John Godley
@johnny5 on WordPress.org
- Member Since: March 12th, 2005
- Location: London, UK
- Website: johngodley.com
- GitHub: johngodley
- Employer: Automattic
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John Godley’s badges:- Core Contributor
- Plugin Developer
- Theme Developer
- Translation Contributor
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Posted a reply to Redirects back to source, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Check your cache and other redirects (in Redirection and outside of Redirection) Redirection will only… -
Posted a reply to Conflict with Elementor plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Have you created any redirect that might affect other plugins? -
Posted a reply to Many broken links, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No, it's not possible to do that - there are many different ways a post… -
Posted a reply to Many broken links, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No, the plugin has no way of knowing what broken URL should connect to a… -
Posted a reply to Regex, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The answer is in your previous question from a few days ago: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/loop-20/ To copy/paste… -
Posted a reply to Regex, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
As I've said before, 404s are not bad. You asked a similar question a few… -
Posted a reply to Regex, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No, it doesn't mean that. It means consider if it is useful to redirect those… -
Posted a reply to Redirect entire site except allow wp-admin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You can use the site relocate: https://redirection.me/support/site-options/ -
Posted a reply to Regex, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
A redirect isn't going to stop the requests, so I would advise considering the utility… -
Posted a reply to Setting allow-origin headers?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You can set custom headers here: https://redirection.me/support/site-options/ -
Posted a reply to Mass Redirects, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sure, the support site has different options: https://redirection.me/support/site-options/ https://redirection.me/support/redirect-regular-expressions/ -
Posted a reply to Redirect directory but not pages inside, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
/careers/ without the regex option enabled will not redirect all sub pages. It will only… -
Posted a reply to wp-admin redirect page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There is no version 1.25.17 of the plugin. It also doesn't redirect wp-admin pages. -
Posted a reply to Redirect directory but not pages inside, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Do you need to use a regex? /careers/ would work a lot more easily -
Posted a reply to Loop, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You need to modify your expression not to match the target. https://regex101.com/ can be used… -
Posted a reply to Import of .htaccess rules removes $ from match pattern?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sure, it's probably interpreting the $ as the end, but not taking it into account… -
Posted a reply to Store redirect when post deleted from trash, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It uses a custom table. I'm not sure about your second question. You can create… -
Posted a reply to Only homepage redirection not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
A cache will cause this issue. You may have more than one. -
Posted a reply to Redirect 1 Url to different URL from android or IOS device, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This? https://developers.whatismybrowser.com/useragents/explore/operating_system_name/ios/ -
Posted a reply to redirect 404, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You know best what is normal for your website and can use the log information… -
Posted a reply to redirect 404, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You can use the logs to see the user agent and referrer information and use… -
Posted a reply to How to redirection links from being cached?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The different HTTP codes are there to be used for specific reasons. Google understands the… -
Posted a reply to UTM redirect errors, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What is the problem you are experiencing? Note that WP Engine does special things with… -
Posted a reply to How to redirection links from being cached?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No, why would it be harmful? -
Posted a reply to How to redirection links from being cached?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Don't use a 301. These are permanent and cached by the browser. https://redirect.li/http/status/group/300/ -
Posted a reply to Redirection only works when I am logged in, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Your site is cached. When you are logged in the cache is disabled. You will… -
Created issue #41709 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Multiple autocompleters can crash -
Posted a reply to Redirect adds end of url, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No, that's not what I meant. Your regular expression needs to be an actual regular… -
Posted a reply to Redirect adds end of url, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You have enabled regex, but your source isn't a regex. This will create problems like… -
Posted a reply to Redirect adds end of url, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Redirection only does what you tell it to do. What are you settings for that… -
Posted a reply to Question about redirecting files, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'll refer back to my previous statement - redirect whatever is the URL for the… -
Posted a reply to Question about redirecting files, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm not sure exactly what you are referring to there, but you should use whatever… -
Posted a reply to Question about redirecting files, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What is the file-URL and how is it different to the permalink? -
Posted a reply to Import redirects, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The import does not check for existing redirects, so if you have any they will… -
Posted a reply to Redirect 1 Url to different URL from android or IOS device, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You can use a 'URL and user agent' to match based on the browser. https://redirection.me/support/matching-redirects/… -
Posted a reply to Complete Removal Uninstall Redirection, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Deleting the plugin from the plugins page will remove everything that Redirection has control over. -
Posted a reply to Only homepage redirection not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Are you using a cache of some kind? -
Posted a reply to Editing JSON Export data, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I don't know of a special editor for this, but a search/replace should do the… -
Posted a reply to Change 404 to 410, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sure, you can create a 410 response for the old URLs. You can see the… -
Posted a reply to Redirection plugin not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Without more details it's hard to say. What redirect have you created? No, you don't… -
Posted a reply to non-www redirects not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
https://sysnetgs.com/ seems to be redirecting? -
Posted a reply to Redirection from full URL, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Details here: https://redirection.me/support/redirecting-another-site/ -
Posted a reply to Target URL search?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No, you will need to use the latest version. -
Posted a reply to non-www redirects not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Without specific details I can't really suggest anything. What is a URL that isn't working,… -
Posted a reply to Target URL search?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Press the dropdown next to the search box that says 'search url' and pick 'target… -
Posted a reply to Regex Redirect on urls with and without end slash, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You'll need to modify the expression to match a trailing slash and no trailing slash.… -
Committed [2737513] to Plugins SVN:
Bump supported version to 6.0 -
Posted a reply to Old site with “retina” jpgs, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sure, you can redirect any valid URL. Your server may also be configured for jpeg… -
Posted a reply to make redirect work on one loop instead of multiple loops, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Redirection doesn't care whether it is http or https. As I said, you have something… -
Posted a reply to make redirect work on one loop instead of multiple loops, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm not really sure what you are asking, but if you have an existing redirect…
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