How can I redirect a URL to an external page?

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  johnmfoxjr · Member · Apr 25, 2015 at 4:43 am

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  I have a WordPress.com site. It’s johnmfoxjr.com. I’d like to redirect a URL from it to an external page – namely tdqlhi.axshare.com/awesomeness. I can’t seem to get this to work. Please help.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  pmciano · Member · Apr 25, 2015 at 2:15 pm

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  @johnmfoxjr

  You can redirect visitors to your site elsewhere with the Site Redirect Upgrade:

  Site Redirect

  Let us know if you have any more questions.

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  johnmfoxjr · Member · Apr 25, 2015 at 2:23 pm

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  Yeah. I have Site Redirect. I use it to redirect the wordpress.com site to my own URL. But that’s not want I’m looking to do here. I just want to make a URL (it may not even be a “real” page) to an external URL.

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  pmciano · Member · Apr 25, 2015 at 6:17 pm

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  @johnmfoxjr

  At present, you have Domain Mapping Upgrades for johnmfoxjr.com and jmfj.co.

  A Domain Mapping Upgrade is not a Site Redirect Upgrade. Please review the page I linked to, as this Upgrade provides the functionality you’re looking for.

  If you have additional questions, please let us know.

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  johnmfoxjr · Member · Apr 25, 2015 at 6:54 pm

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  I think I’m really confused then. I read the article, but don’t see how I can redirect traffic from a single page to an external page, leaving all other aspects of the site intact, including the domain.

  I read that you can redirect one site to another, yes, but I need to redirect several individual urls.

  jmfj.co/1 -> share.com/1
  jmfj.co/2 -> share.com/2
  jmfj.co/n -> share.com/n

  If the article says this, I don’t see it. Can you help me by explaining how it does?

  Thanks,
  John

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  pmciano · Member · Apr 25, 2015 at 7:23 pm

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  @johnmfoxjr

  You cannot redirect a single page on your site elsewhere. The Site Redirect Upgrade directs all traffic from your WordPress.com site elsewhere.

  I apologize for any confusion. If you have any more questions, please let me know.

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  johnmfoxjr · Member · Apr 25, 2015 at 7:28 pm

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  Thanks. Is there anything I can do to make this happen on my WordPress.com site?

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  rachelmcr · Member · Apr 28, 2015 at 10:36 am

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  Hi John,

  WordPress.com doesn’t have a way to automatically redirect individual pages on your site to an external page. However, you are welcome to create direct links to external pages on your site or add a custom link in your site’s menu that goes to those pages.