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 WooCommerce Regex Redirect 404 pages of categories, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm a bit confused as to what the current problem is. The regular expression will… -
Posted a reply to Multisite, multi domain, site id specific redirects, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I don't know how that relates to the problem with Redirection but if your site… -
Posted a reply to Redirect Domain without Paths (everything to homepage), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
A lower numbered redirect will occur before a higher numbered one. You should look at… -
Posted a reply to Clicking on a product takes me to the wrong page but the url is correct – Help, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You may find out a bit of information by using https://redirect.li/http/ You can also try… -
Posted a reply to Clicking on a product takes me to the wrong page but the url is correct – Help, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The problem is unlikely to be Redirection. I don't know what Redirection for Contact Form… -
Posted a reply to Appending URL to End of Result, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You will need to look at the redirect you have created and see what is… -
Posted a reply to Redirecting query string permalink., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sure, your redirect doesn't really make sense as a redirect. You can find details about… -
Posted a reply to PHP 8.0 Support, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That may be the case, but it's not a PHP 8 error as such -… -
Posted a reply to WooCommerce Regex Redirect 404 pages of categories, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Just to confirm, you have multiple versions of these rules but only one is working?… -
Posted a reply to Redirecting entire site to new domain, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You can use the relocate site option: https://redirection.me/support/site-options/ If you want to do it manually… -
Posted a reply to PHP 8.0 Support, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The plugin has been compatible with PHP 8 for a long time. That error is… -
Posted a reply to Redirections including ? return 404 page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I am still unable to reproduce the problem, and there are still no other reports.… -
Posted a reply to Redirect Entire website URL’s Except Added list, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The support site explains how you can use a regular expression to redirect multiple URLs.… -
Posted a reply to Exclude bots from 404er, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I answered this by email. Please can you keep requests to one place to avoid… -
Posted a reply to Exclude a link from a redirection, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You can create a 'do nothing' redirect to exclude certain URLs https://redirection.me/support/redirect-actions/ -
Posted a reply to Redirect Custom Post Type, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You can use a regular expression to match multiple URLs: https://redirection.me/support/redirect-regular-expressions/ -
Posted a reply to Bulk redirect 410, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You can use a regular expression to match multiple URLs: https://redirection.me/support/redirect-regular-expressions/ -
Posted a reply to Changing Post Categories, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You need to manually change them. -
Posted a reply to Redirect Domain without Paths (everything to homepage), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You will need to use a regular expression to redirect everything: https://redirection.me/support/redirect-regular-expressions/ If you want… -
Posted a reply to Removing previous domain, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Which part of that is connected to Redirection? There's a lot of information but I… -
Posted a reply to Removing previous domain, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
How does it redirect but the URL remains the same? How is it causing a… -
Posted a reply to Change to Permalinks, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The plugin should warn you that you can't create redirects like that. Instead you can… -
Posted a reply to redirect to new site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you can install the plugin on your old site then yes, you will be… -
Posted a reply to preg_match(): Compilation failed x 2, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I've tracked this here: https://github.com/johngodley/redirection/issues/3240 -
Posted a reply to Bug with IP Logging, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This will be fixed in the next version. -
Posted a reply to Changing Url with date queries, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That is a highly custom setup and you will need to code your own system… -
Posted a reply to WP CLI for basic setup for multisite network, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The syntax is given above - pass the value on the command line. This forum… -
Posted a reply to Error Rest-API, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The error is from your browser. It is usually caused because your site URL settings… -
Posted a reply to Invalid request parameter and more, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ok, it is the redirect checker that isn't working, not your redirect. I will look… -
Posted a reply to Automatic Redirection Bug, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you provide a screenshot of one of these URLs you haven't created? The plugin… -
Posted a reply to Automatic Redirection Bug, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It sounds like you have URL monitoring enabled https://redirection.me/support/options/ -
Posted a reply to Allow editor role to add redirects, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Details can be found here: https://redirection.me/developer/permissions/ -
Posted a reply to Redirections including ? return 404 page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Is it possible that the problem mentioned at the bottom of this guide is affecting… -
Posted a reply to How to ignore query parameters globally, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
From the global options page: https://redirection.me/support/options/ -
Posted a reply to Query, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I can only advise about Redirection itself, and the behaviour does not appear to be… -
Posted a reply to Dynamic URLs and shortcodes, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You can't use standard shortcodes. You can add your own in PHP using the redirection_shortcodes… -
Posted a reply to WP CLI for basic setup for multisite network, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
From the guide: wp redirection setting <name> [value] You pass both the setting name and… -
Posted a reply to Redirections including ? return 404 page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I am unable to reproduce this problem, and there haven't been other reports. What redirect… -
Posted a reply to Query, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What is forcing you? Why is the correct URL generating a 404? Is this a… -
Posted a reply to Query, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Not really. What are you trying to achieve? Which part of Redirection isn't working? -
Posted a reply to preg_match(): Compilation failed x 2, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You would need to manually check. It does make sense to show some kind of… -
Posted a reply to Duplicate redirections for pages moved in and out of trash, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The monitoring feature does not check for anything. A revamp of the monitoring system is… -
Posted a reply to Query, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I don't really get what you are trying to explain. You have a URL /dr-david-jacks-skincare/.… -
Posted a reply to Query, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Why does it redirect from the first to the second? It would only do that… -
Posted a reply to Query, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What do you mean by double the action? -
Posted a reply to preg_match(): Compilation failed x 2, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This indicates you have an error in one of your regular expressions. The plugin doesn't… -
Posted a reply to Bug with IP Logging, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ok, I will look into it. -
Posted a reply to Query, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you give an example of a URL that is returning a 404? Are those… -
Posted a reply to Auto redirect for category, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Please see the response here: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/product-category-page-does-not-get-redirected-automatically/ -
Posted a reply to Serious problem?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You need to use the available information and tools, as described in the FAQ, to…
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