Fix 404 Errors with FREE WordPress redirects Plugin!
Aug 16, 2023
Fix 404 Errors with FREE WordPress redirects Plugin!
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8.233 -> Hello!
9.05 -> My name is Mike, and today
I want to help you fix 404 errors
12.583 -> and redirect them to real pages
on your WordPress site.
15.616 -> A 404 error occurs
17.216 -> when someone tries to go to a page
that doesn't exist on your website.
21.533 -> Here's the four or four error
that my friend site gives.
24.533 -> It's a little bit more funny and clever
than displaying
26.933 -> four or four error,
but it's still not ideal.
29.75 -> We want to send them to a real page
with some hash tag content on it
34.85 -> and there is a free plug in to help us do
that.
37.616 -> Let's go add a new plug
in called Redirection.
40.8 -> It's been around for over a decade
and is completely free.
43.7 -> No pro version or anything.
46.433 -> So let's set it up.
48.766 -> The first page
49.616 -> is just a little explanation
of how it works.
52.616 -> And feel free to read it,
but this video will show you anyway.
56.066 -> On the next page we want to select
both that monitor Permalink changes,
59.483 -> which will automatically redirect pages
and posts that we change the permalink to
63.983 -> and keep a log of all redirects
and four or four errors
67.133 -> so we can monitor and make changes.
69.766 -> You can also store IP information,
but I don't see a need here.
74.633 -> Then it'll do a REST API check
to make sure it can work.
78.383 -> And you're good to go.
79.666 -> Just click finish setup.
82.8 -> So here's how the plugin works.
85.016 -> Take the old URL here
and just start with the slash
88.2 -> and the path, which is the stuff
after the domain like dot com.
92.6 -> So I'll
type in something to send my old page
95.483 -> to my new page
99.716 -> and let's try it out.
107.15 -> Now, this was a bad example
109.1 -> because my dash new dash
page doesn't exist.
112.633 -> But it did work
because if we go to our log,
114.916 -> we can see that
it did redirect from old to new.
118.4 -> And if we go to our 404 error log,
we have a new error
122.166 -> because that new page doesn't exist
and also generates a404 error.
127.716 -> What about four pages that actually exist?
130.633 -> Here's my buddy's about page
that has the path of slash about.
136.116 -> But he's been getting a lot of Canadians
spelling it
138.666 -> like they pronounce it
and getting a four or four error.
141.966 -> And by a lot I mean one.
143.716 -> And by Canadians, I mean me.
146.316 -> To fix
that problem, I'll click, add, redirect,
149.533 -> and then add the correct spelling of about
152.3 -> as the path and the problem is solved.
155.95 -> And that is how to track four
or four errors and fix them with redirects
159.85 -> with the free redirection
plug in in WordPress.
163.266 -> Subscribe for more WordPress and site
building tips and I'll see you next time.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0GLRy9Po9c
