michaeltyson

Leon Stafford

Save your visitors from unhelpful 404 errors!
Instead of quickly giving up when a visitor reaches content that doesn’t exist, make an effort to guess what they were 
after in the first place. This plugin will perform a search of your posts, pages, tags and categories, using keywords from the requested 
URL. If there’s a match, redirect to that content instead of showing the error. If there’s more than one match, the 
404 template can use some template tags to provide a list of suggestions to the visitor.
See the <a href="http://michael.tyson.id.au/smart-404" rel="nofollow ugc">Smart 404 homepage</a> for more information.
<h3>Template tags</h3>
<code>smart404_has_suggestions</code>
Returns true if there are some suggestions, false otherwise
<code>smart404_get_suggestions</code>
Retrieve an array of post objects for rendering manually.
<code>smart404_suggestions</code>
Draw a list of suggested posts.
Pass the parameter “list” to render suggestions as a list.
<code>smart404_loop</code>
Query posts for use in a Loop. Eg:
<pre><code><?php smart404_loop(); ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
 <h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
 <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
</code></pre>
Note that the loop will not display pages correctly, as it is not built to support them. It is recommended that if you use 
a loop like that above, do not enable searching of pages.
<code>smart404_get_search_terms</code>
Retrieve an array of search terms used to populate the suggestions list, for use with contextual highlighting, etc.
For support and latest source code, please visit https://github.com/leonstafford/smart-404

Smart 404

Automatically redirect to the content the user was most likely after, or show suggestions, instead of showing an unhelpful 404 error.

WebFactory

<a href="https://wp301redirects.com/?ref=wporg" rel="nofollow ugc">301 Redirects</a> helps you manage and create 301, 302, 307 redirects for WordPress site to improve SEO & visitor experience. 301 Redirects is easy to use. Perfect for new sites or repairing links after reorganizing your old content, or when your site has content that expires and you wish to avoid sending visitors to a 404 error page and want to create redirection instead. Use the 404 error log to identify problematic links & create new redirections.
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301 Redirects GUI is located in WP Admin – Settings – 301 Redirects 
404 Error Log widget can be found in the WP Admin – Dashboard – 404 Error Log
Features
<ul>
<li>Choose from Pages, Posts, Custom Post types, Archives, and Term Archives from dropdown menu to create redirection</li>
<li>Or, set a custom destination URL!</li>
<li>Retain query strings across redirects</li>
<li>Super-fast redirection</li>
<li>404 error log</li>
<li>404 error log widget</li>
<li>Import/Export feature for bulk redirects management</li>
<li>Simple redirect stats so you know how much a redirection is used</li>
<li>Fully compatible with translation plugins (Weglot, TranslatePress, Gtranslate, Loco Translate) that use lang prefix in URL</li>
</ul>
Need more features? 
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What is a 301 Redirect? 
A redirect is a simple way to re-route traffic coming to a Requested URL to different Destination URL.
A 301 redirect indicates that the page requested has been permanently moved to the Destination URL, and helps pass on the Requested URLs traffic in a search engine friendly manner. Creating a 301 redirect tells search engines that the Requested URL has moved permanently, and that the content can now be found on the Destination URL. An important feature is that search engines will pass along any clout the Requested URL used to have to the Destination URL.
<iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/70Yn_lO_8BA?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe>
When Should I use 301 Redirects? 
* Replacing an old site design with a new site design 
* Overhauling or re-organizing your existing WordPress content 
* You have content that expires (or is otherwise no longer available) and you wish to redirect users elsewhere
Is the 404 error log GDPR friendly? 
The 404 error log does not collect user IPs. It collects the following data: timestamp of the event, the (404) URL that was opened, and the user-agent string.
Having problems with SSL? Moving a site from HTTP to HTTPS? 
Install our free <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-force-ssl/" rel="ugc">WP Force SSL</a> plugin. It’s a great way to enable SSL and fix SSL problems.
External libraries used in the project 
* <a href="https://github.com/donatj/PhpUserAgent" rel="nofollow ugc">PHP User Agent Parser</a>

301 Redirects – Redirect Manager

As soon as you install this plugin and try to access the settings, you're hit with this huge screen trying to get you to go to pro. I instantly uninstalled and will use something else.

Removed instantly


This plugin saves a lot of time for me. Recommended. 


Easy to use plugin

Useful

Manage 301 & 302 redirects. Simple redirection & redirects validation. Includes redirect stats & 404 error log.

Smart 404 vs 301 Redirects – Redirect Manager