Redirect old page slug to new page instead of 404

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  nicepaul · Member · Feb 21, 2012 at 10:57 pm

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  I’ve moved a page. The new URL is better, but the old URL is published in marketing material.

  I need to redirect users from the old URL (now 404’ing) to the new URL.

  Is that possible?

  thanks,
  Paul

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

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  timethief · Member · Feb 21, 2012 at 11:03 pm

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  No I’m sorry that’s not possible on free hosted WordPress.com blogs.
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  nicepaul · Member · Feb 21, 2012 at 11:25 pm

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  How about on paid-for versions?

  This is for a page on http://digital.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/

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  timethief · Member · Feb 21, 2012 at 11:33 pm

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  Hi again,
  Sorry I can’t give you an definitive answer. This is why. Your theme is a premium theme and we Volunteers answering questions on this forum have no knowledge of how they are designed to operate. When you purchased your premium theme what came with that purchase was support directly from the theme designer in the Premium Theme Support Forum. There is a link for the specific Premium Theme support forum under Appearance -> Themes in your blog’s Dashboard

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  nicepaul · Member · Feb 22, 2012 at 1:08 pm

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  I don’t think the ability to redirect old URLs is theme-based. I think it’s functionality that is or isn’t in WordPress.com as a product, not on a per-theme basis, but I could be wrong.

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  timethief · Member · Feb 22, 2012 at 6:43 pm

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  Okay, I have been here for nearly 6 years and that functionailty has never existed and does not exist now on free hosted WordPress.com blogs.

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  raincoaster · Member · Feb 22, 2012 at 9:16 pm

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  It was accomplished once, on my blog, by staff. Staff can do something like that, but you need to give them a compelling reason to do it, not just “I deleted the page and changed my mind.” And you will have to contact them directly.

  In my case they did it because my hits had dropped by over 60% and we thought the broken link was part of the problem. Turned out it was insignificant.

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  danahomegang · Member · Feb 29, 2012 at 2:47 pm

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  I have to say I’m surprised this functionality has not been implemented, yet. Redirection has been a fundamental feature of HTTP and HTML since the web’s inception. I don’t like the fact that my slugs are written in stone and can never be changed.

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  timethief · Member · Feb 29, 2012 at 7:03 pm

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  dontsupersizedanahome.wordpress.com is no longer available.
  The authors have deleted this blog.