WordPress redirect checker: see every hop and status code

How to check a WordPress redirect

• Paste the old address above. Use the one people, links or Google still have.
• Read the hops from top to bottom. Each row shows a status code and the address it sends you to.
• Check that the last row is a 200 at the page you meant. If it ends on a 404, the redirect points at a page that's gone.
• If you see two or more redirects before the final page, change the first one so it points straight at the final page.
• The tool follows up to 10 redirects and flags a loop, which is a URL that sends you back to an address you've already visited.

Where WordPress redirects come from

WordPress makes some redirects on its own. If you change a post's slug, WordPress looks up the old slug and sends visitors to the current one. It also redirects to one version of an address, such as www or non-www. It skips feeds, trackbacks, searches and admin URLs.

Themes and plugins redirect with wp_redirect(). If the code doesn't set a status, it sends a 302, which WordPress describes as Moved Temporarily. A page that has moved for good should send a 301, so a 302 here usually means the code needs a status set.

The Redirection plugin creates a redirect when a post URL changes and keeps track of 404 errors. After you move a site or change its address, WordPress's own migration guide tells you to test those redirects. Paste a few old URLs above to do that.

From the WordPress developer reference and the Redirection plugin page on WordPress.org, read in October 2026.

What the checker does not tell you

It shows what the URL does. It doesn't show what created the redirect. To find that, check your redirect plugin's list, your .htaccess file and your theme. It doesn't change anything on your site, and it stops after 10 redirects.

This redirect checker is free with no signup. SearchBlueprint, who make it, sell SEO planning for websites: which searches each page should answer.