You can redirect posts or pages using our Yoast SEO plugin. If a page redirects unexpectedly or causes a redirect loop only when our plugin is active, this means a redirect has been added to our plugin.
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Example of Error
Is Yoast handling the redirect?
Yoast Redirect Options
Individual Page or Post
Date archives
Remove category prefix
Author archives
Redirect Manager (Premium)
Example of Error
A possible redirect loop error, like ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS may be shown below in Chrome. Similar errors may appear in FireFox, Edge, or Safari browsers:
How to Find Error if Yoast is causing error
You can check if Yoast is causing these redirects loop. One method that works for all set-ups is to run a header check on the page. Each page has header information which is only seen by the browser and is not displayed for humans. Using some tools such as a Header Checker or a Curl test you can see this data. Use a curl test to check the header you will need to navigate to your terminal.
Once at the terminal enter in curl -I full url of the page such as curl -I https://yoast.com/licenses/ then hit enter.
Some data will then appear. You can then review the redirect and determine if Yoast is responsible as it will say Yoast SEO Premium in it.
Redirect Added To The Individual Page or Post
The post level 301 redirect feature has been removed from the free plugin in favor of the more robust premium redirect manager as discussed here. If you have an older version of the free plugin you may still see these.
Although you can no longer add new post level redirects, previously entered post level redirects may appear under the advanced tab of the Yoast SEO (free or premium) meta box.
Redirect Added In SEO Settings (Premium Version Only)
Log in to your WordPress website. When you』re logged in, you will be in your 『Dashboard』. Click on 『SEO』. On the left-hand side, you will see a menu. In that menu, click on 『SEO』. Click on 『Redirects』. The 『SEO』 settings will expand providing you additional options. Click on 『Redirects』. Search for the post or page slug that should not redirect. Update or remove inaccurate redirects for the post or page.
Don』t forget to check the regex redirect tab as these types of redirects can be used to redirect multiple URLs to a single location.
Date Archives Redirect to Homepage
Log in to your WordPress website.When you』re logged in, you will be in your 『Dashboard』.Click on 『SEO』.On the left-hand side, you will see a menu. In that menu, click on 『SEO』.Click on 『Search Appearance』. The SEO settings will expand providing you additional options. Click on 『Search Appearance』.Click on the 『Archives』 tab.Toggle the 『Date archives』 to enabled.Click 『Save changes』.
Author Archives Redirect to Homepage
Log in to your WordPress website.When you』re logged in, you will be in your 『Dashboard』.Click on 『SEO』.On the left-hand side, you will see a menu. In that menu, click on 『SEO』.Click on 『Search Appearance』.The SEO settings will expand providing you additional options. Click on 『Search Appearance』.Click on the 『Archives』 tab.Toggle the 『Author archives』 to enabled.Click 『Save changes』.
Remove category prefix
In some cases, removing the category prefix conflicts with other plugin or theme features. If your site uses the remove category prefix option, please change the option to keep the category prefix.