If you decide to alter the custom permalinks at some time, “Old custom permalinks redirect” might be extremely beneficial.
Permalink Manager Pro can assist you in providing a fallback for an older version of a URL whenever it is changed again.
To enable this functionality, choose “Extra redirects (aliases)” and “Save old custom permalinks as extra redirects” options in “Settings -> Redirect settings” section.
Example:
As long as “Save old custom permalinks as extra redirects” option is turned on, all the previously used permalinks will be automatically saved as redirects. This would be case, if you either adjust both individual permalink or change the general permalink format (with “Permastructures” & “Regenerate/reset” tool).
See below example to check how the old permalinks are handled:
| Initial URL: http://example.com/products/books/sci-fi/2001-a-space-odyssey-25th-anniversary-edition (#1) | ||
| Custom permalink changed to: http://example.com/2001-a-space-odyssey-25th-anniversary-edition (#2) | ||
| Old permalink (saved as “extra redirect”) | Custom (canonical) permalink (redirect target URL) | |
|---|---|---|
| http://example.com/products/books/sci-fi/2001-a-space-odyssey-25th-anniversary-edition (#1) | ==> | http://example.com/2001-a-space-odyssey-25th-anniversary-edition (#2) |
| Custom permalink changed again to: http://example.com/books/2001-a-space-odyssey (#3) | ||
| Old permalinks (saved as “extra redirects”) | Custom (canonical) permalink (redirect target URL) | |
| http://example.com/products/books/sci-fi/2001-a-space-odyssey-25th-anniversary-edition (#1) | ==> | http://example.com/books/2001-a-space-odyssey (#3) |
| http://example.com/2001-a-space-odyssey-25th-anniversary-edition (#2) | ||
How to manage “old custom permalinks” redirects?
You can edit or remove the old-permalink redirects at any time using URI Editor.
