Title: Permalink History
Author: EdwardBock
Published: <strong>Onwa-abö 29, 2019</strong>
Last modified: Onwa-asatö 10, 2026

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# Permalink History

 By [EdwardBock](https://profiles.wordpress.org/edwardbock/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/permalink-history.2.0.3.zip)

 * [Details](https://ibo.wordpress.org/plugins/permalink-history/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://ibo.wordpress.org/plugins/permalink-history/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://ibo.wordpress.org/plugins/permalink-history/#installation)
 * [Development](https://ibo.wordpress.org/plugins/permalink-history/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/permalink-history/)

## Description

Saves the history of your WordPress site and provides automatic redirects.

## Installation

 1. Upload `permalink-history.zip` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Extract the Plugin to a `permalink-history` Folder
 3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

## FAQ

### How does it work?

This plugin tries to save all changes of permalinks in your system. When someone
uses an old permalink that is in the history database it will not show 404 page 
but instead redirect to the new location.

### Does this work with changes made before plugin installation?

Nope! You need to first install this plugin to start saving the history.

### Does this effect my site performance?

For small sites (less than 30.000 posts) there should be no performance issue. We
use a custom table with good indexation to provide quick search access for historical
permalinks.

But to be honest. Perhaps it could get an issue, yes. Therefore you export a redirect
map on the permalinks settings page and make early redirects before php starts working.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Permalink History” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ EdwardBock ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/edwardbock/)
 *   [ Palasthotel GmbH ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/palasthotel/)
 *   [ lucasregalar ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lucasregalar/)
 *   [ janame ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/janame/)

[Translate “Permalink History” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/permalink-history)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/permalink-history/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/permalink-history/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/permalink-history/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/permalink-history/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 2.0.3

 * Fix: Gutenberg error fix for old history entries

#### 2.0.2

 * Fix: no css error fix

#### 2.0.1

 * Fix: Gutenberg panel produce js error in non-public post types

#### 2.0.0

 * Breaking: Dropped support for meta box (classic editor)
 * Feature: Gutenberg document settings panel for permalink history
 * Feature: full permalink history endpoint
 * Fix: only save permalinks of publish posts

#### 1.4.0

 * Feature: get history by content id ajax endpoint
 * Fix: database getById sql

#### 1.3.2

 * Fix: meta box for all other post types than post itself

#### 1.3.1

 * Php 8.2 compatibility warning fix

#### 1.3.0

 * Added filters for find redirect use case extensions

#### 1.2.0

 * Added admin ajax endpoint for permalink history mapping

#### 1.1.0

 * Optimization: multisite compatibility

#### 1.0.5

 * Optimization: Performance optimization by reducing redundant function calls
 * Bugfix: Migrate field handler did not clean up old permalinks on update migration.
   It does now

#### 1.0.4

 * Feature: WP Cli extension

#### 1.0.3

 * Optimization: on check for redirect in frontend (!is_admin())
 * Bugfix: only redirect posts with status publish

#### 1.0.2

 * Bugfix: Was redirecting too early. Works now with amp plugin.

#### 1.0.1

 * Feature: Action “permalink_history_redirect_404” if permalinks could not help
   you can try it yourself

#### 1.0.0

 * First release

## Meta

 *  Version **2.0.3**
 *  Last updated **2 months ago**
 *  Active installations **40+**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.8.5**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/permalink-history/)
 * Tags
 * [backup](https://ibo.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/backup/)[history](https://ibo.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/history/)
   [permalink](https://ibo.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/permalink/)[Protocol](https://ibo.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/protocol/)
   [seo](https://ibo.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/seo/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://ibo.wordpress.org/plugins/permalink-history/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ EdwardBock ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/edwardbock/)
 *   [ Palasthotel GmbH ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/palasthotel/)
 *   [ lucasregalar ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lucasregalar/)
 *   [ janame ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/janame/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/permalink-history/)

## Donate

Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin?

 [ Donate to this plugin ](https://palasthotel.de/)