{"id":94328,"date":"2015-09-15T16:36:50","date_gmt":"2015-09-15T20:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/?page_id=94328"},"modified":"2025-04-29T12:34:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T16:34:33","slug":"redirect-a-url","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/websites\/www\/wordpress\/how-to\/redirect-a-url\/","title":{"rendered":"Redirect a URL"},"content":{"rendered":"

NOTE<\/strong>: This plugin allows Site Admins to create redirects only under your department’s main URL. \u00a0If you wish to have a top-level redirect (aka “Marketing URL<\/a>“) under www.bu.edu, please submit that as a service request to IS&T. \u00a0All top-level marketing URLs incur a $100 cost-recovery fee per URL for setup and configuration.<\/p>\n

ALSO NOTE:<\/strong> Safe Direct Manager only works for pages and posts created in WordPress. This DOES NOT WORK for files uploaded to your media library.<\/strong> You cannot create redirects for media files. Delete or replace old media files and change the originating links. Pro Tip: Don’t publicize links to media files directly.<\/em> Put relevant links to your media files on a page, and widely share the link to the page<\/em>. That way, you can always change the file links and keep the same “landing page” that points to your media files.<\/p>\n

Safe Redirect Manager allows Site Admins to send a\u00a0URL on your site to a custom destination. This gives you full control over what previously would have been a\u00a0request for a custom\u00a0URL. Before beginning the steps below, please request that the Safe Redirect Manager be enabled for your site. To set up a new redirect, simply follow the steps below:<\/p>\n

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  1. From your WordPress dashboard go to\u00a0Tools > Safe Redirect Manager<\/li>\n
  2. Click \u201cCreate Redirect Rule\u201d.
    \n    \"Safe_Redirect_Manager_\u2039_WPMU_\u2014_WordPress\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. On the next screen, in the “Redirect From” field enter only the keyword you’d like to use<\/em> as a redirect\u00a0URL.\n