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WordPress uses 301 redirects to redirect URLs to their canonical version.<\/p>\n\n

In cases where the non-canonical version will show the correct content,\nit is possible to use the HTML5 history API to show visitors the correct\nURL without the additional HTTP request.<\/p>\n\n

This reduces HTTP requests, speeding up access for visitors and reducing\nthe load on your server.<\/p>\n\n

It is strongly recommended<\/em> you use this plugin in association with an\nSEO plugin that adds canonical URL meta tags.<\/p>\n\n\n

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  1. Upload the rapid-canonical-urls folder to the \/wp-content\/plugins\/ directory<\/li>\n
  2. Activate the Rapid Canonical URLs plugin through WordPress's 'Plugins' menu<\/li>\n
  3. (Optional but recommended) If you haven't already, install an SEO plugin which adds canonical URL tags<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n
    \n

    Could this result in duplicate content?<\/h3><\/dt>\n

    It is possible. It's strongly recommended you use an SEO plugin that adds\ncanonical URL meta tags to mitigate this.<\/p><\/dd>\n

    What happens in older browsers?<\/h3><\/dt>\n

    Older browsers will display the non-canonical version of the URL to the user.\nThe same is true for users who disable JavaScript.<\/p><\/dd>\n

    What SEO plugin do you use?<\/h3><\/dt>\n

    There are many plugins available, two to consider are\nWordPress SEO by Yoast<\/a> and\nAll in One SEO Pack<\/a>.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n

    1.0<\/h4>\n\n
      \n
    • Rewrite to use namespace following WP bump to a minimum of PHP 5.6<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

      0.1<\/h4>\n\n
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      • Initial version<\/li>\n<\/ul>","raw_excerpt":"Reduce 301 redirects and HTTP requests by using HTML5\u2019s history API to show visitors the correct, canonical URL.","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin\/30508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/plugin"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30508"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/peterwilsoncc"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"plugin_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_section?post=30508"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_tags?post=30508"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_category?post=30508"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_contributors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_contributors?post=30508"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_business_model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_business_model?post=30508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}