Create a redirect

1. Open the module

In the administration, go to Content → Redirect & 404 → Redirects.

2. Create a redirect

Click Create redirect and fill in the fields.

Format rules for the source path

• Always starts with a /, e.g. /old-category/old-article
• Must match the requested path exactly — matching happens without wildcards and without regular expressions
• Query strings (anything after ?) are ignored during matching and should not be included in the source path

Format rules for the target URL

• Relative (e.g. /new-page) or absolute (e.g. https://www.your-shop.com/new-page) — both are allowed
• Must not be empty and must not be identical to the source path — otherwise the redirect will not fire (a built-in protection against an infinite loop)

3. Save

Once saved, the redirect is active immediately, provided Active is set. No restart or cache clear is needed.

4. Test

Open the old path directly in your browser (ideally in a private window, so the browser cache doesn't interfere) and check whether you're forwarded to the target URL. Afterwards, you can watch the redirect's hit counter increase in Manage redirects.