Permalink structure migration with plugins not working
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Hi.
Lately changed my permalink structure and i cannot change it back. I was using
/%postname%/%category%/
and now i’m using
/%year%/%postname%/%category%/To fix any old link for SEO and don’t loose any link from the past, i used some plugins to redirect old links to the new structures, but they are not working.
I tried Dean’s Permalink Migration, Advanced permalinks or Permalink Redirect, and all show some kind of error.
For example, Dean’s Permalink Redirection makes the individual posts blank. The old links redirect perfectly, but if you are surfing normally the site, when you enter any individual post, it shows a blank post.
If i use the Permalink Redirect (https://scott.yang.id.au/code/permalink-redirect/) it works fine till you see that some posts are not redirected exactly till what you expected. For example:
If i had this post
https://noticiasfamosos.com/angelina-jolie-y-brad-pitt-reservan-el-hotel/angelina-jolie/
and is expected to be now
https://noticiasfamosos.com/2010/angelina-jolie-y-brad-pitt-reservan-el-hotel/angelina-jolie/ (with the year added at the beggining)
the plugin redirects to
https://noticiasfamosos.com/2007/angelina-jolie-deja-el-cine-para-cuidar-de-sus-hijos/cine/Is like the plugin can’t work fine and it shows a related post. It doesn’t occurs always, right now i don’t know the percentage of success of the plugin redirecting, but it is clear that it’s not perfect.
If i use the Advanced Permalinks plugin, the error is that when you are surfing your site and enters any category, it shows a blank page of error. The redirection os the individual posts works fine, but for some reason, you can’t access the categories. Strange…
I started to think that with the new versions of WordPress, these plugins are presenting errors, and don’t function anymore. Also it seems that nobody has the interest in update them or make new plugins for mugration permalink issues.
Does anybody what to do to keep the old links correctly when you make a change in the permalink structure. Any information will be welcome. Thanks.
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