Best way to 301 redirect thousands of URLs with least impact on speed

  • Resolved lilbunny

    (@lilbunny)


    6 years, 7 months ago

    Hello,

    We have a site with thousands of unique URLs that need to be 301 redirected.

    Since we can’t program broad rules, is Yoast 301 redirection the best way to create the individual redirects?

    We’re hoping to have as little impact on site load speed as possible. It sounds like the htaccess method of listing thousands of redirects will slow the site down. I’ve also read that adding redirects via a WordPress plugin could impact speed as well. Then I’ve seen posts about editing a vhosts file, but I’m not sure how to do that.

    Does anyone have experience and a recommendation for how best to go about this type of project?

    Thanks in advance,

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  • Plugin Support Md Mazedul Islam Khan

    (@mazedulislamkhan)

    When creating thousands of redirects on a shared host using the PHP redirects method, this may cause a bit of performance issue. However, this shouldn’t cause the performance issue while using the .htaccess redirects method as these will be handled by the Apache server itself then instead of PHP.

    Thread Starter lilbunny

    (@lilbunny)

    Thanks for your help!

    Does Yoast use the PHP redirects method?

    Sorry, I’m not always clear on the language.

    Is there a maximum limit to the number of redirects that htaccess can reasonably handle?

    There is a chance we will have root access to the hosting server, and may be able to use a different method. Like exporting redirects form Yoast for a server config file (I saw this as an option on Yoast website), but I don’t see instructions for this setup. Do you know of instructions for server config file setup?

    Thanks,

    Plugin Support Md Mazedul Islam Khan

    (@mazedulislamkhan)

    Yoast SEO Premium has both PHP and .htaccess redirects method feature. You can choose which one you’d like to use on your site.

    There is no maximum limit of redirects for either PHP redirects method or .htaccess redirects method. This is something depends on the server. Whenever you’re using a dedicated server, it can handle more redirects in both methods.

    Once you have the Yoast SEO Premium subscription, you can reach our premium support team at [email protected] and we’ll be happy to assist you further if you need any help in server config file to setup the redirects.

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