Is it possible to change only Homepage URL in WordPress?

[shezzy2015]

Hello Babiato Members,
I want to change only Homepage URL in WordPress like the example below:
I want to change from https://www.example.com/ to https://www.example.com/en (And this should done only for Homepage not for posts)

Posts permalink shouldn't be changed

Is it possible?

 

[guguk]

I dont exactly understand what do you want to do but
Check this out

https://babia.to/resources/permalink-manager-pro-best-wordpress-permalink-plugins.2339/

 

[whitebee]

I think it's impossible. I tried it just now on localhost and it's gave me fatal error. LOL

But I guess you can setup multiple pages, name it "en", "es", "Jpn", etc. with different languages

set the wordpress default to en in "reading tab" as the static homepage, and if you have visitor from other country, lead them to other page with different language from the homepage.

 

[Rishabh Chauhan]

Hello Babiato Members,
I want to change only Homepage URL in WordPress like the example below:
I want to change from https://www.example.com/ to https://www.example.com/en (And this should done only for Homepage not for posts)

Posts permalink shouldn't be changed

Is it possible?

Not possible ig

 

[whitebee]

It's actually possible to only redirect the homepage to page, using code like this in the function:

function redirect_homepage() {
    if( ! is_home() && ! is_front_page() )
        return;

    wp_redirect( 'https://yourWP.com/en/', 301 );
    exit;
}

add_action( 'template_redirect', 'redirect_homepage' );

And when people access that page, just set it as a homepage within your builder/theme ability. So it will display blog posts, archives, etc. I tried in localhost and it worked. People will never be able to access the real homepage without the "en" though...

 

[shezzy2015]

It's actually possible to only redirect the homepage to page, using code like this in the function:

function redirect_homepage() {
    if( ! is_home() && ! is_front_page() )
        return;

    wp_redirect( 'https://yourWP.com/en/', 301 );
    exit;
}

add_action( 'template_redirect', 'redirect_homepage' );

And when people access that page, just set it as a homepage within your builder/theme ability. So it will display blog posts, archives, etc. I tried in localhost and it worked. People will never be able to access the real homepage without the "en" though...

Thank you for giving me your precious time with detailed explanation.

 

[Indiweb]

Just create home page named en .... and do not set static page as home page in settings. Now use this home page link use in menu bar and in logo also... then home link will show /en ...

 

[boYg]

This is a simple redirect issue. How to acheive it.

1. Create the page (eg: /en)
2. Set the homepage to any different page at the settings area.
3. Redirect homepage to the /en page.

If you get redirect loops kindly check and make sure you didn't do the redirects more than ones.

Let's know when it works. Enjoy.

 

[frizzel]

Yes, it's possible with redirects, but redirects are a very bad idea if not absolutely necessary. So, I wonder why you would want this.

 

[shezzy2015]

Yes, it's possible with redirects, but redirects are a very bad idea if not absolutely necessary. So, I wonder why you would want this.

Because my homepage is removed from Google but others posts and pages are indexing properly.

I want to know if i redirect homepage to en/ then is it good in the eye of Google in terms of SEO.

 

[shezzy2015]

It's actually possible to only redirect the homepage to page, using code like this in the function:

function redirect_homepage() {
    if( ! is_home() && ! is_front_page() )
        return;

    wp_redirect( 'https://yourWP.com/en/', 301 );
    exit;
}

add_action( 'template_redirect', 'redirect_homepage' );

And when people access that page, just set it as a homepage within your builder/theme ability. So it will display blog posts, archives, etc. I tried in localhost and it worked. People will never be able to access the real homepage without the "en" though...

Yes, This works like a charm. Thank you buddy but i want to know that is it safe for SEO?

 

[whitebee]

Yes, This works like a charm. Thank you buddy but i want to know that is it safe for SEO?

I'm not SEO expert so I can't give you any definite answer
but I think it won't be a problem, as it's 301 redirection, it would be assumed you've permanently change address and will pass all the link juices to the new address.

 

[frizzel]

Because my homepage is removed from Google but others posts and pages are indexing properly.

I want to know if i redirect homepage to en/ then is it good in the eye of Google in terms of SEO.

Then I would first investigate why it was removed and remedy that instead of this redirect "band aid". Because, if Google has removed your Home Page for a legitimate reason and detects you're trying to circumvent that, you risk to loose indexing for your entire site.

Don't try to be 'more clever' than Google, just don't.

 

[gireesh]

its better to change url from Database (php admin)

 

[shezzy2015]

Then I would first investigate why it was removed and remedy that instead of this redirect "band aid". Because, if Google has removed your Home Page for a legitimate reason and detects you're trying to circumvent that, you risk to loose indexing for your entire site.

Don't try to be 'more clever' than Google, just don't.

Sorry for inconvenient but i forgot to mention that my homepage was removed due to DMCA complain by someone not directly by Google.

Will it safe now to do that?

 

[frizzel]

Sorry for inconvenient but i forgot to mention that my homepage was removed due to DMCA complain by someone not directly by Google.

Will it safe now to do that?

If you think trying to circumvent a removal because of a DMCA complaint is a clever thing to do...