How to Use Linkilo Redirection Manager

A quick guide to managing redirects, fixing 404 errors, and keeping your internal links clean.

Getting there

Linkilo → Fix → Redirection

You'll see stats at the top and four tabs: Redirects, Site Scanner, 404 Monitor, and Tools. The Settings button in the page header opens the Redirection pane of Linkilo Settings (see section 7).

Don't see Redirection in the menu? It's hidden when the feature is off. Go to Linkilo → Settings → Redirection and switch Enable redirection on.

1. Adding a redirect

On the Redirects tab, in the Add Redirect card:

1. Enter the Old URL Path (just the path, like /old-page/)
2. Enter the New Destination (full URL or path, like /new-page/)
3. Choose the Type:
   • Permanent (301) — page moved forever (transfers SEO value)
   • Temporary (302) — page coming back later
   • Temporary Strict (307) — same as 302 but keeps the request method
4. Click Add

Optional settings

• Keep query strings — passes ?utm_source and similar parameters to the new URL
• Use regex pattern — for advanced pattern matching

Tip: Use wildcards for bulk redirects — /old-blog/* redirects everything starting with that path.

2. Managing existing redirects

The Redirections list lets you:

• Search for specific redirects by source or destination
• Filter by All / Active / Expired
• Check chains — click the chain icon next to the filter to find redirects that point to other redirects (A→B→C)
• Bulk actions — tick several redirects, then choose Delete, Expire or Activate and click Apply

Each row shows From and To URLs plus an Info column with the type, status, click count and expiry. The row actions are view details, update internal links, extend expiry and delete.

The update internal links action (link icon) checks your posts for links that still point at the old URL and offers Replace All Links Now, so visitors go straight to the new URL without a redirect hop. For a site-wide clean-up use the Site Scanner (section 4), or the Update URL feature for rules with schedules and templates.

3. Fixing 404 errors

On the 404 Monitor tab you'll see every URL that returned a 404 on your site:

• Path — the broken address
• Hits — how many times it was requested
• Last Hit — when it was last requested
• Referrer — where visitors came from

To fix one: click Fix next to the 404, enter where it should redirect (or click Suggest a target for me to let Linkilo propose a live page), then click Create Redirect. Clear All empties the log.

To fix many at once, use the Auto-fix 404s card at the top of the tab. Preview suggestions shows which live page Linkilo would redirect each 404 to without changing anything; Create all redirects builds the 301s, and Undo last batch removes them again. With an AI provider connected, the AI picks the best matching page (always a real published page, never an invented URL); without one, Linkilo matches on slug and title.

Tip: Focus on high-hit 404s first — those are losing you the most traffic.

4. Updating internal links (Site Scanner)

When you create a redirect, your own posts still link to the old URL. The Site Scanner finds and fixes them.

1. Site Scanner tab → click Scan Entire Site
2. Wait for the scan to complete
3. You'll see a list of redirects with stale internal links pointing to them
4. Select the links to change (or use Fix Now on a single redirect), then choose:
   • Replace Links — updates links to point to the new URL
   • Unlink (Keep Text) — removes the link but keeps the anchor text
   • Delete Completely — removes the links entirely, including the text

Made a mistake? Click Undo History to reverse changes within 24 hours.

Redirected internal links also show up in Linkilo → Fix → Fix Link Health under Clean redirected links and Collapse redirect chains, where same-site fixes can be applied as safe fixes with rollback snapshots.

5. Import, export and other tools

On the Tools tab:

• Import from other redirect plugins — click Detect available sources to pull redirects from Rank Math, Yoast SEO Premium, Redirection, AIOSEO or Simple 301 Redirects. Duplicates are skipped.
• Find duplicate redirects — Scan for duplicates finds the same source URL used more than once; Resolve all (keep newest) cleans them up.
• Flatten redirect chains — Preview chains, then Flatten all rewrites A→B→C so A points straight at C.
• Export Redirects — Export All Redirects downloads a CSV for backup or migration
• Bulk Import Redirects — Download CSV Template, fill it in, then Paste CSV or Upload File. Tick Dry run (preview without importing) to check the result first, keep Skip duplicates (recommended) on, and click Import Redirects. The format is:

  old_url,new_url,type,pass_query
  /old-page/,/new-page/,301,0
  /another-old/,/another-new/,301,1

• Test Redirect — enter any URL and click Test to confirm it redirects correctly

6. Auto-redirects (Settings)

Click Settings at the top of the Redirection page (or go to Linkilo → Settings → Redirection) to configure what happens when you delete a page:

• Create redirects automatically — writes a 301 whenever a post or page is trashed
• Where to send visitors — Homepage, Let it 404 or a Custom URL
• Send to the post category page instead — deleted posts go to their primary category
• How long to keep each redirect — 1 year, 2 years or Permanent

Click Save Settings when done.

Quick reference

Common tasks

• "I deleted a product page" → Add a 301 redirect to the category or a similar product
• "I changed my URL structure" → Import redirects via CSV, then run Site Scanner to update internal links
• "I'm seeing lots of 404s" → Check 404 Monitor, fix the high-traffic ones first or run Auto-fix 404s
• "My site has redirect chains" → Click the chain icon on the Redirects tab to find them, then use Flatten redirect chains on the Tools tab

Last reviewed for Linkilo 3.0.0 (October 2026).