When a URL changes, a redirect sends everyone who had the old address to the new one: visitors, and the search engines carrying that page’s history. TamRank has a redirect manager built in, with no limit on how many you create and every status code available on the free plan. This page shows how to add one, which type to pick, and how TamRank creates some for you automatically.
In short
- Go to TamRank → Redirects.
- Fill in From URL as a path, like
/old-page, and To URL as a full address. - Pick the type. In almost every case that is 301.
- Click Add. It is live immediately.
Adding a redirect
The manager lives at TamRank → Redirects. The Add Redirect card at the top has three fields:
- From URL (relative path): the old address as a path, so
/old-pagerather than the whole domain. TamRank tidies this for you, stripping the domain and normalising the leading slash. - To URL (full path): where people should land. This can be a page on your own site or an address somewhere else entirely.
- Type: the status code, explained below.
Press Add and the redirect starts working straight away. There is no cache to clear and no file to write.
One redirect per source address. If you try to add a second rule for a path that already has one, TamRank tells you so and asks you to remove the existing rule first, rather than quietly leaving two rules competing.
Which type to pick
All of these are on the free plan. There is no status code behind an upgrade.
- 301, Permanent. The page has moved for good and search engines should update their index. This is the one you want almost every time: renaming a page, restructuring your URLs, merging two pages into one.
- 302, Temporary. The page is away for a while and the original URL should stay indexed. Use it for a maintenance page or a seasonal swap you intend to undo.
- 307, Temporary and strict. Like a 302, but it preserves the HTTP method, so a POST stays a POST. This matters for forms and endpoints, rarely for ordinary pages.
- 410, Gone. The content is deleted deliberately and there is no replacement. This asks search engines to drop it, which is cleaner than redirecting a dead page to your homepage.
- 451, Legal. The content is unavailable for legal reasons.
410 and 451 do not need a destination, because there is nowhere to send anyone. Leave the To URL empty and the list shows a dash in that column. For 301, 302 and 307 a destination is required.
Managing what you have
Below the form sits your list of redirects, with a search box and filters. Each row shows the source and target, the type, whether the rule was created by hand or automatically, how many times it has actually been used, and whether it is active.
The Hits column is the interesting one. It is the evidence of which redirects are doing real work and which were guesses that nobody ever triggers.
Each row has three actions: pause or resume the rule, edit it, and delete it. Pausing is the safe way to test whether a redirect is causing something, because you can switch it back on without retyping it.
Importing and exporting
The Import / Export button at the top right opens a small panel for moving redirects in and out as CSV. The format is one rule per line:
/old-url,https://example.com/new-url,301
Use Template to download an example file, Export CSV to save what you have, and Select CSV followed by Import CSV to bring a list in. The importer skips the header row, needs at least a source and a target on each line, and assumes 301 when you leave the type off. When a line cannot be used, it tells you which one and why instead of failing the whole file.
The redirects TamRank makes for you
Two of the most common ways to break a URL are handled without you opening this screen at all.
Changing a slug
Change the URL slug of a published page in the TamRank SEO box and a 301 from the old address to the new one is created for you when you save. This is the single most common way sites lose traffic quietly, so it happens by default.
Deleting a page
Send a published page to the trash and TamRank asks whether you want a redirect for it, offering your homepage, a custom URL, and where they exist the parent page or the category archive. Restore the page from the trash and the prompt cancels itself, because the URL is alive again.
That prompt expires after an hour, so decide while it is in front of you. Delete more than ten pages at once and you get one combined prompt rather than ten separate ones. You can switch the whole behaviour off under TamRank → Settings → Features.
TamRank also learns from the redirects you create by hand and uses them to suggest matches for similar broken URLs later. That suggestion engine is free.
Tip: fix the link, not just the URL
A redirect is a safety net, not a repair. If your own menu, an old post, or a widget still points at the dead address, every visitor takes an extra hop and you keep the broken link forever. When you add a redirect for an internal URL, spend two minutes updating the places that link to it. Keep the redirect anyway, for the external links and bookmarks you cannot edit, but let your own site point at the real address.
The same goes for chains. If A points to B and you later move B to C, do not leave A pointing at B. Point A straight at C.
Troubleshooting
My redirect does nothing. Check that the rule is Active, and that the From URL matches the real path exactly. A trailing slash or a missing one is enough to miss.
TamRank says a redirect already exists. There is one rule per source address. Delete or edit the existing rule rather than adding a second one.
The Redirects menu is missing. The feature can be switched off. Look under TamRank → Settings → Features and turn redirects back on.
I get a redirect loop. Something points back to itself, directly or through another rule. Pause the most recent rule and follow the path by hand.
My changes do not show for visitors. A caching plugin or CDN is serving the old response. Clear both. TamRank applies redirects the moment you save.
Frequently asked questions
How many redirects can I create?
As many as you need. There is no limit on the free plan.
Which redirect types are free?
All of them: 301, 302, 307, 410 and 451.
Can I redirect to another website?
Yes. The target can be an external address.
Do I need a redirect when I rename a page?
TamRank creates it for you when you change the slug in the SEO box, so usually not.
Should I redirect a deleted page to my homepage?
Only if the homepage genuinely answers what that page did. If nothing replaces it, a 410 is more honest and helps search engines drop it cleanly.
Related
- Finding what is broken: Turning 404s into redirects
- Moving your old rules over: Migrating from Yoast or Rank Math
- The bigger picture: The complete WordPress SEO guide
- Back to Documentation
