John Godley – @johnny5

Member Since: March 12th, 2005
Location: London, UK
Website: johngodley.com
Employer: Automattic
Find me on:

Bio

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.

Contribution History

Core Contributor
Core Contributor
Plugin Developer
Plugin Developer
Theme Developer
Theme Developer
Translation Contributor
Translation Contributor

Activity
Plugins
Themes
Favorites

Posted a reply to Can’t import json, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you give an example of a URL that is returning a 404? I am…

1 hour ago
Posted a reply to Can’t import json, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you removed the relocate site option then it is not affecting your files. You…

6 hours ago
Posted a reply to Doesn’t work?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The quotes shouldn't need to be escaped. If I perform the same search it finds…

8 hours ago
Posted a reply to version 1.4 works better than version 2.0, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What are your search settings? The old version will certainly cause timeouts and memory issues,…

9 hours ago
Posted a reply to 404 errors not tracked, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Have you enabled the tracking option on the options page?

9 hours ago
Posted a reply to Deleting Plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The plugin is only used to search and replace, and only runs on the Search…

1 day ago
Posted a reply to version 1.4 works better than version 2.0, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you provide more details? What are your search settings?

1 day ago
Posted a reply to Doesn’t work?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you give an example of some text that this is supposed to match? What…

1 day ago
Posted a reply to 2.0 corrupts TablePress, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you provide more details? What are your search/replace settings? What is an example of…

1 day ago
Posted a reply to redirect all files in folder domain to domain2, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You might find some help here: https://redirection.me/support/problems/url-not-redirecting/

1 day ago
Posted a reply to RSS Feed Link not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, it's a bug that is being tracked. I can't say if it will be…

2 days ago
Posted a reply to Making changes to multiple redirections, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No, there is no bulk edit option. This is being tracked here: https://github.com/johngodley/redirection/issues/1378 What kind…

2 days ago
Posted a reply to RSS Feed Link not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Please see https://github.com/johngodley/redirection/issues/1788

2 days ago
Posted a reply to /* redirect, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
/* is a wildcard, and will not produce the regular expression you are looking for.…

3 days ago
Posted a reply to Error: Exceeded maxRedirects. Probably stuck in a redirect loop, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, you have a redirect loop caused by something other than Redirection. https://redirect.li/http/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flister.lister-studios.com%2Fde%2Fhome%2F

3 days ago
Posted a reply to Redirect not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Could you try disabling WP Fastest Cache? I still suspect that is the cause and…

4 days ago
Posted a reply to Redirect not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you show a screenshot of the redirect? Are you sure you cleared your cache?…

4 days ago
Posted a reply to Redirect not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ok, then you will need to provide some details about what you have tried. What…

4 days ago
Posted a reply to Redirect not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There are some common problems here: https://redirection.me/support/problems/url-not-redirecting/

4 days ago
Posted a reply to Cloudflare problem, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No, I would't recommend redirecting all your 404s. See https://redirection.me/support/faq/#weird for more details. It's not…

4 days ago
Posted a reply to Cloudflare problem, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Something is cached somewhere, and I suspect it is your browser. If I access this…

4 days ago
Posted a reply to Homepage Redirect Problem ?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, that redirect will match the URLs you gave above. You will need to modify…

5 days ago
Posted a reply to Homepage Redirect Problem ?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You should look through your list of redirects and see what is matching this, and…

5 days ago
Posted a reply to WP_REST_Request always outputs an error object with rest_forbidden, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
https://redirection.me/developer/rest-api/ I believe whatever code you use will need to pass the standard API capabilities…

6 days ago
Posted a reply to Simply cannot redirect, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This sounds like a WordPress configuration issue more the need for a redirect. https://wordpress.org/support/article/changing-the-site-url/ https://wordpress.com/support/pages/front-page/

6 days ago
Posted a reply to WP_REST_Request always outputs an error object with rest_forbidden, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Your user will need to be able to access the endpoint. See https://redirection.me/developer/rest-api/

6 days ago
Posted a reply to Cloudflare problem, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I don't use Cloudflare so I can't really advise. You shouldn't cache anything in your…

6 days ago
Posted a reply to Redirecting old website to new one, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ok, and what domain is Redirection installed on?

1 week ago
Posted a reply to deleting 404 in one go, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The amount deleted may be smaller than new ones.

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Redirecting old website to new one, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There is nothing different. Source: /page/ Target: https://newexample.com/page/

1 week ago
Committed [2310746] to Plugins Trac:
Tagging 4.8

1 week ago
Committed [2310745] to Plugins Trac:
Release 4.8 * Add importer for Quick Post/Page Redirects plugin * Add ...

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Redirecting old website to new one, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You can find information about creating redirects here: https://redirection.me/support/create-redirects/

1 week ago
Posted a reply to deleting 404 in one go, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The expiry date will delete in small chunks so as not to affect your site.…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Redirect problem: 500, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What part of this involves Redirection? Do you have any real URLs to test?

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Replace progress bar, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You will need to use an external image service, such as https://pasteboard.co/

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Replace progress bar, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@amay66 Can you reproduce this problem? If so, what search settings are you using?

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Replace progress bar, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Does this still happen if you use the 2.1 beta? https://github.com/johngodley/search-regex/releases/tag/2.1

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Plugin remove content, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you didn't redirect any pages then Redirection is not doing anything. What is the…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Action needed after moving to Redirection from Simple 301 Redirect?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What redirect did you create?

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Valid links appear in 404 logs?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The 404 log only contains valid 404s, as determined by WordPress.

1 week ago
Posted a reply to can i use this plugin with rebuild permalink plugin?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You can use a regular expression to redirect multiple URLs: https://redirection.me/support/redirect-regular-expressions/

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Redirect all tag permalinks, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You can use a regular expression to do that: https://redirection.me/support/redirect-regular-expressions/ I couldn't give any advice…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to how to redirect post from site A to Site B, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm sorry the tutorial is complicated, but it's a complicated subject. You missed the /…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to how to redirect post from site A to Site B, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ok, you didn't say that in your original message, and it does say 'just-one-post'. You…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to how to redirect post from site A to Site B, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Create a redirect: Source: /category/just-one-post Target: https://seconddomain.com/just-one-post

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Doesn’t work (Use Quick 301 Redirects instead), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The plugin is used on millions of sites. It does work for the vast majority…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Multiple rules per one url, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ok, then that is the problem. Redirection is doing what you've instructed it to do,…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to 4.72. is failing to redirect, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The REST API error won't stop existing redirects from working. As the error indicates, your…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Replace progress bar, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you reproduce this problem? If so, what search settings are you using?

2 weeks ago