John Godley
@johnny5 on WordPress.org
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- Member Since: March 12th, 2005
- Location: London, UK
- Website: johngodley.com
- GitHub: johngodley
- Employer: Automattic
Contribution History
John Godley’s badges:- Core Contributor
- Meta Contributor
- Plugin Developer
- Theme Developer
- Translation Contributor
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Posted a reply to WordPress 6.4.1 Compatibility, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It's already compatible, I just haven't set the version. -
Posted a reply to Compatibility with All in One SEO, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I don't know where the message is from, but it isn't from Redirection. It seems… -
Posted a reply to Not compatible with custom REST-API prefix, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The plugin uses get_rest_url and doesn't include hardcoded references. The instances you found are for… -
Posted a reply to Unknown column ‘match_url’ … wp_redirection_items, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Do you have any errors when upgrading? Something is preventing the upgrade from happening. This… -
Posted a reply to Site redirection – I’m locked out from my own site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The instructions are specifically for if you can't get into your site to edit the… -
Posted a reply to Site redirection – I’m locked out from my own site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Please read the above page which contains all the details you need to disable redirects. -
Posted a reply to redirects only works on chrome and when I am logged in, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There's nothing really to resolve. Redirects work the same across all browsers. If you are… -
Posted a reply to Getting 404 error for all redirects, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You should probably look at your caching setup, that is the most likely cause of… -
Posted a reply to Getting 404 error for all redirects, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The URL is redirecting fine: https://redirect.li/http/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.boldmere.org%2Fstalls -
Posted a reply to Elementor X Redirection (Ignore and pass all query parameters), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Are you redirecting something that elementor is using? You will need to look through your… -
Posted a reply to Same slug for different domain aliases causes issues, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
http://www.truma.fr/bonjour is not being redirected by Redirection. I cannot tell you what is causing that… -
Posted a reply to Same slug for different domain aliases causes issues, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Redirection does not appear to be involved in any of your URLs. -
Posted a reply to CSV Import Always ‘Ignore Case’ Unless Ignore Slash Unselected, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
All redirects (whether imported by CSV or otherwise) use the defaults unless you configure that… -
Posted a reply to Same slug for different domain aliases causes issues, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Nothing appears to be using Redirection. https://www.truma.fr/bonjour => no SSL, 404 https://www.truma.de/bonjour => 301 to… -
Posted a reply to Same slug for different domain aliases causes issues, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What is the question regarding Redirection? -
Posted a reply to Nginx Accelerate Static Content will return 404 on redirections, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Are you using a plugin for this? Nginx doesn't really have an 'accelerate static content'… -
Posted a reply to Site redirection – I’m locked out from my own site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
A site redirect will still let you log into your site. If for some other… -
Posted a reply to Remove comment-number, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The plugin uses standard PHP regular expressions and does not modify them in any way.… -
Posted a reply to Remove comment-number, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I can't advise you on specific regular expressions. Putting your expression into https://regex101.com/ shows that… -
Posted a reply to 404s redirection, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You need to decide if the 404s are valid (requests from broken links), or 404… -
Posted a reply to 404s redirection, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
By a 404 redirect do you mean just a 404? A 404 and a redirect… -
Posted a reply to Redirecting base url to external site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you give a real URL example? I would imagine a cache is affecting your… -
Posted a reply to Redirecting base url to external site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Why are there %5B in your URLs? You can find details about regular expressions here:… -
Posted a reply to Can’t add a URL with % in it, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What is the full URL? -
Posted a reply to Can’t add a URL with % in it, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The plugin will decode the % so it appears without being encoded. It will still… -
Posted a reply to Can’t add a URL with % in it, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
In what way can't you add it? -
Posted a reply to Using the referrer option, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
As it mentions on the support page, referrer information is not guaranteed, and can be… -
Posted a reply to Redirecting all pages to Home causes redirect loop, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Your regex also matches the home page, so it will redirect the home to the… -
Posted a reply to Issues with permalink settings getting changed?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Things that randomly change are often caused by caches expiring. I am not referring to… -
Posted a reply to Issues with permalink settings getting changed?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The plugin doesn't change permalinks and has no code to do that. Why do you… -
Posted a reply to Issues with permalink settings getting changed?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ok. The plugin isn't changing your permalinks. -
Posted a reply to What is don’t set a preferred domain in site option cannonical setting, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The option is the default, it does nothing. -
Posted a reply to What is don’t set a preferred domain in site option cannonical setting, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It is the default option for your site. You shouldn't change it unless you need… -
Posted a reply to 404 urls seem to be working okay, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If they cannot be redirected to a specific page then I would either leave them… -
Posted a reply to 404 urls seem to be working okay, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What do you mean by older URLs? You can create a redirect for any URL… -
Posted a reply to 404 urls seem to be working okay, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It shows URLs that, at the time of recording, were returning a 404. It does… -
Posted a reply to Weird error log messages, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No, the plugin doesn't output any log entries, and particularly not something that would affect… -
Posted a reply to Weird error log messages, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What is the actual error? -
Posted a reply to Resources efficiency using redirects, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, the expiry time will set when things are removed. -
Posted a reply to Resources efficiency using redirects, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
As with most things to do with performance there are caveats. What works in one… -
Posted a reply to Resources efficiency using redirects, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I would always advise using WordPress redirects unless you have a specific reason otherwise. Sure,… -
Posted a reply to redirect parameters, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You can find details here: https://redirection.me/support/redirect-regular-expressions/ -
Posted a reply to Issues with permalink settings getting changed?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There is no code in the plugin to do that. -
Posted a reply to URL redirection and URL encoding, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The plugin doesn't not let you redirect wp-admin pages for safety reasons - you will… -
Posted a reply to URL redirection and URL encoding, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You will know if they are being saved encoded as it will show in your… -
Posted a reply to URL redirection and URL encoding, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Is the URL being saved with the encoded characters? -
Posted a reply to URL redirection and URL encoding, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
As with https://wordpress.org/support/topic/url-gets-encode-and-then-not-recognized/ I am unable to reproduce this. Maybe you can include a screenshot… -
Posted a reply to Redirecting Old HTML pages, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Details can be found here: https://redirection.me/support/problems/url-not-redirecting/ -
Posted a reply to How to enable redirection on a site with BASIC Authentication?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Could you please advise on the necessary configuration steps to ensure that I can only… -
Posted a reply to Host redirect (subdomain): Redirects to primary site URL instead, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Did you try the redirect checker? Can you give some specific details? I don't feel…
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