John Godley – @johnny5

Member Since: March 12th, 2005
Location: London, UK
Website: johngodley.com
Employer: Automattic
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Long-term plugin developer with many WordPress plugins (and some bbPress ones too), as well as several guides and articles stretching back into the misty past.

Employed by Automattic to bring more WordPress to the world.

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Translation Contributor
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Posted a reply to Need help in this type of redirection, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I am confused as to what you are asking. You say https://pakistani.pk/oppo/oppo-reno-3-pro-5g/ is redirecting, then…

9 hours ago
Posted a reply to Stop removing domain in URL, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Marking as resolved due to lack of feedback.

12 hours ago
Posted a reply to Need help in this type of redirection, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
In the same way as you did. Source: /oppo-reno-3-pro-5g/ Target: /whatever-you-want

12 hours ago
Posted a reply to Need help in this type of redirection, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
https://pakistani.pk/oppo-reno-3-pro-5g/ doesn't match the redirect /oppo/(.*) You will need to create a redirect that does…

13 hours ago
Posted a reply to Safari and iOS Users redirect, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
https://progressive-mind.com/marketing-team-hamburg-safari/ is not redirecting. If it is for you then you will need to clear…

2 days ago
Posted a reply to Check Redirect button not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, it is fixed now.

2 days ago
Posted a reply to Safari and iOS Users redirect, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What do you mean all users are redirected? That is not what is currently happening.…

2 days ago
Posted a reply to Regex Expression for Permalink Change, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You can always try something and change afterwards if it doesn't work as you want…

2 days ago
Posted a reply to Regex Expression for Permalink Change, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes. It is entirely up to you. You can find more details here: https://redirection.me/support/

2 days ago
Posted a reply to Regex Expression for Permalink Change, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I meant that the redirect will already work across your site - you did not…

2 days ago
Posted a reply to Regex Expression for Permalink Change, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It already works across your site.

2 days ago
Posted a reply to Redirection database/object cache, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Not currently, although it is planned for the future.

2 days ago
Posted a reply to Redirection hits calculation info., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sure, the difference between should and must is fine, but it's not something the plugin…

2 days ago
Posted a reply to Redirection hits calculation info., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The key word there is *should*, not *must*. You can add headers from the Site…

2 days ago
Posted a reply to Redirection hits calculation info., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
They're not calculated, it's just how many times the URL is requested by WordPress. If…

3 days ago
Committed [2210834] to Plugins Trac:
Tagging 1.0.3

3 days ago
Committed [2210833] to Plugins Trac:
Release 1.0.3 * Fix grid values being ignored in the 7.1.0 editor * ...

3 days ago
Posted a reply to Safari and iOS Users redirect, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You have not enabled the regular expression option next to the user agent expression.

3 days ago
Posted a reply to How to redirect a post type, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It's exactly the same. You can set a 410 error response by changing the action:…

3 days ago
Posted a reply to Unknown column ‘match_url’ in ‘where clause’, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Please go to the 'support' page, change the database version to 2.4, and follow the…

4 days ago
Posted a reply to How to redirect a post type, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You can use a regular expression: https://redirection.me/support/redirect-regular-expressions/

4 days ago
Posted a reply to Help for REGEX, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You can use a site like https://regex101.com to test a regular expression Bear in mind…

5 days ago
Posted a reply to Redirection Stopped Working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The URL is redirecting fine: https://redirect.li/http/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcasacreanga.ro%2Ftest

5 days ago
Posted a reply to Import Redirects from Yoast, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, you can import data as described here: https://redirection.me/support/import-export-redirects/

5 days ago
Posted a reply to tmp files on the Server, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Redirection does not generate tmp files.

5 days ago
Posted a reply to A Solution when changing Permalink Structure, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You can use a regular expression redirect, as explained here: https://redirection.me/support/redirect-regular-expressions/ There is an example…

5 days ago
Posted a reply to Redirect subdomain to domain, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Please check out https://redirection.me/support/problems/url-not-redirecting/

5 days ago
Posted a reply to Redirection work only on the main language, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you provide details about what redirect you have created and how it's not working?

6 days ago
Posted a reply to Found: 200 but redirect is working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
200 is not a redirect, it's a standard web page response. According to the checker…

6 days ago
Posted a reply to Found: 200 but redirect is working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The redirect checker is an external agent that checks your site and isn't affected by…

6 days ago
Posted a reply to Pass referrer to target URL?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You need to add the referrer yourself to the URL. It's not a reliable source…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Not very smart, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I don't really know what that means, but it doesn't sound right, and there is…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Redirection problem, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Please use the redirect checker in the plugin. The URL is redirecting fine: https://redirect.li/http/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.qacslab.com%2Fabout-us%2Fwe-are-looking-for-a-food-packaging-analyst%2F

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Error 200 Redirect, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Please see https://redirection.me/support/problems/url-not-redirecting/

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Redirection Loop, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm a little confused. I thought you are trying to redirect https://www.mein-adventskalender.de/ideen/fuellen-erwachsene-2/gibt-es-den-weihnachtsmann/ (with the 2)…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Redirection Loop, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That URL is returning a 404 for me?

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Redirection Loop, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What is the full URL?

1 week ago
Posted a reply to 404s Not Logged, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Are you running any other plugins that could interfere with or change 404s?

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Update Plugin on Network, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There is also wp redirection setting where you can change settings. A list of settings…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Logout Redirect error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you post a screenshot(s)? I still don't know what you're really referring to.

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Logout Redirect error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I don't really understand. What redirect box? Why google.com? What is */wp? Can you provide…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Stop removing domain in URL, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It removes it because it's not needed, and it will still be the exact URL…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Logout Redirect error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The target should be a relative or absolute URL, and you have given an invalid…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to 404s Not Logged, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Have you enabled to the 404 logging option? Can you give an example of an…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Redirection issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It's the same regex as other places and is not specific to the plugin or…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Redirection Subfolder, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm not sure what you meant there, but you can build and test regular expressions…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Add 2 new actions, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sure. Can you post the suggestion on https://github.com/johngodley/redirection/issues so it doesn't get lost?

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Find the infinite loop culprit, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It's the most likely suspect.

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Add Redirect Function, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No, sorry, there are no examples

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Why are the blocks prefixed jetpack?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
We are ensuring the block is compatible with the upcoming Gutenberg block directory, and are…

2 weeks ago