{"id":6154,"date":"2026-04-09T14:04:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T06:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/?p=6154"},"modified":"2026-04-09T14:04:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T06:04:33","slug":"how-to-fix-page-with-redirect-on-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/?p=6154","title":{"rendered":"How to fix \u201cPage with redirect\u201d on WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Page Indexing report in Google Search Console details URLs from your website whether they are indexed or not. \u201cPage with redirect\u201d is a common reason for pages not being indexed, but these are not necessarily problems. Redirects are used to forward users when URLs change. However, the report is worth investigating, especially if you see an increase in pages with redirect.<\/p>

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Why pages aren\u2019t indexed \u2013 Google Search Console<\/figcaption><\/figure>

From the Page indexing report, you can click on \u201cPage with redirect\u201d.<\/p>

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Page with redirect Google Search Console<\/figcaption><\/figure>

The graph in our example shows a stable number of pages with redirect issues over 90 days, but you may see a sudden increase. This is a sign that something has changed on your WordPress website. For example, migrating to a new site, changing the slug of a post category or the permalink of a parent page can cause an increase in pages with redirect.<\/p>

Examples of Page with redirect issues in Google Search Console<\/h2>

Under the graph, there is a list of example URLs. Google will show a maximum sample of 1000 examples \u2013 which should be enough to give you an idea of what is going on.<\/p>

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Examples of Page with redirect issues<\/figcaption><\/figure>

Thankfully, you won\u2019t need to inspect every example. Often the same problem is being repeated. In this case, lots of the redirects, like and are links to downloads on external sites. Using redirects here is a feature of the website that allows the owner to track download stats. This is not an error; we want these pages to redirect.<\/p>

Let\u2019s look at some other examples of URLs not being indexed by Google because of the Page with redirect issue. Click on a URL you want to inspect and then INSPECT URL<\/strong> to go to the URL Inspection report<\/p>

This is the report for <\/p>

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URL Inspection report in Google Search Console<\/figcaption><\/figure>

The redirects to At the bottom of the URL Inspection report you will see this destination URL as the \u201cUser-declared canonical<\/strong>\u201d. The website owner is the \u201cUser\u201d here. It means that by using a redirection, you asked Google not to index this URL, but to index another (the canonical URL) in its place.<\/p>

At the top of the URL Inspection report, it is indicated that this URL is not in sitemaps and that it was discovered on a referring page If you find a report showing that a redirected URL is in a sitemap, then this is a problem you will want to correct.<\/p>

At this stage we understand the reason for this redirection. The protuts.net previously had an English version and this was discontinued. All pages with \/en\/ were redirected back to the French version. This redirection is not an error, but something that the site owner wanted to do.<\/p>

Another URL in the list attracted our attention: <\/p>

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URL Inspection report in Google Search Console<\/figcaption><\/figure>

In this report we can see that the page redirects to -telecharger-gratuitement\/ but we note that the Referring page<\/strong> is an active page on the website: <\/p>

Looking at this page on the website, we can find the link to at the bottom of the article. There has been an error when integrating the link. Thanks to redirection, the link still works, but passing links through a redirection is not optimal for SEO and it also slows down the passage from one page to the next. You should consider this as an error and correct it by changing the link on the page to -telecharger-gratuitement\/.<\/p>

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Web page with a link causing a Page with redirect issue<\/figcaption><\/figure>

Correcting Page with redirect issues in WordPress<\/h2>

If want to cancel a redirection<\/h3>

Redirections in WordPress may have been setup using the .htaccess file or the SEOPress redirection manager. Go to SEO > PRO > .htaccess<\/strong> to edit your .htaccess file. Go to SEO > Redirections<\/strong> to see the redirections set up on your site. You can Move to trash<\/strong> any redirection or disable it (uncheck Enable redirection<\/strong>).<\/p>

See the following video to see how this tool works.<\/p>