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It supports exact path matching, regular expressions with capture groups, and automatically creates redirects when post\/page slugs change.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Features:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Simple Redirects<\/strong> - Redirect one URL to another with 301, 302, 307, or 410 status codes<\/li>\n<li><strong>Regex Support<\/strong> - Use regular expressions with capture groups for flexible pattern matching<\/li>\n<li><strong>Auto Slug Redirects<\/strong> - Automatically create redirects when you change a post or page URL slug<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hit Counter<\/strong> - Track how many times each redirect is triggered<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fast Performance<\/strong> - Database-indexed lookups and transient caching for regex patterns<\/li>\n<li><strong>Import System<\/strong> - Import redirects from Yoast SEO Premium, Rank Math, All in One SEO, SEOPress, and Redirection<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3>External Services<\/h3>\n\n<p>This plugin connects to the following external services:<\/p>\n\n<h4>RationalWP Plugin Directory<\/h4>\n\n<p>This plugin fetches a list of available RationalWP plugins from <a href=\"https:\/\/rationalwp.com\/\">rationalwp.com<\/a> to display in the WordPress admin menu. Only the menu file version number is sent as a cache-busting query parameter. No user data is transmitted. The response is cached locally for 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Service URL: <a href=\"https:\/\/rationalwp.com\/plugins.json\">https:\/\/rationalwp.com\/plugins.json<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Terms of Service: <a href=\"https:\/\/rationalwp.com\/terms\/\">https:\/\/rationalwp.com\/terms\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Privacy Policy: <a href=\"https:\/\/rationalwp.com\/privacy\/\">https:\/\/rationalwp.com\/privacy\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>Upload the <code>rationalredirects<\/code> folder to the <code>\/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code> directory<\/li>\n<li>Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress<\/li>\n<li>Go to RationalWP &gt; Redirects to manage your redirects<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt id=\"how%20do%20i%20create%20a%20simple%20redirect%3F\"><h3>How do I create a simple redirect?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Go to RationalWP &gt; Redirects, enter the source path (e.g., <code>\/old-page<\/code>), the destination URL, select a status code, and click \"Add Redirect\".<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"how%20do%20i%20use%20regex%20redirects%3F\"><h3>How do I use regex redirects?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Check the \"Is Regex\" box when creating a redirect. 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