How do Redirect Patterns work?

Redirect patterns allow you to use "wildcard tokens" (denoted by an asterisk *) in your path and target values to match particular URLs. It sounds complicated but this feature essentially allows you to redirect entire sections of your store or collections with a single redirect pattern, instead of creating individual simple redirects for each product.

Let's see how they work with some examples:

In the first example, if a user hits a 404 page on your store matching the path structure (where * could be any product), they will be redirected to the new equivalent, pattern-matched URL for this product.

The second example is more complex as it uses two wildcard tokens but the logic is exactly the same.

If you add multiple wildcard tokens to your pattern they will be color coded to show you which tokens correspond to one another.

How do I create a Redirect Pattern? 

Follow the steps below in order to create your first Redirect Pattern:

1. In the app, click on "Redirect Patterns"

2. In the "Redirect From" input field, create your URL by adding an asterisk as your wildcard token.

3. In the "Redirect To" input field, create your desired target URL by adding the target value.

4. Click on "Create Redirect Pattern"

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