http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/cool-seo-redirection-feature-in-wordpress-23x/ News and views from a Software Architect and Entrepreneur on Java and Web 2.0 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:30:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/cool-seo-redirection-feature-in-wordpress-23x/#comment-479344 James Thu, 07 Feb 2008 06:15:58 +0000 http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/cool-seo-redirection-feature-in-wordpress-23x/#comment-479344 If you're interested, Mark Jaquith has a full writeup on the Canonical URL feature <a href="http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/2007/09/25/wordpress-23-canonical-urls/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. If you’re interested, Mark Jaquith has a full writeup on the Canonical URL feature here.

]]> http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/cool-seo-redirection-feature-in-wordpress-23x/#comment-479335 Jeff Starr Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:41:52 +0000 http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/cool-seo-redirection-feature-in-wordpress-23x/#comment-479335 Yes, canonical URLs are "built-in" to WordPress 2.3+, however, as you mention, the redirection is happening at the PHP level, which is slower and requires more server resources than if it were happening directly through Apache. This built-in PHP redirection is perhaps good for users of WordPress 2.3 who don't have access to httpd.conf/htaccess, but for users of older versions of WordPress, or for those of us who prefer to handle URL redirection via Apache, there is <a href="http://perishablepress.com/press/2008/01/16/comprehensive-htaccess-canonicalization-for-wordpress/" title="Comprehensive URL Canonicalization via htaccess for WordPress-Powered Sites" rel="nofollow">a much better solution for permalink canonicalization</a>. Yes, canonical URLs are “built-in” to WordPress 2.3+, however, as you mention, the redirection is happening at the PHP level, which is slower and requires more server resources than if it were happening directly through Apache. This built-in PHP redirection is perhaps good for users of WordPress 2.3 who don’t have access to httpd.conf/htaccess, but for users of older versions of WordPress, or for those of us who prefer to handle URL redirection via Apache, there is a much better solution for permalink canonicalization.

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