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Shortcode Redirect

A super easy way to automatically redirect a user to another page when viewing a post/page on your site.

By cartpauj·URL·Free
4.3(31 reviews)
·10K+ active installs·Updated 7 months ago
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As of April 2026, Shortcode Redirect is a WordPress url plugin with 10K+ active installations and a 4.3/5 rating from 31 reviews. It has been downloaded 93K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: Custom Post Type Permalinks.

4.3/531 reviews
10K+active installs
93K+total downloads
15 yearssince 2011

Overview

Shortcode Redirect allows site owners to automatically redirect a user after a chosen amount of seconds when viewing a page or post on the site. The plugin instructions are very simple. Add a shortcode to the post/page that looks like the following [redirect url='http://somesite.com' sec='3'] the url= part is where you define the URL to redirect the user to and the sec= part is where you define how many seconds to wait before redirecting.

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Features

  • Works on pages and posts
  • NO settings or configurations to deal with
  • Define a URL to redirect the user to
  • Define how many seconds to wait before re-directing the user.

Note

Shortcode redirect should work with older versions of WordPress as well but was not tested with anything older than 2…

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Ratings & Reviews

4.331 reviews
5 ★
22
4 ★
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3 ★
1
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1
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Recent Reviews

Works WP 6.5
by flyingkites·1 year ago

Just wish there was an option to open in a new tab.

Work around was to open the redirected page in a new tab instead.

Exactly what I needed
by chicagola·2 years ago

It is simple and easy to use. Just wish the text wasn’t showing on the frontend. But it is an easy fix so I give it a 5 stars!

Thank you for making this plugin!

Terima Kasih
by erwinprasetyo·4 years ago

Pluginnya berfungsi, semoga kedepannya ada pengaturan opsi lebih lanjut (sorry i write in indonesian bahasa)

Worked great for us.
by Delaware Genealogical Society·4 years ago

For a basic redirection on a page, it worked great.

Super easy and super super effective
by arbeola12·5 years ago

it works perfectly as it should, saved us a lot of coding time.

Download Trends

Today: 20Yesterday: 27This week: 163Period total: 15K

Compatibility

WordPress6.0+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5
PHPfalse+ required

Version Adoption

v1.0
100.0%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.0.03

  • Fix XSS vulnerability (patchstack report efd671f0-81c0-4ca8-bbdb-11e6b63d3fe6)
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

cartpaujcartpauj
Plugin Info
Version
1.0.03
Last Updated
Aug 13, 2025
WP Requires
6.0+
Tested Up To
6.8.5
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
10K+
Downloads
93K+
Added
Sep 22, 2011
Business
Free

Tags

urlpagepostrewriteredirect

Developer

C
cartpauj
5 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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