Simple 301 Redirects by BetterLinks – Easy Redirect Manager
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3.8
162 reviews
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- 102 (63%)
- 4
- 14 (9%)
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- 3 (2%)
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- 39 (24%)
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No longer maintained
This plugin used to be simple, just doing av simple redirecting task. It know has gotten issues cluttering the log file when debugging. Support recommends another, totally bloated plugin. I recommend staying away and find antoher simple redirects mananger. Sad.
by Knut Sparhell · Read on WordPress.org
Cant import
Cant import 🙁
by leviblu · Read on WordPress.org
No longer working after upgrading (for URL strings with symbols)
First, thank you for this great free plugin. We’ve been using it for many years. Recently after upgrading WP to 5.9.5 (I know it’s an old version but bear with me). The following redirects no longer work Request: /blog-test/blog-title.html?lang=en However if I remove the ?lang=en parameter, it will work again. We’ve…
by thejae · Read on WordPress.org
Redirects stopped working
All redirects randomly stopped working after being fine for many years. Now the redirected paths just return 404. 🤷
by Stanislav Khromov · Read on WordPress.org
Plugin Quit Working
I have been using this plugin for years with no problems. This morning I noticed I had many 404 errors and none of the redirects were working. The plugin currently says it’s untested with WordPress 6.0.1 which is the version I am using. Until a patch happens this plugin is useless.
by graphicsbyte · Read on WordPress.org
Abandoning this plugin after using it for years
Have been using this for a long time on a lot of sites, but something happened to the focus of the developers. The import functionality has been broken for quite a while now. Even if you import the export file of the plugin itself, it doesn’t work.
by Studiobovenkamer · Read on WordPress.org
Just starting using this again.
Just started using this again after making some changes to slugs that are ranking well in google. Strange bad reviews with this plugin, there is nothing wrong with it, it works perfectly fine. Some user experience is required when redirecting URL’s and the proper way to do it. Site configuration (such as SSL) will…
by xolite · Read on WordPress.org
Don’t use this Plugin if you value your site
This plugin was so easy to use. So many sites used it. However, don’t use it for years and think it is going to be easy to remove all the redirects. If you have a large site with history, this could become a nightmare to deal with. Just delete the plugin, move on to another plugin that works. This one sucks!
by EdwardR · Read on WordPress.org
Used to work, but not any more…
This was my go-to plugin for 301 redirects, but with the latest versions, it’s full of bugs. There’s no overall save button anymore, and if you delete (and confirm deletion) a redirect then reload the page, the redirect is back. If you change a redirect and click the “update” button next to the redirect, then leave…
by naznewsgirl · Read on WordPress.org
Ruined (after the WPDeveloper acquisition ~ 4 months ago)
Simple 301 Redirects has provided me a lot of value in the past. Thankful for all the years. But… Now it is just a Marketing Tool for BetterLinks by WPDeveloper. I can’t blame @scottnelle and WPDeveloper for the sale (or whatever transaction happened) but the plugin is bloated with promotion for Betterlinks and worse,…
by peterarends · Read on WordPress.org
Plugin stopped working
Unable to add any more rows. Switching to something else.
by mozzie34 · Read on WordPress.org
This plugin has stopped working
This plugin has stopped working, so Iʻve uninstalled and trying something else
by carol167 · Read on WordPress.org
Worst update ever
I had this plugin on all my sites, but since BetterLinks bought it, it became a piece of bloated junk.
by Nilo Velez · Read on WordPress.org
Really simple – not your best choice
As its name says, this is a really simple redirection plugin. It does not track 404 errors on your site (which you probably want to redirect). It does not allow you to group, search and filter redirects. It does not allow you to set the HTTP status code. It does not give you rules to process query strings. There are…
by Martin Sauter · Read on WordPress.org
Wildcard didn’t work
Tried to change /%year%/%monthnum%/%postname%.html to /%postname%/ Didn’t work – got 404 ERROR
by Jennifer Moss · Read on WordPress.org
Didn’t work
Not working, at least when trying to use it after a permalink structure change. This topic was modified 6 years, 6 months ago by Old account.
by Old account · Read on WordPress.org
sucks
sucks
by Bertan · Read on WordPress.org
No Support. Plugin doesn’t work.
This plugin isn’t working. I had set up many redirects with this plugin prior to noticing. I would like to find where in my databases the redirects are stored so I can replicate them with another redirection plugin that does work. Unfortunately I am unable to find them so I can replicate them elsewhere. I requested…
by beckseden · Read on WordPress.org
Doesn’t work
I tried to redirect : /%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/ to just /%postname%/ but when I press save the first variable changes itself to /%year%/%monthnum%/y%/%postname%/ for no reason
by Anonymous User · Read on WordPress.org
Fantastic and Reliable
I’ve used this plugin for a couple of years now. It works like a charm. Although it says it’s not been tested for my version of WordPress (v5.2.3) and PHP (v7.3.9), it works beautifully. One word of caution. If you’re finding your redirects not working, make sure you’re using the format /whateveryouwant/ I found that…
by thomneil · Read on WordPress.org
Redirecting to Wrong Site
Worst plugin
by cuteantonyraj · Read on WordPress.org
Excellent
Works like a Charm
by kamrantaj · Read on WordPress.org
Redirect Malware
I initially reported that this plugin was exploited with redirect malware, but it was actually a different redirect bulk redirect add on that was causing the problem. This Simple 301 Redirects plugin continues to be my top option for redirects! This topic was modified 7 years, 2 months ago by brianloebig.
by brianloebig · Read on WordPress.org
Malicious Redirects
This plugin was installed on a number of sites at my job. The plugin was hardly out of date, maybe updated a month or so before, and malicious redirects found their way onto this plugin and started redirecting our sites to advertisement websites. Leaving a 1 star review. I would understand if this plugin hadn’t been…
by wappguru · Read on WordPress.org
Works… sometimes.. mostly not
The title says it all. Works for some links but not others.
by Martinez · Read on WordPress.org
Not working
Have used this many times, but it seems to have broken. Have checked both source and destination links and simply not working.
by winwms · Read on WordPress.org
Simple and awesome plugin!
Plugin works just as it should!
by dromanov31 · Read on WordPress.org
Awesome
This is how all plugins should work … Not thousand options for stuff that you doesnt need. No pro or donate notices. Simply beautiful.
by GDY · Read on WordPress.org
Worked For Us Beautifully :)
We use this plugin on multiple sites and it works great every time. We found it works best if your nameservers point do the domain host along with IP pointing. For example if you have a domain name and point the IP address to your hosting account at another host we recommend you also update your nameservers. Also be…
by Bidonme · Read on WordPress.org
Works Perfectly For Me Too
I didn’t have any problems and work in a minute. It solved my troubles.
by roscotto · Read on WordPress.org
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