Wordpress Redirect Plugin Vs Manual .htaccess?

[himanshu301989]

Hi everyone,

I need to 301 redirect my old pages to new ones but i am confused between whether to choose plugin for this or i should manually rewrite the code on .htaccess file.

Please give your suggestion and if you think i should use plugin then which one?

[himanshu301989]

This plugin is just the perfect one more me.

Thanks a lot.

Himanshu

[ThompsonPaul]

You can actually get the best of both worlds using the Redirection plugin Iain mentions, Himanshu. The plugin can be configured so that the redirects you create within it get written to the .htaccess file.

Having the redirects in the .htaccess file is preferred, because the .htaccess is processed faster and with lower load by your server than the redirects within WordPress. This is obviously much more important if you have a large number or redirects to write, as opposed to a dozen or so to deal with a few changed pages.

Paul

[iainmoran]

While I can't recommend which option is best, I can certainly suggest a good Plugin to use. I've used it myself and it works rather well:
wordpress.org/extend/plugins/redirection/

It's easy to use and also keeps track of 404 errors.