Do you want to redirect your users to the post if a category or tag they visit contains only that post? It’s easy with our code snippet. In this article, we’ll show you how to do it.
Instructions:
All you have to do is add this code to your theme’s functions.php file or in a site-specific plugin:
function redirect_to_post(){
global $wp_query;
if( is_archive() && $wp_query->post_count == 1 ){
the_post();
$post_url = get_permalink();
wp_redirect( $post_url );
}
} add_action('template_redirect', 'redirect_to_post');
Note: If this is your first time adding code snippets in WordPress, then please refer to our guide on how to properly copy / paste code snippets in WordPress, so you don’t accidentally break your site.
If you liked this code snippet, please consider checking out our other articles on the site like: Best WordPress Page Builders (Compared).
Thank you so much. It worked like wonder. Even expert could not helped me but this small codes did the charm. I am in love with this website. Bookmarked this website.
thank you so much.
is it possible to redirect 301?
not sure where on paste the code in function .php 🙁
HELP
Worked like a charm. Excellent and Thank you.
[…] A client requested to have a site visitor redirected to the single post if there is only one post in a custom taxonomy. Thanks to Kevin Chard over at WPSNIPP.COM I found this snippet which redirects user to the post page when the category or tag has only one post (original post). […]
great & Cool !!! thanks…
Glad you like the snippet enjoy Adm,
Your snippet is great !!!
Cool thanks Riversatile glad you like it.
Hey there Kevin, I am having a similar issue I believe. Big G indexed a bunch of category archives, now I have like 8 listings in the serps.. I was looking around on how to just redirect all categories to the homepage. Its a WP blog, and I read something about htaccss.
Is this similar to what you posted above?Thanks mateRu
Well the above script checks to see if a category has a post however you could simply check if it is an archive and then redirect to homepage.
function redirect_to_home(){
if( is_archive()){
wp_redirect(home_url());
}
} add_action(‘template_redirect’, ‘redirect_to_home’);
Thanks a lot Kevin! This works also for me. Was looking for this for a long time!
Mannn u save me (L), i was using a plugin to redirect, but is a lot of work put link by link to
redirect, and its shape redirects all at once, very good, and thank u
@google-bbb748471f941d6cd59d0e099de0729c:disqus cool glad that I could help out.