The Redirection plugin, built in.
If you use the Redirection plugin, this will look familiar: the same Tools → Redirection screen, the same source/target rules with regex, the same “Modified Posts” group for permalink changes. Your URL rules and hit counts are imported in order.
Replaced by the bundled Redirection plugin · Included free with Presscomet
Switching from Redirection: the short version.
You get
- URL rules imported in order, with hit counts and last access
- Regex with $1, case and trailing-slash options
- Modified Posts group with loop and chain clean-up
- 404 log with CSV export; CSV import
Not included
- No conditional matching (login, role, referrer, user agent, cookie, IP, server)
- No pass-through or random actions
- No JSON, Apache or Nginx export
Redirects not working?
The usual culprits: a cached page served before the redirect plugin runs, a trailing slash or letter case that doesn’t match, or a server rule taking priority.
Here, redirects are checked before the page lookup and changing a rule clears the cache, so a new rule applies immediately. Case and trailing-slash handling are settings you can see.
Redirection vs Presscomet
Feature by feature, including what isn’t there. Rows describe what the bundled plugin’s code does today.
| Feature | Redirection | Presscomet |
|---|---|---|
| 301, 302, 307, 308, 404, 410 | Included: Yes | Included: Yes |
| Regex with back-references | Included: Yes | Included: Yes |
| Groups | Included: Yes | Partly: Modified Posts group |
| Hit counts & last access | Included: Yes | Included: Yes |
| 404 log | Included: Yes | Included: Yes, CSV export |
| Monitor permalink changes | Included: Yes | Included: Yes |
| Conditional matching | Included: Yes | Not included: Not included |
| Import / export formats | Included: CSV, JSON, Apache, Nginx | Partly: CSV |
- Included
- Partly, or on a paid plan
- Not included
- Not needed, with the reason
Redirection features as publicly documented.
What moves over automatically.
The importer reads the Redirection plugin’s table directly, so every URL rule comes across.
Imported
- URL rules: source, regex, target, code, title, enabled state
wp_redirection_items - Hit counts and last access
last_countlast_access - Rules from the Modified Posts group (group 2) stay in Modified Posts
- Options: 404 log expiry, monitor posts, case and trailing-slash flags
redirection_optionsexpire_404monitor_postflag_caseflag_trailing - Safe Redirect Manager rules, with * wildcards converted
redirect_rule
Not imported
- Rules matching on login status, role, referrer, user agent, cookie, IP or server
- Pass-through and random actions
- The old 404 and redirect logs
- Redirection: imported 37 redirects.
How switching works.
- 01
Check your site
Run the free site check to see which of your plugins Presscomet replaces and what needs attention.
- 02
Run the migration
Connect your WordPress site. Content, users, media and plugin settings are imported into a new Presscomet site; your live site is only read.
- 03
Review and switch
Open Tools → Redirection to check the imported settings, then point your domain at the new site when you’re happy.
Where to find it: Tools → Redirection.
Redirection alternative: questions
Are all my redirects imported?
Every rule that matches on the URL, with its code, target and hit count. Rules that depend on other conditions are skipped and should be re-created another way.
Do I need a plugin for 301 redirects?
Not a separate one — the Redirection plugin is bundled and on by default.
Can I keep running Redirection instead?
No. Presscomet doesn’t run PHP, so WordPress plugins can’t be installed. The bundled Redirection plugin does the job instead, and the migration imports the settings listed above.
Does Presscomet support WooCommerce?
Not today. Presscomet is for content sites — blogs, magazines, business and documentation sites. If your site sells through WooCommerce, it isn’t a fit yet.
Related plugins and next steps
Related
- BundledRedirection301/302/307/308 and 410 rules with regex, hit counts, a 404 log, CSV import/export and automatic redirects on slug changes.
- BundledSEOTitles and descriptions with variables, keyphrase and readability analysis, schema, breadcrumbs and sitemaps. Reads Yoast data as-is.
- AlternativeYoast SEO alternativeSame _yoast_wpseo_* keys and %%variables%%, so titles, descriptions and keyphrases carry over untouched.
- AlternativeRank Math alternativeConverts Rank Math titles, descriptions, focus keywords, robots and primary categories; redirects and 404 log bundled separately.
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Redirection, Safe Redirect Manager are trademarks of their respective owners. Presscomet is not affiliated with or endorsed by them. Names are used only to describe compatibility and migration.