Redirect from EDD to Woocommerce

Actually I made a little bit of mistake:

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Store Link
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EDD:
website.com/downloads/

Woocommerce:
website.com/shop/

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Products Link
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EDD:
website.com/downloads/

Woocommerce:
website.com/product/

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Categories Link
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EDD:
website.com/downloads/category/

Woocommerce:
website.com/product-category/

I’m not really sure what you are describing, but you can probably use a regular expression for it:

https://redirection.me/support/redirect-regular-expressions/

Thanks John. I was about to reply. I kind of figured it out according to the same link:
https://redirection.me/support/redirect-regular-expressions/

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So to redirect the store link :
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It’s easy:
/downloads/ (EDD)
/shop/ (Woocommerce)

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Categories:
———–
^/downloads/category/ (EDD)
/product-category/ (Woocommerce)

– Regex must be activated

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Products:
———–
This one doesn’t seem to work since store and product links for EDD share the same link as /downloads/. I tried the following but I failed :

^/downloads/(.*) (EDD)
/prodcut/$1 (Woocommerce)

• This reply was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by worldless.

I remembered years back this plugin had a serious cache issue. it took me hours to realize that. so what I did was completely disable EDD and use another browser IN PRIVATE MODE for further analysis and it worked.

Please John fix it in the future.

What serious cache issue?

Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete.

This problem can sometimes be caused by disabling or refusing to accept cookies.

That doesn’t have anything to do with caching, and has never been a problem with the plugin. More than likely you have created an infinite redirect, and will need to adjust it so that it doesn’t redirect itself.

Never!! 100% NEVER… I’ll prove it to you in a video. I started with a simple redirect like:
/example1/
/example2/

That’s it. there was absolutely nothing else. no plugin conflict. just installed yours. it works for the first time but when I change it to, say:
/example1/
/example3/

then I’ll have to restart the browser to get it working again (sometime F5 would fix the problem and the other times it wouldn’t)

You even mentioned the cache issue in your own website:
https://redirection.me/support/problems/url-not-redirecting/

and besides all those 1 star reviews almost have the same “not working” issue.
I remember back then I removed yours and installed another one and it was working like a charm. the only problem I had with that plugin was two things 1. not being user friendly 2. outdated

I’ll see if I can find it to put them all in a video as a proof

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More than likely you have created an infinite redirect, and will need to adjust it so that it doesn’t redirect itself.
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and how come that infinite redirect (or loop) can be resolved by restarting the browser ?!!!

Calm down please. I am trying to help.

The link you mentioned is for redirects that aren’t working. That is not the same as the message you posted.

I am unable to reproduce a problem with the steps you describe, and it is not necessary to restart your browser. How is this related to the Firefox message?

1 star reviews are not an indication of this problem, and certainly no indication of a serious issue. This can be countered with the many more 5 star reviews and sites operating without a problem.

and how come that infinite redirect (or loop) can be resolved by restarting the browser ?!!!

I am basing it on the message you posted when I asked what the serious problem was.

Again, take a deep breath, and calm down. The only information I have to work with is what you’ve put here.

You don’t have to get into a psychological war if you have nothing else to say !! I said NEVER for more emphasis and the last time I took a deep breath was before diving into ocean.

You know what ? It’s not worth my time. you’re right. you’re plugin is fine.

Thanks for your support anyway

You don’t have to get into a psychological war if you have nothing else to say

Okay… I guess I’ll take a step back now.

That’s fine. You can use whatever software you want.

Please remember that all of this (WordPress, plugins, support forum) is freely available and the result of donated time. As such, asking for help sometimes requires a little patience until everything is fully understood.

I do understand the hard work for your FREE plugin and I respect that. I was absolutely trying to help you improve your plugin. apologies if I sounded otherwise.

And it’s so weird. last night I had this problem on both Local and Online servers. now everything works fine online except for local.

Problems with a local server are tricky. If you have a problem with a live server then please do post the full URL so I can take a look.

The Firefox message you posted above does look the same as what happens when it is redirecting too many times, and that is why I assumed it is the problem. If you have a working example then that would help a lot to say either way.

It would also be worth trying another browser to see if this is specific to Firefox and maybe whatever extensions might be running.