the path of the post/page (including external links) that you want to redirect the original page to.

6. HTTP Status Code:

   1. Select “301 Moved Permanently” from the dropdown (this is likely the type of redirect you are trying to set up).

      1. Only select another option if you are confident in your selection.

7. Select “301 Moved Permanently” from the dropdown (this is likely the type of redirect you are trying to set up).

   1. Only select another option if you are confident in your selection.

8. Only select another option if you are confident in your selection.

9. Notes: This is an optional field.

10. Click “Publish”.

11. Your redirect is now live!

Note:

• You cannot set up redirects FROM pages that control critical site functionality on the Lede platform, including all pages related to the payment or login flows.

• The redirect manager supports wildcard (*) matches.

  • Example: Setting up a redirect from /CategoryNameA/* to /CategoryNameB/* will redirect all pieces of content that include CategoryNameA in their URL to instead display as being in CategoryNameB.

• Example: Setting up a redirect from /CategoryNameA/* to /CategoryNameB/* will redirect all pieces of content that include CategoryNameA in their URL to instead display as being in CategoryNameB.

• To redirect from or to the homepage, put a forward slash ( / ) into the appropriate redirect field.