Parent Pages

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    I want to add one of my pages to a parent page.

    For example, I want to move /city to services/city

    I assume that by doing this if someone types /city it will automatically redirect to /services/city

    Am I right?

    Also, I read somewhere that if you add a parent page to an already published page, it will break existing links to that page unless you use a redirect plugin or other 301 setting

    I don’t belive this to be true?

    I am also mindful of SEO as my page ranks high, but I can only imagine adding a parent page will help because it is a logical page order for my website.

    Does anyone have any feedback on this?

    Thanks in advance.

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  • I assume that by doing this if someone types /city it will automatically redirect to /services/city

    Not unless you add a suitable 301 redirection to your site’s .htacess file – ideally before the BEGIN WORDPRESS block. There are online ‘htacess creators that can help you create the correct redirect rule.

    Also, I read somewhere that if you add a parent page to an already published page, it will break existing links to that page unless you use a redirect plugin or other 301 setting

    That would be correct, yes.

    Thread Starter jasongantry

    (@jasongantry)

    Hi Esmi, thansk for the response.

    I currently have many pages with parent pages that automatically redirect.

    Is it possible that this was an inbuilt feature somehow automatically setup when I installed wordpress and built the website?

    I just don’t recall setting up any redirects manually.

    I currently have many pages with parent pages that automatically redirect.

    Redirect in what way? Can you give us an example? Are you currently using a redirection plugin? WordPress core does not incorporate any option to redirect urls automatically if you move or otherwise rename a page or post.

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