Setting Up a 301 Redirect for a Multilingual Site
Setting up a 301 redirect for a multilingual site ensures that visitors are seamlessly redirected from an old URL to a new one in the correct language. This helps maintain a smooth user experience and improves your SEO.
For example, if you had an old URL for an French page, such as /about-us, and you now have a new URL for that page in French, setting up a 301 redirect ensures that French-speaking visitors land on the correct page.
Important:
Redirects can only be done between pages in the same language and not across languages. For example, you can set up a redirect from a Spanish page to another Spanish page, but not from a Spanish page to a French page.
Creating a 301 redirect for a multilingual site
Ensure that visitors are seamlessly redirected from an old URL to a new one in the correct language by creating a 301 redirect. This helps maintain a smooth user experience and improves your SEO.
To create a multilingual redirect:
Go to SEO & GEO in your site's dashboard.
Scroll down to Tools and settings.
Click URL Redirect Manager.
Click the language drop-down at the top and select the language you want to create a redirect for.
Click + New Redirect.
Select Single redirect or Group redirect.
Enter the old URL path you want to redirect from (e.g. /about-us) under Old URL.
Enter the new URL that you want to redirect to:
For pages on your site: Start typing the URL slug of your new page and select it from the drop-down.
For external pages: Enter the entire URL that you want to redirect to.
Click Save, or click Save & Add Another to add more.
Note:
The new URL cannot contain the language query parameter: ?lang=
Importing redirects for a multilingual site
Upload a CSV file to import up to 500 URL redirects at a time. You can upload your own CSV file or download the provided template to create a new CSV file for the import. Each site can have a maximum of 5,000 redirects.
To import multilingual redirects:
Go to SEO & GEO in your site's dashboard.
Scroll down to Tools and settings.
Click URL Redirect Manager.
Click the language drop-down at the top and select the language you want to import redirects for.
Click More Actions at the top and select Import [language] redirects.
Click Upload CSV File.
Tip: Click Download Template if you want to use a template to create your file.
Select the CSV file you want to import from your computer and click Open.
(If there are more than one type redirect detected) Enable the toggles next to each redirect type you want to import:
New redirects: Add all new redirects to your website.
Existing redirects: Replace existing redirects.
Tip: Click Download a CSV report to check the status of each redirect you are importing.
Click Import Redirects.
Tip: Alternatively, click Replace File to upload a different CSV file. Then select the file and click Open.
Deleting a 301 redirect for a multilingual site
You can delete any 301 redirects that you no longer need using the URL redirect manager in your site's SEO & GEO dashboard.
Important:
You cannot undo the deletion of a 301 redirect.
Once you delete a language from your site, all of the redirects connected to it will also be deleted.
To delete a redirect:
Go to SEO & GEO in your site's dashboard.
Scroll down to Tools and settings.
Click URL Redirect Manager.
Click the language drop-down at the top and select the language you want to delete a redirect for.
Hover over the 301 redirect that you want to delete.
Click the Delete icon
.
Select an option:
Delete for [Language] Only: Delete the 301 redirect only for the language you selected.
Delete for All Languages: Delete the 301 redirect for all languages on your site.
FAQs
Click a question below to learn more about setting up 301 redirects for a multilingual site.
What should I do if I get an error while importing redirects in a CSV file?
If you get an error when importing your redirects, you can download the CSV report to see the status of each redirect. The report will look like your CSV file, but with additional columns listing the status of each redirect.
Learn more about fixing CSV file import errors.
Are there any limitations to the group redirect tool?
With the group redirect tool, it is not possible to:
Add spaces in either the old or new path.
Use a path which has already been used in another redirect (single or group).
Redirect from your site's home page.
Add group redirects for external domains.
Redirect a group of pages to a single page (e.g. mystunningwebsite.com/products/product-name to mystunningwebsite.com/product-gallery).
Can I edit a 301 redirect after it has been created?
Yes, you can edit your 301 redirects using the URL redirect manager in your site's SEO & GEO dashboard.
Learn more about editing 301 redirects.
My 301 redirect cannot be created, why?
If you try to create an automatic redirect for a page that you've already manually redirected, you'll see a notification that we couldn't create the redirect.
Learn more about resolving a 301 redirect conflict.
Why do some of my redirects not have an 'Auto redirect' label on them?
Once you change a URL slug, an automatic redirect is created to preserve your SEO efforts and prevent 404 errors from occurring. You will see an 'Auto redirect' label on the redirect to help you tell the difference between automatic redirects and the redirects you created manually.
Currently, redirects created before this feature was released will not have a label on them.
