In WordPress, name is a reserved term (emphasis mine): There is a complete set of reserved keywords, or terms, in WordPress that should not be used in certain circumstances as they may conflict with core functionality. You should avoid using any of these terms when: Passing a term through a $_GET or $_POST array Registering … Read more
You could add an htaccess redirect or try out the theme my login plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/theme-my-login/. It has options for custom redirection.
You can use the get_posts() function: <?php /* Template Name: Redirect */ $args = array( ‘posts_per_page’ => ‘1’, ‘post_type’ => ‘post’ ); $post = get_posts($args); if($post){ $url = get_permalink($post[0]->ID); wp_redirect( $url, 301 ); exit; }
Well those are two different things: A redirect means they are not accessible any more at all. noindex just means that search engines ignore it while it is still accessible if you access the URL. So I’d recommend option 1. This is a simple way of doing this that you can improve an. (E.g. this … Read more
Say you have 20 or even 50 pages that needs permalink changes. How can you guarantee an automatic redirect formation for all of them afterwards? The part of a post URL that can be edited in WordPress is called the “slug”. For a URL like http://example.com/blog/abc-xyz, then the “abc-xyz” part would be the slug. The … Read more
To restrict direct access only for ‘wp-login.php’, without POST or GET request (useful for custom ajax login forms), I use the advanced function: function possibly_redirect(){ global $pagenow; if( ‘wp-login.php’ == $pagenow ) { if ( isset( $_POST[‘wp-submit’] ) || // in case of LOGIN ( isset($_GET[‘action’]) && $_GET[‘action’]==’logout’) || // in case of LOGOUT ( … Read more
From looking at your .htaccess, it looks like your has too many rules overlapping each other. Do the following instead: Keep a backup of your current .htaccess if you need to go back to it Delete your .htaccess form the server, WordPress should automatically create a fresh one for you Open your new .htaccess file … Read more
The answer requires a little bit of WP forensics because this function has been in WordPress since 1.5 but has undergone some changes along the way. One thing that has not changed however is the description “Checks if a user is logged in, if not it redirects them to the login page.” I think that … Read more
This really does belong in a plugin, but you can just as easily drop it in your theme’s functions.php function default_login_redirect( $redirect, $request_redirect ) { if ( $request_redirect === ” ) $redirect = home_url(); return $redirect; } add_filter( ‘login_redirect’, ‘default_login_redirect’, 10, 2 );
Replace Redirect 301 / http://newsite.com/ by RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://newsite.com/ [L,R=301]