Plugin info

Total downloads: 2,907,280
Active installs: 100,000
Total reviews: 162
Average rating: 3.8
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 12 language(s)
Contributors: 8
Last updated: 12/12/2024 (383 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 9/2/2009 (16 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 5.3
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.7.4
Minimum PHP version: 7.4

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Possibly abandoned • Last updated 383 days ago • 162 reviews

35/100

Is Simple 301 Redirects By BetterLinks – Easy Redirect Manager for WP, 404 Error Log & More abandoned?

Possibly abandoned (last update 383 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 5.3
Tested up to: 6.7.4
Requires PHP: 7.4

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Description

Improve Your Website User Experience With Simple 301 Redirects Solution for WordPress

Launching a marketing campaign with a new URL? Got “404 not found” errors? Or relaunching your website with a new URL? Let’s redirect your old URLs to new ones automatically by creating 301 redirects to existing pages.

Simple 301 Redirects provides an easy method of redirecting requests to another page on your site or elsewhere on the web. It’s especially handy when you migrate a site to WordPress and can’t preserve your URL structure.

By setting up 301 redirects from your old pages to your new pages, any incoming links will be seamlessly passed along, and their page rank (or what-have-you) will be passed along with them.

⭐ FEATURES OF SIMPLE 301 REDIRECTS:

◾With this plugin, you can check and redirect your old URLs to the new ones with a few easy steps
Designed for any website with very easy and user friendly interface which you can set up in few seconds

◾Works great eCommerce, blog, magazine, small business and any other websites

🔰 MANAGE YOUR LINKS WITH SIMPLE 301 REDIRECTS:

◾Import Redirect Rules: You can import redirect links in bulk from your device and upload them using this plugin to manage links

◾ Export Redirect Rules: You can also export your 301 Redirect Links in .csv format to use in future

Wildcards: It will redirect all files within a directory to the same filename in the redirected directory. To use wildcards, put an asterisk (*) after the folder name that you want to redirect. Example:

  • Request: /old-folder/*
  • Destination: /new-folder/*

Advanced Analytics: Easily track and analyze click-through rates of your link redirects with BetterLinks (advanced link management solution by WPDeveloper)

Friendly Support: Get super friendly community support as we have an extraordinary support team ready to help you. Ask your questions in the support forum & someone from our team will help you

🏆 Featured by Renowned WordPress Publications

Simple 301 Redirects has been loved by lots of users, website owners, bloggers and marketers:

🌟Peakplex

“The plugin’s name could not be better. It really is simple to do 301 redirects. For example, if you modify the URL of one of your pages, then you can take the old URL and redirect it to the new one. Not only can this keep some SEO value, but it’s good for user experience as well.”

🌟WPKube

“I like this plugin because: You can quickly create 301 redirects without leaving your WordPress dashboard. It makes it much easier to manage your existing 301 redirects. It’s just plain easier for beginners than digging around the .htaccess file.”

THIS PLUGIN IS MAINTAINED BY THE TEAM WPDeveloper.

ALL FEATURES | DOCUMENTATION

Need More Advanced Solution for Link Management?

Try BetterLinks – the advanced link management plugin that simplifies your marketing campaigns by offering a range of powerful features. You can easily shorten links, conduct split tests with dynamic redirects, and check for broken links.
The solution also allows you to monitor campaigns using a UTM builder, manage user roles, and analyze click-through rates. Additionally, you can create links without needing admin access and track analytics effortlessly, ensuring your marketing efforts are successful without any hassle.

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👨‍💻 DOCUMENTATION AND SUPPORT

  • For documentation and tutorials go to our Documentation
  • For video tutorials go to our YouTube Playlist
  • If you have any more questions, visit our support on the Plugin’s Forum
  • For more information about features, FAQs and documentation, check out our website.

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Installation

  1. Upload Simple 301 Redirects to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  3. Add redirects on the Settings > 301 Redirects page.

Frequently Asked Questions

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Review feed

Nilo Velez
4/18/2021

Worst update ever

I had this plugin on all my sites, but since BetterLinks bought it, it became a piece of bloated junk.
peterarends
5/25/2021

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, does not work out of the box anymore while the "Redirection" plugin does. So will have to migrate dozens of websites to an alternative. :-s
EdwardR
8/9/2021

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!
Stanislav Khromov
9/21/2022

Redirects stopped working

All redirects randomly stopped working after being fine for many years. Now the redirected paths just return 404. 🤷
Knut Sparhell
1/24/2025

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.

Screenshots

  1. Simple 301 Redirects - Dashboard

    Simple 301 Redirects - Dashboard

  2. Simple 301 Redirects - Setup

    Simple 301 Redirects - Setup

Changelog

2.0.11 – 13/11/2024

  • Tested up to WordPress version 6.7
  • Few minor bug fix and improvements

2.0.10 – 16/07/2024

  • Added: WordPress 6.6 Compatibility
  • Few minor bug fix and improvements

2.0.9 – 27/09/2023

  • Fixed: Import Related Issue.
  • Few minor bug fix and improvements

2.0.8 – 30/08/2023

  • Fixed: Vulnerability Issue.
  • Few minor bug fix and improvements

2.0.7 – 13/09/2022

  • Fixed: WP-CLI issue.
  • Few minor bug fix and improvements

2.0.6 – 19/10/2021

  • Added: CSV Import/Export option
  • Few minor bug fix and improvements

2.0.5 – 08/07/2021

  • Fixed: Http mixed content issue
  • Added: AJAX Support in place of REST API
  • Few minor bug fix and improvements

2.0.4 – 05/05/2021

  • Improved: User role capabilities check in Ajax requests for security enhancements
  • Few minor bug fix and improvements

2.0.3 – 18/04/2021

  • Fixed: Redirects fail with trailing slash in the Request URL
  • Improved: Import/Export feature for security enhancements
  • Few minor bug fix and improvements

2.0.2 – 15/04/2021

  • Fixed: Link Redirection not working when Shortend URL is shared on Facebook
  • Fixed: Destination URL not fully visible on smaller devices
  • Improved: Coding structure to enhance security
  • Few minor bug fix and improvements

2.0.1 – 07/04/2021

  • Few minor bug fix and improvements

2.0.0 – 01/04/2021

  • Revamped: New UI/UX
  • Added: Support for WordPress 5.7
  • Added: Options to Export/Import Links
  • Few minor bug fix and improvements

1.07

  • Security Update – Better handling of posted data.

1.06

  • Security Updates – Special thanks to Ryan Hellyer!

1.05

  • Wildcard support
  • Delete functiontionality
  • On-page documentation

1.04

  • Removed deprecated function calls
  • Updated code to better match WordPress coding standards
  • Updated handling of https protocol to prevent errors in certain server configurations
  • Better support for destinations that start with a leading slash instead of the full domain

1.03

  • Sorry for the double update. I forgot to check for PHP4 compatibility. Many people are still using PHP4, apparently, so this update is to fix compatibility with these legacy systems.

1.02

  • Added support for special characters in non-english URLs.
  • Fixed a case sensitivity bug.

1.01

  • Updated redirect method to send headers directly rather than using wp_redirect() because it was sending 302 codes on some servers

1.0

  • Initial Release