John Godley – @johnny5

Member Since: March 12th, 2005
Location: London, UK
Website: johngodley.com
Employer: Automattic
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Long-term plugin developer with many WordPress plugins (and some bbPress ones too), as well as several guides and articles stretching back into the misty past.

Employed by Automattic to bring more WordPress to the world.

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Translation Contributor
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Posted a reply to Excluding ip addresses?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You can match an IP: https://redirection.me/support/matching-redirects/ And then set it 'no action' https://redirection.me/support/redirect-actions/

9 hours ago
Posted a reply to Subdomain redirect not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
OK, there are several problems here. First is you say you want to match /Alexa/…

9 hours ago
Posted a reply to Plugin ignoring anchor point from url, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The redirect will behave the same regardless of your login status. It is almost certainly…

2 days ago
Posted a reply to Plugin ignoring anchor point from url, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The plugin doesn't ignore the target anchor. You may need to clear your browser cache.

2 days ago
Posted a reply to Change number of redirects per page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you try the 4.7 beta? It may have been fixed there https://github.com/johngodley/redirection/releases/tag/4.7-beta-1

2 days ago
Posted a reply to Change number of redirects per page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There is a 'screen options' dropdown in the top right of the page.

2 days ago
Posted a reply to AMP Version Redirects, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You will need to create a regular expression that matches /amp/ at the end of…

3 days ago
Posted a reply to More than a complete waste of time, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The plugin does not create redirects for most pages on your site by itself. Once…

3 days ago
Posted a reply to Possible to monitor changes to categories/custom taxonomies?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There are various enhancements registered for different monitoring types here: https://github.com/johngodley/redirection/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Aenhancement At some point they…

3 days ago
Posted a reply to Redirecting by user agent, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The image doesn't load so I can't check that. Your user agent regular expression needs…

4 days ago
Posted a reply to 404s that match a regex?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You can use a 'URL and WordPress page type' match, in conjunction with a regular…

4 days ago
Posted a reply to Redirection Plugin Not Working Correctly, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Redirects work the same in any browser. You haven't given the full domain so I…

4 days ago
Posted a reply to Welcome to Redirection/Setup shows up over and over again, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Is your site cached in anyway? It sounds like the cache hasn't been cleared.

4 days ago
Posted a reply to Redirection not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
https://touring.michiganhumanities.org/project/puppet/ is redirecting to https://touring.michiganhumanities.org/portfolio/puppet-portfolio/ https://redirect.li/http/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftouring.michiganhumanities.org%2Fproject%2Fpuppet%2F

5 days ago
Posted a reply to How to redirect from one category to another, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You can use a regular expression: https://redirection.me/support/redirect-regular-expressions/

5 days ago
Posted a reply to AMP Version Redirects, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Details of using a regular expression can be found here: https://redirection.me/support/redirect-regular-expressions/

6 days ago
Posted a reply to Redirect all site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You can use the new relocate feature in the beta release: https://github.com/johngodley/redirection/releases/tag/4.7-beta-1

6 days ago
Posted a reply to Redirect Page PHP, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Please see https://redirection.me/support/problems/url-not-redirecting/

6 days ago
Posted a reply to 301 redirection issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
A redirect works the same regardless of where you are doing it from. If it…

7 days ago
Posted a reply to Check Redirect Not Working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@sajeerap please create a new post instead of replying to an already solved issue. Redirects…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Custom Post Type Links Not Redirecting, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Have you created a redirect for this?

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Possible to monitor changes to categories/custom taxonomies?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Custom post types, yes. Categories, no. https://redirection.me/support/options/

1 week ago
Posted a reply to [Redirection] Redirection to referrer after login/logout, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I think you should be looking more at your login system than Redirection. The WordPress…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Referrer – redirect if the user visited the link from facebook?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Your expression ^&fbclid= does not match the URL https://estebanlang.site/?p=23745&fbclid=IwAR2b6FyGgfocfedsRdCcIq36UGYqckjUN9l1xUrqQazUVepLO7S559UejEE You will need to create an…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to fbclid parameter, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You can create a regular expression to match the Facebook URL: https://redirection.me/support/redirect-regular-expressions/ You can use…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Pass page info, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Unless you somehow pass the referring URL along there is no guaranteed way of obtaining…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Referrer – redirect if the user visited the link from facebook?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ok, but that doesn't match the URL. You can use https://regex101.com to test a regular…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Redirection to referrer after login/logout, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The typical way is to pass the previous URL as a parameter, and then you…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Pass page info, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The typical way is to pass the previous URL as a parameter, and then you…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Referrer – redirect if the user visited the link from facebook?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
How do you intend to detect if a user came from Facebook? Are there extra…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to constant query, variable path redirect to /, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What do you mean support $_GET? You've given two variations, matching different patterns, but not…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to constant query, variable path redirect to /, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You emailed me the same question and I answered and you seemed satisfied. What is…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Redirect is finding a link different “Expected”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It means that it is probably cached, and you will need to clear the cache.…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Redirect is finding a link different “Expected”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Your site appears to be cached, maybe by WP Engine. It contains this: x-cacheable: CacheAlways:…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Redirect everything with permalink change, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yeah, none of those are correct. You should enter the source URL as discussed above:…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Redirect 404s to homepage, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, I would not advise generically redirecting all 404s. A 404 is the correct response…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Homepage is Redirected to Another Page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ok, what redirects do you have listed in Redirection? The plugin only redirects what you…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Help please many redirects, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Source URL: ^/shop/(.*)/edit/$ <== note the $ on the end Target URL: /shop/$1/edit/?lang=ru

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Redirect from Wix to WordPress, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You will need to perform the redirect on Wix, or move the old domain so…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Help please many redirects, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, I did say it will create a loop. You need to modify your regular…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Help please many redirects, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You would need to put the full path in the target, so something like /shop/$1/edit/?lang=ru…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Help please many redirects, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ok, I don't know what Dokan vendor is or how that is related. Your target…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Redirect everything with permalink change, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What are the exact settings you've used? Can you post a screenshot? It does not…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Help please many redirects, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What button? What redirect did you create? What is the URL?

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Easiest way to save nginx conf on event (similar to .htaccess), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Nginx rules are not automatically written because of the additional complexity of how rules are…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Redirect everything with permalink change, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The round parentheses, yes. That captures information. You don't need to capture the date information,…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Redirect everything with permalink change, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The first pattern should work. You could remove the brackets, which capture data, for the…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Homepage is Redirected to Another Page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What URL is redirecting?

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Batch Upload, Import using CSV, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sure, each row is a redirect. https://redirection.me/support/import-export-redirects/

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Redirection plugin prevents all images loading on Edge, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
To clarify. Your images are loading fine but you have some JavaScript and CSS that…

2 weeks ago