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WordPress – Setting up redirect in header.php (subdirectory to an external website)

I’d like to know how to do this using header.php (WordPress) or any other method. Basically, I want to set up a redirect from a subdirectory page (e.g. "/my-ebook/") to an external website (e.g. Gumroad).

So, when people visit "/my-ebook/", they’re redirected to my Gumroad profile page, for example. I know a plugin can do this, but want to know a way to do this without using a plugin. Thank you in advance.

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  1. 0

    The template_redirect action is probably the most appropriate action to use, but you could probably use an mu-plugin to run as early as possible.

    Here’s with the template_redirect action (add to your theme’s functions.php):

    add_action( 'template_redirect', static function () {
    if ( empty( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] ) || ! str_contains( '/my-ebook/', $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] ) ) {
        return;
    }
    
    nocache_headers();
    
    wp_redirect( ... );

    exit;
} );

    For an mu-plugin, take out the code within the action’s callback and place it in wp-content/mu-plugins/gumroad-redirect.php:

    <?php

if ( empty( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] ) || ! str_contains( '/my-ebook/', $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] ) ) {
    return;
}

nocache_headers();

wp_redirect( ... );

exit;
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  2. 0

    You can use multiple method for it but here is suggested 2 methods

    first for functions.php

    
function redirect_my_ebook_page() {
    if (is_page('my-ebook')) { // Check if it's the "my-ebook" page
        wp_redirect('https://gumroad.com/your-profile'); // Redirect to Gumroad
        exit(); // Always call exit after wp_redirect
    }
}
add_action('template_redirect', 'redirect_my_ebook_page');

    And second method is .htaccess

    Redirect 301 /my-ebook/ https://gumroad.com/your-profile
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