Old Directory still being pulled for links

  • genesisprocessinggroup

    (@genesisprocessinggroup)


    6 years, 7 months ago

    When I created my WordPress site I used a subdirectory to create the site before launch (www.genesisprocessinggroup.com/new/) then when I launched the site I moved the entire site to https://www.genesisprocessinggroup.com. I’ve received notifications of 401 error pages that are still calling the old directory. I updated all pages in the site to the new directory but this is still happening. Please advise.

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  • Maybe a 301 redirect from your old pages to your new pages would work in .htaccess?

    Redirect 301 /oldfile.htm /newfile.htm

    Sounds like the links need to be updated at the database level.
    301 redirects are one way to do that but if the htaccess file gets reset the problem will come back. You may consider using a plugin like Better Search Replace to update the urls at the database level. Back up your database before using the plugin just to be safe.

    Hope this helps.

    Thread Starter genesisprocessinggroup

    (@genesisprocessinggroup)

    Hi David & Fixmysite,

    I tried to do 301 redirects with a plugin and it doesn’t seem to work on these links. I’ll look into that plugin. Any other suggestions would be great as I don’t know how the old directory links are being pulled on the site since it’s not actually linked anywhere on the website.

    Please read my post again, I did suggest another way to resolve the issue.

    Did the other solution I suggested resolve the problem for you? If so, please mark the thread as resolved. Thank you.

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