Redirections

The Minorank SEO redirections manager gives you full control over all site redirects from a single WordPress admin page. Redirections fire before WordPress loads any templates, so they add zero overhead to unaffected page requests.

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Redirect types

Code	Name	Location header	When to use
301	Moved Permanently	Yes — passes full SEO value	Page permanently moved to a new URL
302	Found (Temporary)	Yes — SEO value stays on source	Temporary maintenance redirect
307	Temporary Redirect	Yes — method-preserving (POST stays POST)	Temporary redirect where form submissions must reach the original URL
410	Gone	No — no destination needed	Page permanently deleted with no replacement
451	Unavailable For Legal Reasons	No — no destination needed	Content removed due to legal requirements

Use 301 for permanent changes. Use 302 or 307 only when the move is genuinely temporary. Use 410 rather than letting deleted pages return 404 — 410 signals intentional deletion to search engines and helps them remove the page from the index faster.

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Adding a redirect

1. Go to Minorank SEO → Redirections.
2. Click + Add Redirection.
3. Fill in the modal:

Field	Notes
Source URL	Path only — e.g. /old-page/. Do not include the domain.
Target URL	Path or full URL. Not required for 410 and 451 types.
Redirect Type	301, 302, 307, 410, or 451
Group Name	Optional. Groups organise redirects (e.g. homepage, migration-2025). Autocompletes from existing group names.
Enabled	Toggle on/off without deleting the redirect.

4. Click Save.

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Filter bar

Control	Purpose
Search	Live-filter by source URL or target URL — no page reload
All Types	Filter by redirect type (301, 302, 307, 410, 451)
All Groups	Filter by group name
Count badge	Shows how many redirects match the current filters

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Table columns

Column	Description
Source URL	The path being redirected
Target URL	The destination URL
Type	Colour-coded badge: 301 (green), 302, 307, 410, 451
Group	Group label (if set)
Actions	Active toggle, Edit, Delete

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Bulk delete

Select any rows using the checkboxes (or the header checkbox to select all rows matching the current filters), then click Delete Selected in the bulk bar that appears.

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CSV bulk import

To import a large number of redirects at once:

Prepare a CSV file with these columns:

source,target,type,group_name
/old-page/,/new-page/,301,migration
/another-old/,/another-new/,301,migration
/deleted/,,410,

Notes:

• source and type are required
• target is required for 301, 302, 307 — omit for 410 and 451
• group_name is optional
• Do not include a header row

Import via Minorank SEO → Redirections → Import CSV and upload the file. Duplicate source URLs are skipped automatically.

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Groups

Groups are optional labels for organising redirects. Useful for:

• Migration projects — group all redirects from a domain migration
• Seasonal pages — group redirects that are toggled on/off seasonally
• Page type — separate product redirects from blog redirects

Filter by group name to view only that group's redirects. Bulk-enable or bulk-disable a group by filtering to it and using the select-all checkbox + toggle.

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Performance note

Redirections are stored in a dedicated database table and loaded into memory once per PHP request (not once per redirect check). On sites with thousands of redirects, this is significantly more efficient than redirections stored as post types or options.

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Next steps

• 404 Monitor — create redirects directly from logged 404 errors
• REST API — manage redirections programmatically via the API
• WordPress SEO Management — manage redirections for all client sites from the Minorank Platform