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joeboo2529
9,805 PointsHow can I redirect website using 301 Redirect on wordpress?
My client has already got a wordpress website which is called http://www.soundproofing-london.co.uk/, but he wanted to redirect using 301 Redirect on that wordpress site to the new one that has been created - http://www.transformsoundukltd.co.uk.
the reason of doing this is for SEO purposes. He/She doesn't want to lose his ranking on google site.
3 Answers
Lucas Santos
19,315 PointsI'v never had to do this but if I were you try going to the header.php file of the Wordpress template and and use this code:
<?php
header("HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently");
header("Location: http://www.transformsoundukltd.co.uk");
?>
joeboo2529
9,805 Pointswill that affects seo purposes u know?
Lucas Santos
19,315 PointsNot really sure if it will not generate new traffic on the old site and just redirect that traffic to the new site, but wouldn't you want the new site to build traffic instead of the old one? My would assume that the traffic only directs to one website and that is the redirected on (new one). Not 100% sure on everything but just look it up, although it does redirect the page permanently.
Jonathan Söder
7,428 PointsIf i remember correctly you can use:
.htaccess (found in root) and add this line:
Redirect 301 / http://www.new-site.com/
Neither should affect SEO that much, both lucas' and mine are 301's. According to Moz "90-99% link juice passes on to the new site. ". (I'm not sure how they ended up with those numbers)