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Redirects send visitors from one URL to another. Common uses include pointing an old domain to a new one, sending visitors from a specific page to its replacement, or forwarding a short URL to a longer one.

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Create a redirect

1

Open the Redirects page

Log in to cPanel through your client area or at yourdomain.com/cpanel. Go to Domains and click Redirects.
2

Choose the redirect type

Select a type from the Type menu:
  • Permanent (301) tells browsers and search engines that the page has moved permanently. Search engines update their index to the new URL.
  • Temporary (302) tells browsers and search engines the move is temporary. Search engines keep the original URL in their index.
3

Select the domain

Choose the domain from the dropdown, or select All Public Domains to redirect every domain on your account.
4

Set the source path

In the / text box, enter the path you want to redirect from. Leave it empty to redirect the entire domain. For example, enter old-page to redirect yourdomain.com/old-page.
5

Set the destination URL

In the Redirects to field, enter the full destination URL including the protocol, for example https://example.com/new-page.
6

Configure www handling

Choose how the redirect handles the www prefix:
  • Only redirect with www. — only redirects requests that include www.
  • Redirect with or without www. — redirects both www. and non-www. requests
  • Do Not Redirect www. — skips requests that include www.
7

Save

Click Add. The redirect appears in the Current Redirects table.
After creating a redirect, click the link under Directory in the Current Redirects table to test it.

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Wildcard redirects

Enable the Wild Card Redirect option when you want all pages within a directory to redirect to the same path on the destination domain. For example, if olddomain.com redirects to newdomain.com with a wildcard, then olddomain.com/about redirects to newdomain.com/about, olddomain.com/contact redirects to newdomain.com/contact, and so on. This is useful when migrating an entire site to a new domain while preserving the URL structure.

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Edit or delete a redirect

You cannot edit an existing redirect. To change one, delete it from the Current Redirects table and create a new redirect with the updated settings. To delete a redirect, click Delete next to it and confirm with Yes.
Browsers cache redirects. After deleting a redirect, visitors may need to clear their browser cache before the change takes effect.

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Redirects and WordPress

When you add a redirect through cPanel, it writes rules to the bottom of the .htaccess file. WordPress and some other applications manage their own rewrite rules in .htaccess and may ignore rules added below their block. If a redirect isn’t working on a WordPress site, you have two options:
  • Use a WordPress redirect plugin instead of cPanel’s redirect tool.
  • Manually add the redirect rule inside the WordPress section of your .htaccess file using File Manager or FTP.
If you edit .htaccess manually, keep a backup of the original file. A syntax error can take your site offline.