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How To Redirect Site Visitors to the Most Recent Post

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Are you looking for a way to redirect site visitors to the most recent post? This snippet will redirect visitors to the most recent post when they visit the homepage.

Instructions:

All you have to do is add this code to your theme’s functions.php file or in a site-specific plugin:

add_action( 'template_redirect', 'redirect' );
function redirect() {
        if ( is_home() && ! is_paged() ) : 
                wp_redirect( get_permalink() , 301 ); 
                exit; 
        endif;
}

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: How to Create a Custom User Registration Form in WordPress.

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