PLACES : Shorten Permalinks

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  • November 27, 2019 at 1:01 am #518801

    Brigitte
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    I want to display the link of a place on video trailers and business cards (physical paper). Only, to prevent people from manually typing a very long URL, is it possible to share a link like this: https://domain.com/nameofplace/

    Rather like that : https://domain.com/places/region/city/nameofplace/

    I am surprised to see that it works actually!

    If I write : https://domain.com/nameofplace/
    Then I am automatically redirected to : https://domain.com/places/region/city/nameofplace/

    You will tell me, but what is the problem then?

    My question is:

    Can I be 100% sure that these redirects will work for use over time? Is GeoDirectory applying this redirection, or is it the core of WordPress?

    Note: this is NOT for SEO purposes.

    Thanks a lot in advance!

    November 27, 2019 at 3:38 am #518822

    Alex Rollin
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    That is a proper redirect, yes.

    November 27, 2019 at 4:54 pm #518901

    Brigitte
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    Post count: 235

    Thanks for your answer Alex.

    Do you confirm that GeoDirectory is doing this redirection?

    I ask because I know that WordPress can also perform this type of redirects. But the problem is when a slug is almost identical to another slug, WordPress can redirect on a wrong post.

    November 28, 2019 at 12:51 am #518943

    Alex Rollin
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    Yes, that is part of what GD does.

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