Creating redirects in All in One SEO is already very easy to do. But now, you can also schedule them easily as well.

Adding a Redirect

You can learn how to add a redirect in All in One SEO here.

Scheduling a Redirect

Scheduling a redirect can only be done when you add a new redirect. To do this, follow the steps below.

First, click on Redirects in the All in One SEO menu.

You’ll see the Redirects screen and at the top will be the Add New Redirection form.

In the Source URL field, enter the URL you want to redirect from. The URL must be a relative URL, i.e. don’t include the https://mydomain.com part of your URL.

In the Target URL field, enter the URL you want to redirect to. The URL can be either a relative URL or an absolute URL.

In the Redirect Type drop down, select the redirect type.

Click on Advanced Settings and select Schedule in the Select Rule drop down.

You’ll see Start Date and End Date fields where you can select a date and set a time. Use these to select the date and time you want the redirect to start and end.

If you leave the End Date field blank, the redirect will have no end date and will continue until you disable or delete it.

Click the Add Redirect button to add your redirect.

Check out more documentation on our Redirection Manager here.

There are various reasons why you’d want to create a redirect, including:

• You’ve deleted content on your site and want to redirect the URL for that content somewhere else.
• You’ve changed the URL for content and want to make sure it’s found at the new URL.
• You’ve changed your URL or Permalink structure.

There are two ways to redirect content on your site:

• Via the Redirection Manager under Redirects in the All in One SEO menu which is described below.
• Via the Redirects tab on the Edit Post / Edit Page screen.

Here’s how to easily add a redirect from the Redirection Manager in All in One SEO Pro.

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Adding a Redirect

To get started, go to Redirects in the All in One SEO menu.

You’ll see the Redirects screen and at the top will be the Add New Redirection form.

In the Source URL field, enter the URL you want to redirect from. The URL must be a relative URL, i.e. don’t include the https://mydomain.com part of your URL.

In the Target URL field, enter the URL you want to redirect to. The URL can be either a relative URL or an absolute URL.

You can also start typing the title of any post, page or other content on your site, or the slug or ID in the Target URL field and the matching content will be displayed. Click on the post or page you want to select as your target.

Setting the Redirect Type

In the Redirect Type drop down, select the type of redirect you want. The two most common are:

• 301 Moved Permanently: Use this if you want to permanently redirect the old URL because the content has been deleted or moved.
• 307 Temporary Redirect: Use this if you only want to temporarily redirect the old URL.

Click the Add Redirect button to add your redirect.

Viewing Your Redirects

The redirect will be shown in the Redirects table. There’s a toggle in the Enabled column if you want to disable it without deleting it.

The Hits column shows how many times the redirect has been used by visitors to your site.

Testing Your Redirects

You can test that the redirect is working by mousing over the source URL and clicking on the Check Redirect link.

Editing a Redirect

You can edit a redirect by mousing over the source URL and clicking on the Edit link.

Deleting a Redirect

You can delete a redirect by mousing over the source URL and clicking on the Delete link.

Check out more documentation on our Redirection Manager here.

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Getting Started

To get started, go to Redirects in the All in One SEO menu.

You’ll see the Redirects screen and at the top will be the Add New Redirection form.

In the Source URL field, enter the URL you want to redirect from. The URL must be a relative URL, i.e. don’t include the https://mydomain.com part of your URL.

Now click the Add URL button and another Source URL field will be displayed.

Complete the new field with your second source URL.

Repeat this process to add more source URLs until you’re done.

In the Target URL field, enter the URL you want to redirect to. The URL can be either a relative URL or an absolute URL.

You can also start typing the title of any post, page or other content on your site, or the slug or ID in the Target URL field and the matching content will be displayed. Click on the post or page you want to select as your target.

In the Redirect Type drop down, select the type of redirect you want. The two most common are:

• 301 Moved Permanently: Use this if you want to permanently redirect the old URL because the content has been deleted or moved.
• 307 Temporary Redirect: Use this if you only want to temporarily redirect the old URL

Click the Add Redirects button to add your redirects.

The redirects will be shown in the Redirects table.

Further Reading

Check out more documentation on our Redirection Manager here.

There are two ways to redirect content on your site:

• Via the Redirection Manager under Redirects in the All in One SEO menu.
• Via the Redirects tab on the Edit Post / Edit Page screen described below.

Here’s how to easily add a redirect from the AIOSEO Settings on and post or page.

Adding a Redirect

To get started, edit any content and click on the Redirects tab in the AIOSEO Settings section.

You’ll see the same settings as you’d see in the Redirection Manager, except that the Source URL is already populated with the URL for your post or page.

To redirect this post or page, enter the URL you want to redirect to in the Target URL field. The URL can be either a relative URL or an absolute URL.

You can also start typing the title of any post, page or other content on your site, or the slug or ID in the Target URL field and the matching content will be displayed. Click on the post or page you want to select as your target.

In the Redirect Type drop down, select the type of redirect you want. The two most common are:

• 301 Moved Permanently: Use this if you want to permanently redirect the old URL because the content has been deleted or moved.
• 307 Temporary Redirect: Use this if you only want to temporarily redirect the old URL.

Click the Add Redirect button to add your redirect.

The redirect will be shown in the table. There’s a toggle in the Enabled column if you want to disable it without deleting it.

Testing, Editing and Deleting a Redirect

You can test that the redirect is working by mousing over the source URL and clicking on the Check Redirect link.

You can edit a redirect by mousing over the source URL and clicking on the Edit link.

You can delete a redirect by mousing over the source URL and clicking on the Delete link.

Advanced Settings

The additional settings on the Redirects tab are the same as the features in the Redirection Manager. You can find documentation on each of these here:

• Ignore Slash
• Ignore Case
• Query Parameters
• Custom Rules

Check out more documentation on our Redirection Manager here.

Common Redirect Types

The most frequently asked question we get about redirects is which type to use.

For most users, the two most common types of redirect will be all you need to use. These are:

• 301 Moved Permanently: Use this if you want to permanently redirect the old URL because the content has been deleted or moved.
• 307 Temporary Redirect: Use this if you only want to temporarily redirect the old URL

Advanced Redirect Types

For advanced users, there are other types of redirect you may need. These are:

• 302 Found: This is rarely used and usually as a temporary redirect. It means that the content has been found but at a different URL. It’s better to use either the 301 Moved Permanently or 307 Temporary Redirect instead
• 303 See Other: This is a special type of redirect used for some kinds of files in certain programming languages
• 304 Not Modified: This is another special type of redirect that lets browsers know the resource hasn’t been modified since the version specified in the request headers
• 308 Permanent Redirect: This is rarely used and means that the resource has moved permanently. It’s best to use a 301 Moved Permanently instead
• Pass through: This option will keep the current URL and load the content of the target URL. External URLs may be used.

Client Error Responses

You may also create Client Error Responses for your URLs:

• 400 Bad Request: The server could not understand the request.
• 401 Unauthorized: Means the client must authenticate itself to get the requested response.
• 403 Forbidden: The client does not have access rights to the content.
• 404 Not Found: The server can not find the requested resource.
• 410 Gone: The requested content has been permanently deleted from server, with no forwarding address.
• 418 I’m a teapot: The server refuses the attempt to brew coffee with a teapot. This error is a reference to Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol defined in April Fools’ jokes in 1998 and 2014. Some websites use this response for requests they do not wish to handle, such as automated queries.
• 451 Unavailable For Legal Reasons: The user-agent requested a resource that cannot legally be provided, such as a web page censored by a government.

Server Error Responses

You may also create Server Error Responses for your URLs:

• 500 Internal Server Error: The server has encountered a situation it doesn’t know how to handle.
• 501 Not Implemented: The request method is not supported by the server and cannot be handled. The only methods that servers are required to support (and therefore that must not return this code) are GET and HEAD.
• 502 Bad Gateway: This error response means that the server, while working as a gateway to get a response needed to handle the request, got an invalid response.
• 503 Service Unavailable: The server is not ready to handle the request. Common causes are a server that is down for maintenance or that is overloaded.
• 504 Gateway Timeout: This error response is given when the server is acting as a gateway and cannot get a response in time.
• 505 HTTP Version Not Supported: The HTTP version used in the request is not supported by the server.

Setting the Default Redirect Type

You can set the default Redirect Type by going to Redirects in the All in One SEO menu and clicking on the Settings tab.

Scroll down to the Redirect Defaults section and you’ll see the drop-down for Redirect Type. What you set here will be used as the default for all redirects unless you set something different in each individual redirect.

Setting the Redirect Type for Individual Redirects

You can set the redirect type for each individual redirect when you create them. You’ll see the Redirect Type drop-down in the Add New Redirection form.

You can also edit any redirect and change the Redirect Type there.

Check out more documentation on our Redirection Manager here.

This is especially useful in catching visitors that may go to your site but leave off the trailing slash.

For example, a visitor may type in https://mydomain.com/blog/ to reach your blog. This URL has the trailing slash at the end of the URL.

However, visitors may also type in https://mydomain.com/blog to reach your blog. This URL doesn’t have a trailing slash at the end of the URL.

When you create a redirect, you have the option to redirect the URL without the trailing slash, or the URL with the trailing slash, or both.

Ignore Trailing Slash for a Single Redirect

Here’s how to ignore the trailing slash in a single redirect:

To get started, go to Redirects in the All in One SEO menu.

You’ll see the Redirects screen and at the top will be the Add New Redirection form.

In the Source URL field, enter the URL you want to redirect from. The URL must be a relative URL, i.e. don’t include the https://mydomain.com part of your URL. You can add the trailing slash or leave it off.

Now click the settings icon on the right side of the Source URL field.

You’ll see three checkboxes, one is for Ignore Slash. Check this box and the trailing slash will be ignored for this redirect only.

In the Target URL field, enter the URL you want to redirect to. The URL can be either a relative URL or an absolute URL.

You can also start typing the title of any post, page or other content on your site, or the slug or ID in the Target URL field and the matching content will be displayed. Click on the post or page you want to select as your target.

In the Redirect Type drop down, select the type of redirect you want. The two most common are:

• 301 Moved Permanently: Use this if you want to permanently redirect the old URL because the content has been deleted or moved.
• 307 Temporary Redirect: Use this if you only want to temporarily redirect the old URL

Click the Add Redirects button to add your redirects.

The redirects will be shown in the Redirects table.

Ignore Trailing Slash for all Redirects

If you want to ignore the trailing slash for all redirects that you create, then start by going to Redirects in the All in One SEO menu and then click on the Settings tab.

Scroll down until you see the Redirect Defaults section and you’ll see a setting for Ignore Slash.

Click the toggle to enable this setting. Now all redirects will ignore the trailing slash in the source URL.

Check out more documentation on our Redirection Manager here.

This is especially useful in catching visitors that may go to your site but use uppercase instead of lowercase when they type your URL.

For example, a visitor may type in https://mydomain.com/blog/ to reach your blog. This URL is all lowercase which is normal.

However, visitors may also type in https://mydomain.com/Blog to reach your blog. This URL has a capital B for Blog in the URL.

When you create a redirect, you have the option to redirect the URL regardless of what case is used in the URL.

Ignore the Case Sensitivity for a Single Redirect

Here’s how to ignore the case used in a single redirect:

To get started, go to Redirects in the All in One SEO menu.

You’ll see the Redirects screen and at the top will be the Add New Redirection form.

In the Source URL field, enter the URL you want to redirect from. The URL must be a relative URL, i.e. don’t include the https://mydomain.com part of your URL. You can add the trailing slash or leave it off.

Now click the settings icon on the right side of the Source URL field.

You’ll see three checkboxes, one is for Ignore Case. Check this box and the case used in URLs will be ignored for this redirect only.

In the Target URL field, enter the URL you want to redirect to. The URL can be either a relative URL or an absolute URL.

You can also start typing the title of any post, page or other content on your site, or the slug or ID in the Target URL field and the matching content will be displayed. Click on the post or page you want to select as your target.

In the Redirect Type drop down, select the type of redirect you want. The two most common are:

• 301 Moved Permanently: Use this if you want to permanently redirect the old URL because the content has been deleted or moved.
• 307 Temporary Redirect: Use this if you only want to temporarily redirect the old URL

Click the Add Redirects button to add your redirects.

The redirects will be shown in the Redirects table.

Ignore the Case Sensitivity for all Redirects

If you want to ignore the case used for all redirects that you create, then start by going to Redirects in the All in One SEO menu and then click on the Settings tab.

Scroll down until you see the Redirect Defaults section and you’ll see a setting for Ignore Case.

Click the toggle to enable this setting. Now all redirects will ignore the case used in the source URL.

Check out more documentation on our Redirection Manager here.

This helps so that visitors don’t try visiting a post or page that’s been deleted and get a 404 Not Found error.

You can also have All in One SEO automatically redirect visitors when content is deleted. You can learn about the Automatic Redirects feature here.

In this article, we’ll discuss how to manually add a redirect when you delete content.

When you trash any content in your WordPress Admin area, All in One SEO will display a notice at the top of the screen shown below:

To add a redirect for the deleted content, click the Add Redirect to improve SEO link.

You’ll see the Add a Redirect popup shown below:

You’ll see that the Source URL is already filled out with the URL of the content you deleted.

In the Target URL field, enter the URL you want to redirect to. The URL can be either a relative URL or an absolute URL.

The default is the homepage of your site which is represented as a slash ( / ).

In the Redirect Type drop down, select the type of redirect you want. The two most common are:

• 301 Moved Permanently: Use this if you want to permanently redirect the old URL because the content has been permanently deleted.
• 307 Temporary Redirect: Use this if you only want to temporarily redirect the old URL.
• 410 Gone Redirect: Use this if you believe the content will never come back and it’s permanently deleted. Google will slowly remove the URL from search engine result pages. It’s important to note that Google may consider 410 URLs as “Soft 404”. They might also appear in your Google Search Console’s Index Coverage Report, and that’s perfectly normal. But you don’t have to worry about them. They will be removed from the Google Search Console automatically after a certain period of time.

Click the Add Redirect button to add your redirect.

Clicking on the Advanced Settings link will display the Custom Rules setting. You can learn about using Custom Rules here.

Once a redirect has been added, you can edit it by going to Redirects in the All in One SEO menu.

Check out more documentation on our Redirection Manager here.

A pass through redirect is one that loads the content of the page you’re redirecting to but keeps the old URL.

For example, you want to redirect from https://mysite.com/source-url/ to https://mysite.com/target-url/ but hide this fact to the visitor by keeping the URL https://mysite.com/source-url/.

To use this feature, go to Redirects in the All in One SEO menu and you’ll see the Add New Redirection form.

Click on the Redirect Type drop down and select Pass through.

Now you can complete the Source URL and Target URL fields and click Add Redirect.

That’s all! You’ve now created a pass through redirect.

Check out more documentation on our Redirection Manager here.

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To get started, go to Redirects in the All in One SEO menu and then click on the Import / Export tab.

Exporting Redirects

On the Import / Export screen you’ll see a section for Export Redirects. Here you have several choices.

You’ll see check boxes for Export All Redirects or to just export the specific types of redirects. Here’s an explanation of each check box:

• Export All Redirects: This will export all the redirects set in All in One SEO
• Manual Redirects: This will export only the redirects you’ve created on the Redirects tab
• Modified Posts: This will export only the redirects that All in One SEO has automatically created when slugs have been modified in your content. The Automatic Redirects setting must be enabled for this
• 404 Redirects: This will export only the redirects you’ve created from 404 Logs. The 404 Logs setting must be enabled for this

Once you’ve selected which redirects you want to export, you can select the format for the export file in the drop down.

There are three types of export files that All in One SEO can generate:

• Complete Data (JSON): This file is used when you want to import your redirects on another site
• Apache Redirects (.htaccess): This will generate a file you can use to migrate your redirects to your .htaccess file on your server
• NGINX Redirects (.nginx): This will generate a file you can use to migrate your redirects to your nginx.conf file on your server

Once you’ve selected which redirects you want to export, and the format for the export file, click the Export Redirects button and the file will download to your computer.

Importing Redirects

You can import redirects into All in One SEO using our JSON file format of using CSV. This can be useful when you want to copy redirects to another site or to import redirects created in a spreadsheet.

Importing Redirects from a JSON File

To start, make sure you’ve exported your redirects from All in One SEO using the Complete Data (JSON) file format.

Then, in the Import Redirects from AIOSEO File section, click the Choose a File button and locate and select the export file you downloaded to your computer. Finally, click the Import button to import your redirects.

Importing Redirects from a CSV File

To start, create your CSV file with the redirects you want to import. There’s a sample CSV file that you can download by clicking on the click here link in the Import Redirects from a JSON or CSV File section.

Then, in the Import Redirects from AIOSEO File section, click the Choose a File button and locate and select your CSV file. Finally, click the Import button to import your redirects.

Exporting Logs

You can export the logs from the Redirection Manager. To do this, click on either the Export Redirect Logs button or the Export 404 Logs button to export either log file.

Importing Redirects From Other Plugins

You can import redirects from other well known SEO and redirection plugins. To learn how to do this, check out our Importing Redirects From Other Plugins article.

Check out more documentation on our Redirection Manager here.