Usage

Redirects module

Access the redirects module in the TYPO3 backend under Site Management > Redirects.

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Open Redirects module

List

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Redirect list

You will see a list of the existing redirects with the following columns labels.

  1. Source Host

  2. Source Path

  3. Destination

  4. # Hits: Number of "hits" (only if hit counter is on)

  5. Last Hit on: When was the most recent redirect "hit" (only if hit counter is on)

  6. Action buttons: View page, edit, disable and delete action_buttons_image

Tip

Hover over the text to see the link markup (underline) and a tooltip.

By clicking on the Source Path of one of the columns or on the pencil edit icon edit_action_image, you can edit the record. Clicking on a link in the Destination column, should open the link target.

The + sign on the top will open an edit form to create a new redirect.

It is also possible to filter, e.g. by the Source Path, Status Code or only show redirect records which were "Never hit" (see Information on Hit counter which must be explicitly enabled via Feature Toggle).

Edit form

When creating a new redirect or editing an existing one, the edit form will open.

A redirect generally consists of these 2 parts which are separated in the edit form:

  1. A source part (host, path, query parameters) which is matched against the URL. If it matches, the redirect is applied

  2. A target part which defines where the redirect should redirect to and some additional parameters like the HTTP status code, whether to force HTTPS and keep query parameters

Admin users will see the respective database fields from the table sys_redirect in square brackets (e.g. Source Domain [source_host]) next to the label if in debug mode.

Non-admin users may not see all the fields. By default Source Domain, Source Path and Target are enabled, the rest are exclude fields and must be enabled in the backend group permissions, see backend user configuration.

General tab

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Edit redirect

Source:

Source Domain
Field

source_host

It is possible to select one of the domains from the site configuration or use the wildcard (*). In this case the redirect applies to all sites!

Source Path
Field

source_path

Can be an actual path, e.g. /path. For URLs with different entry points for languages, you should use the full path, e.g. /en/path. Regular expressions are possible, but then is_regexp must be enabled. Regular expressions must be enclosed in delimiters, e.g. #^/path/([a-zA-Z]{1}[a-zA-Z0-9_/-]+)# or /^\/path\/([a-zA-Z]{1}[a-zA-Z0-9_/-]+)/.

Respect GET Parameters
Field

respect_query_parameters

If on, matching is also performed on query parameters. If off, matching is only performed on the path.

Is regular expression?
Field

is_regexp

Evaluate the Source Path as regular expression.

Target:

Target
Field

target

The redirect target, can be a

  • path, e.g. /features

  • URL, e.g. https://example.org/features

  • page ID or page URI, e.g. t3://page?uid=1

  • file URI, e.g. t3://file?uid=1

Status Code HTTP Header
Field

target_statuscode

The HTTP status code that will be sent to the client. This is 307 (Temporary Redirect) by default.

Force SSL Redirect
Field

force_https

When redirecting, use HTTPS when constructing the target URL. This will even be the case, if a full URL is given as target (e.g. http://example.com/features) or if the entry point of a site uses HTTP, so make sure your site supports HTTPS (which is recommended anyway).

Keep GET Parameters
Field

keep_query_parameters

When redirecting, add query parameters of original URL (with possible changes) to the target. By default, the query parameters are omitted, so source URL https://example.com/features?abc=1 would be redirected to https://example.com/all-features. If there are already query parameters in the target field, these are used instead.

Statistics tab

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Statistics tab with hit counter

This tab is only available, if the hit counter is enabled. Here you can disable the hit counter for a specific redirect and also see read-only statistics.

Hit Counter
Field

disable_hitcount

Disable the hit counter only for this redirect.

Count
Field

hitcount

Editable

read only

Number of hits for this particular redirect. (How often was the page accessed which triggered this redirect?)

Last Hit On
Field

lasthiton

Editable

read only

When was the last hit on this redirect?

Access tab

Enabled
Field

disabled

If disabled, the redirect has no effect.

Start
Field

starttime

If this is not empty, "now" (current time) must be after Start time for the redirect to have effect.

Stop
Field

endtime

If this is not empty, "now" (current time) must be before Stop time for the redirect to have effect.

Regex examples

Example 1: Source path with regular expression and capturing group.

redirect

Source Path

Is Regular Expression

target

#^/path/([a-zA-Z]{1}[a-zA-Z0-9_/-]+)#

true

https://mysite/newpath/$1

with the following result:

URL

result URL

https://mysite/path/something

https://mysite/newpath/something

Important

TYPO3 will not syntax check the redirect. Make sure you enter working redirects enclosed in delimiters. Use tools like https://regex101.com/, if necessary.

Automatic redirects creation

Redirects are created automatically on slug changes, if EXT:redirects is installed and automatic creation is enabled in site configuration.

A redirect from the old URL to the new URL will be created. All sub pages are checked too and the slugs will be updated and redirects will be created for these as well.

After the creation of the redirects a notification will be shown to the user.

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Revert redirect

The notification contains two possible actions:

  • revert the complete slug update and remove the redirects

  • or only remove the redirects

Note

No redirects are generated for workspace versions in the TYPO3 backend. The setting redirect.autoCreateRedirects is internally disabled in this case.