Redirections problem - Support

Resolved Muhammad Katr
3 years ago

Rank Math free

Hello there,

I’m facing a big problem in 301 for category and sub category.

I’ve changed the category url and it’s auto listed in 301 redirects.
When i changed it’s sub category url, it’s auto listed in 301 redirects also. but not in the right way

example:
let’s say we have X Category -> Y subcategory
https://www.domain.com/product-category/x-category/y-subcategory/
1st i changed x-category url to x-category-new-url so the url is:
https://www.domain.com/product-category/x-category-new-url/
and the url is working well

2nd i changed the Y category url to y-subcategory-new-url so the url is:
https://www.domain.com/product-category/x-category-new-url/y-subcategory-new-url/

now let’s go to redirections
this link “https://www.domain.com/product-category/x-category/”
will redirect to this “https://www.domain.com/product-category/x-category-new-url/”

and this link “https://www.domain.com/product-category/x-category-new-url/y-subcategory/”
will redirect to this “https://www.domain.com/product-category/x-category-new-url/y-subcategory-new-url/”

but the old slug for parent category will not be considered in redirections like:
https://www.domain.com/product-category/x-category/y-subcategory/
will not redirect to
https://www.domain.com/product-category/x-category-new-url/y-subcategory-new-url/

kindly let me know how to fix this ?

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Nigel
3 years ago

Rank Math business

Hello,

Thank you for contacting Rank Math for help with your product category and subcategory URL changes.

Rank Math only creates a redirect for the currently edited slug and does not create redirects for parent or child slugs. In WooCommerce any parent slug works including the old parent slug or even random text for example:
https://www.domain.com/product-category/random-text/y-subcategory/
If the category pages are set to noindex, you can safely ignore the slug structure as it does not affect your SEO. If the category pages are set to index, please check that the canonical URL has the correct parent/child structure.

Hope that helps. Please let us know if you have questions.

Muhammad Katr
3 years ago

Rank Math free

But redirects should keep that in mind
All url changes should be considered in plugin redirects to avoid any SEO issues
If I change parent and child, there will be a case that the parent will not be taken into account in the redirects, in which case I have to set that direction manually
Just try to change any parent and child, then check your redirects.

Jaideep Asrani
3 years ago

Hello,

Currently, the auto-redirect option only works for the posts/taxonomies you edit the URL for. It doesn’t create redirections for child pages or subcategory pages. We have shared your suggestion with the devs. If your suggestion is something we decide to implement in our plugin, we will be sure to let you know.

Let us know if you need any other assistance.

RankBot
2 years, 11 months ago

Hello,

Since we did not hear back from you for 15 days, we are assuming that you found the solution. We are closing this support ticket.

If you still need assistance or any other help, please feel free to open a new support ticket, and we will be more than happy to assist.

Thank you.

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