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Hello!
I’m encountering an issue related to redirect behavior when changing the slug of a post or page.
What I’m trying to achieve:
When I change the slug of a post/page, I want the old URL (with the previous slug) to return a 404 error, not redirect to the new URL.What I did:
1. Created a page at:
https://crosstheworld.ru/sample-page/
2. Changed the slug to:sample-page-1
(new URL:https://crosstheworld.ru/sample-page-1/
)
3. Enabled Redirection Debug mode in Rank Math.
4. Set the “Fallback Behavior” in the Redirections module to 404.
5. Disabled automatic post redirects in Rank Math settings.The result:
Despite these settings, accessing the old URL (/sample-page/
) still triggers a 301 redirect to the new URL (/sample-page-1/
), while I expect it to return a 404 error instead.My question:
Is it possible to fully disable this automatic redirect behavior using Rank Math, so that WordPress does not redirect the old URL after a slug change, and instead returns a 404 error?
If so, which exact settings should be used?Thank you in advance!
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