Title: Simple Website Redirect Author: Micah Wood Published: febrero 6, 2018 Last modified: marzo 15, 2025 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/simple-website-redirect/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3200400) # Simple Website Redirect By [Micah Wood](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpscholar/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/simple-website-redirect.1.3.2.zip) * [Details](https://es-uy.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-website-redirect/#description) * [Reviews](https://es-uy.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-website-redirect/#reviews) * [Installation](https://es-uy.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-website-redirect/#installation) * [Development](https://es-uy.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-website-redirect/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-website-redirect/) ## Description The **Simple Website Redirect** plugin allows to you redirect an entire website ( except the WordPress backend) to another website. The URL path and query string is preserved when redirecting to the new site. Ideally, the new site would handle any one-off redirects where a URL for an old page should point to a new page. The [Redirection](https://wordpress.org/plugins/redirection/) plugin is great for this purpose. Find out more about [website redirects for SEO](https://moz.com/learn/seo/redirection). #### Usage Instructions Using this plugin is simple: 1. Install the plugin 2. Activate the plugin 3. Go to ‘Settings’ in the WordPress admin menu and then click on ‘Website Redirect’. 4. Enter the URL you want to redirect the site to, set the desired redirection type, set the status to ‘Enabled’ and save your changes! Note: Redirection type can either be ‘Temporary’ or ‘Permanent’. It is recommended that you start with ‘Temporary’ while testing and then convert to ‘Permanent’ after testing for maximum SEO benefit. Please be aware that [browsers cache permanent redirects](https://wpscholar.com/blog/browser-caching-301-redirects/). ## Screenshots * [[ * Just enter the URL you want to redirect the site to, set the desired redirection type, set the status to ‘Enabled’ and save! * [[ * Advanced settings let you configure exclusions to redirects on the front end. Very useful if you still need to use a front-end page builder while redirecting everything else. ## Installation #### Prerequisites If you don’t meet the below requirements, I highly recommend you upgrade your WordPress install or move to a web host that supports a more recent version of PHP. * Requires WordPress version 4.0 or greater * Requires PHP version 5.4 or greater #### The Easy Way 1. In your WordPress admin, go to ‘Plugins’ and then click on ‘Add New’. 2. In the search box, type in ‘Simple Website Redirect’ and hit enter. This plugin should be the first and likely the only result. 3. Click on the ‘Install’ link. 4. Once installed, click the ‘Activate this plugin’ link. #### The Hard Way 1. Download the .zip file containing the plugin. 2. Upload the file into your `/wp-content/plugins/` directory and unzip 3. Find the plugin in the WordPress admin on the ‘Plugins’ page and click ‘Activate’ ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d76a3b2f4a737b0090806420f5ce694c70dd4fa24a27a7b476f04ba4c2629b24? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Simple and effective](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-and-effective-1455/)󠁿 [apuliabikeroute](https://profiles.wordpress.org/apuliabikeroute/) diciembre 8, 2022 Just need a plugin just to redirect the old links to the new domain. Needed 5 mins to do all and works fine ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e4b440f82abbd6a518ef5dcbedd239bc608f21dc23ed153479a88e16999a2490? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Perfect](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/perfect-9566/)󠁿 [blunoa](https://profiles.wordpress.org/blunoa/) octubre 25, 2022 Work perfectly is easy to set up and is the best tool if you need to redirect the whole website. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0e958eab38fe5f8d584a41887e7d09db3049a3a10f102859bc772a9e26021c36? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works Perfectly!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-perfectly-2540/)󠁿 [YaegerDesign](https://profiles.wordpress.org/yaegerdesign/) octubre 21, 2022 1 reply This was a really simple option to change domains of a website while waiting on DNS updates and domain transfers! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d1591b8a6269ccffc1cdbf140ca1fb1412874734daa383457f9a7e71dce45875? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Excellent plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-plugin-7448/)󠁿 [soulcommerce](https://profiles.wordpress.org/soulcommerce/) octubre 18, 2021 Simple, easy to use and ready to go! Congrats! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/10b404f36c072c6bf4317d382d8cd6cf3bccf5880ab813c17f4ba64a4859b55d? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Blocks WP-CLI](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blocks-wp-cli/)󠁿 [tkaprol](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tkaprol/) septiembre 27, 2021 1 reply I’m running the plugin in a multisite deployment. Currently main site redirected into another using the plugin. However, we can not run any wp-cli command while plugin enabled. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/37296c848a5dbd22eca50d5e96aa1ff204ba940b5871d8465f8034c082c4ed21? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[super simple ….](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/super-simple-82/)󠁿 [aaronmspelling](https://profiles.wordpress.org/aaronmspelling/) mayo 7, 2021 1 reply super simple …. and very …… just simple ……. good job dev. [ Read all 21 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-website-redirect/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Simple Website Redirect” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Micah Wood ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpscholar/) “Simple Website Redirect” has been translated into 2 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/simple-website-redirect/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Simple Website Redirect” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/simple-website-redirect) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-website-redirect/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/simple-website-redirect/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/simple-website-redirect/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/simple-website-redirect/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.3.2 * Add wp-cron.php to the exclude path. #### 1.3.1 * Fix logic for supporting query param exclusion. #### 1.3.0 * Fix issue where query params weren’t properly being checked. * Allow all REST API calls to work without being redirected (allows WP editor and other page builders to work in the admin area). #### 1.2.9 * Fix issue where redirects were not properly preserving URL query parameters. #### 1.2.8 * Fix issue where redirects were preventing WP-CLI commands from running properly. #### 1.2.7 * Allow saving any redirect URL value, but provide a warning to the user if redirecting to the same domain. * Fix issue where a trailing slash was being added to URLs when it shouldn’t be. #### 1.2.6 * Fix issue where some URLs containing file extensions had a trailing slash added. * Added WordPress-Redirect-By header. #### 1.2.5 * Fix issue with build where vendor directory wasn’t generated. #### 1.2.4 * Don’t redirect the REST API * Fix to allow use of the customizer without redirecting its contents * Fix to allow use of Elementor without redirecting key assets #### 1.2.3 * Bug fix to handle issues when saving without setting a redirect URL. #### 1.2.2 * Make sure the URL path associated with the WordPress home URL doesn’t get appended to the URL when preserving URL paths. * Properly sanitize the redirect URL to prevent redirect loops while ensuring compatibility with sites installed in a subdirectory. * Fixed issue where an empty redirect URL could result in a non-empty redirect URL after filtering. #### 1.2.1 * Added the ability to bypass any redirect by appending the `?simple-website-redirect` query string. * Ensure that redirects are prevented for admin and login pages regardless of where WordPress is installed. * Fix minor issue where some urls would have double slashes at the beginning of the path. #### 1.2 * Added the ability to add exclude paths and exclude parameters which, when set, will prevent redirects from occurring if a match with one of these exclusions is found. #### 1.1 * Updated code to comply with strict coding standards. * Added an option to redirect all pages to the homepage. #### 1.0.2 * Fix bug where redirect URL cannot contain a path * Fix bug where redirect URL is sanitized when redirect is disabled. #### 1.0.1 * Fix bug where redirect occurred when on login page. #### 1.0 * Initial commit ## Meta * Version **1.3.2** * Last updated **1 año ago** * Active installations **6.000+** * WordPress version ** 4.7 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.7.5** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Languages * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-website-redirect/), [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-website-redirect/) y [Swedish](https://sv.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-website-redirect/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/simple-website-redirect) * Tags * [forward](https://es-uy.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/forward/)[forwarding](https://es-uy.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/forwarding/) [redirect](https://es-uy.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/redirect/)[redirection](https://es-uy.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/redirection/) [website](https://es-uy.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/website/) * [Advanced View](https://es-uy.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-website-redirect/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.6 out of 5 stars. * [ 18 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-website-redirect/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 1 4-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-website-redirect/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-website-redirect/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-website-redirect/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 2 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-website-redirect/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-website-redirect/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-website-redirect/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Micah Wood ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpscholar/) ## Support Got something to say? 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