How to cancel the redirect

Also, another small request, if there is an search option inside the plugin, it will be easy to search within the saved redirects.

If possible, kindly add the same in the next update.

Thanks

Vijila, if you can’t find the redirect in the 404 Solution plugin then maybe the redirect is being done by something else.

The “search option” for the redirects works as follows.

1) Go to Settings -> 404 Solution -> Page Redirects
2) After “Rows per page” select “5000” and wait for the page to reload.
3) Press Ctrl-F (or CMD-F on a Mac) and type what you want to search for (thus using the browser’s built in search function).

Additionally, you can verify whether 404 Solution is actually redirecting or not by turning on debug logging and looking at the log. Here’s how to do that.

1) Go to the Options page (Settings -> 404 Solution -> Options)
2) Under “Advanced Settings (Etc), all the way at the bottom is a checkbox option named “Debug logging.” Check that box. Scroll down, click the “Save Settings” button.
3) Go to the URL that’s being redirected incorrectly and wait for it to be redirected.
4) Go back to the Options page (Settings -> 404 Solution -> Options)
5) Under “Advanced Settings (Etc), next to the “Debug logging” option is a link named “View” to view the debug file. Click it.
6) Scroll all the way to the bottom of the debug log and either manually look for the link you’re looking for or search for it using ctrl-f (I suggest searching for it).

If you find the link then you’ll see a message similar to the following.

2018-07-01 19:17:38 UTC (DEBUG): Logging redirect. Referer: | Current user: admin | From: /food/amp/ to: /food-addiction-problems-symptoms/, Reason: existing, Ignore msg(s): , Country:

If the page is being redirected then it means you haven’t found the redirect on the “Page Redirects” tab when you were looking for it earlier.

If the link does not appear then the it’s not being processed by the 404 Solution plugin.

Let me know how it goes.

Hi Aaron,

Thank you very much for you detailed step by step guidance for me to find out the problem. I’ve done all whatever you have said.

But the re-direct is not logged by 404 solution. That means, the redirect is being done by something else. This redirect is not being done by yoast also; I’ve checked that too.

Now how to find out which has created this re-direct and how to cancel it?

Thanks

You can disable all of your plugins one by one and keep trying the URL until it doesn’t get redirected anymore. You can tell which plugin it is when you’ve disabled a plugin and the redirect stops working.

If it continues to redirect when all of your plugins are disabled then it may be a redirect in the .htaccess file (for example).

I disabled all the plugins and checked. Still that redirect is happening. I checked my .htaccess, it has details regarding lite speed cache only.

Now what should I do? kindly guide me.

Thanks

Did you really disable all plugins, or only the ones you thought might be related?

Is the .htaccess file you checked at the right directory level? There may be multiple .htaccess files in different directories.

If those two things don’t fix the issue then I don’t have any other ideas. If I had the same issue I would install another version of WordPress at a different location and begin copying all of the content from the old site to the new site, including all of it’s settings, plugins, etc, until the issue reappears. Maybe you can ask someone else that you know, if you know any software experts. Or you could post a job on https://www.fiverr.com/ to pay someone to solve your issue for you.

Yes, I disabled all plugins using the bulk option. I checked only one .htaccess. I’ll check for them in other directories too.

My sincere thanks for your kind help and guidance.

Previously I was using the pugin “Redirection” By John Godley for 404 errors. Is there any chance that this plugin might have changed the setting somewhere in my files?

No.

I checked almost all the .htaccess files, but I could not find any 301 re-direct in any of the files.

Is there any chance whether “404 solution” will automatically saves the redirect like yoast or redirection plugin, whenever I change the url of my post manually, the same will be automatically saved by “404 solution”?

If not, whether that option can be added in future updates?

Thanks

Redirects are saved automatically but they will only be created automatically if the URLs are similar.

I don’t think there’s anything else I can help with here. If you figure out what the issue was let us know. For the ideas that I have please refer to https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/how-to-cancel-the-redirect/#post-10632910

Good luck.