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nexya redirects

The 404s picked up as visits happen, and the redirect suggested before you go looking for it. With a hit count, so you know which ones matter

  • The target is already suggested The module looks for a page with the same name elsewhere on the site, then the closest one, then the archive of the matching type. All that is left is to approve — or to correct, but rarely
  • Nothing switches itself on Suggestions are created inactive: they have no effect until someone approves them. No redirect ever appears on your site without a human deciding it
  • The counter says which ones matter A 404 seen four hundred times and one seen once do not deserve the same effort. The list is sorted by what is actually costing you traffic
  • It takes effect immediately Activating a redirect clears the cache for that page. The next visitor is redirected, even if the page was already being served from cache
The 404s picked up nexya redirects
Address Hits Came from Last time Redirect Action
/notre-equipe 1 248 google.com 2 hours ago Suggested /a-propos/equipe Edit
/ancienne-page 412 client-final.ch 5 hours ago Active /nouvelle-page Edit
/blog/2019/actu 87 — 2 days ago — Redirect
/contactez-nous 31 linkedin.com 4 days ago Active /contact Edit

The counter says which ones matter: a 404 seen a thousand times and one seen once do not deserve the same effort.

The suggested targets nexya redirects

Suggested targets and bulk approval

Pro

An address that breaks three times gets a suggested target, written inactive. It has no effect on visitors until it is approved — one by one, or all at once.

Nothing switches itself on: no redirect appears on the site without a human deciding it.

The redirect runs before the 404

Rules are applied very early, before WordPress has even concluded that the page does not exist. An active redirect therefore always wins, and the visitor never glimpses the error page. It is also what allows you to redirect addresses that never existed in WordPress at all — those of a previous site, for instance.

How the target is guessed

In this order: a page carrying exactly the same slug elsewhere on the site, then the closest slug among recent content, then the archive of the content type matching the first segment of the broken address, and the home page as a last resort. On a rebuild where addresses changed prefix, three quarters land right on the first try.

301, 302 or 410

A permanent redirect for a page that moved, a temporary one for a stand-in, and 410 for content deliberately removed — that last one tells search engines to stop coming back, instead of leaving them to retry for months.

Free

404 tracking, redirects written by hand, CSV export

Pro

Target suggested automatically, CSV import, bulk approval

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