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WordPress WordPress Basics Managing Content in WordPress Posts in WordPress

Lisa Crowley
Lisa Crowley
4,793 Points
Posted by Lisa Crowley
Lisa Crowley
4,793 Points

Changing the post slug after already published - does the old URL redirect?

When changing the post slug on Wordpress, if the page has already been published will the old URL redirect to the new URL?

1 Answer

Simon Duchaine
Simon Duchaine
14,441 Points
Simon Duchaine
Simon Duchaine
14,441 Points

Hi Lisa,

Unfortunately, no, by default the old URL won't redirect to your new one, but the good news is that there's a lot of redirection management plugins out there!

You could also right a 301 redirection rule in your HTACCESS (if your on APACHE server).

Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,117 Points

Just wanted to add, there is a solid plugin for this:

301 redirects