Redirect Checker

Welcome to the Redirect Checker, your go-to tool for ensuring seamless website redirections! This powerful utility is designed to help webmasters, SEO professionals, and curious users alike effortlessly verify URL redirections and ensure they are correctly implemented. Whether you're managing a website migration, optimizing SEO strategies, or simply curious about the redirect paths of various URLs, our Redirect Checker has you covered.

With the Redirect Checker, you can:

Verify Redirect Chains: Detect and analyze multi-step redirection paths to ensure they are efficient and error-free.
Check HTTP Status Codes: Identify the HTTP status codes associated with each redirect, including 301 (permanent redirect), 302 (temporary redirect), and more.

Our user-friendly interface makes it easy to enter URLs, view redirection paths, and interpret results at a glance.

Whether you're troubleshooting redirect issues, auditing website redirects, or exploring the redirect behavior of competitor sites, the Redirect Checker is your indispensable companion for maintaining a smooth and user-friendly web experience. Try it now and take control of your website's redirection strategy!

Enter Website URL

We request the address from our server and follow each redirect for you, up to 15 steps. Nothing you enter is stored.

How to use it

The redirect checker is a tool you need to effortlessly track and validate the status of your URL redirects. Whether you're managing a complex site migration, SEO optimization, or simply ensuring that your website visitors reach the right pages, our Redirect Checker provides detailed insights into HTTP headers, status codes, and redirection paths.

Enter the addressEnter the website that you would like to check for redirections.
Read the chainThis tool will display each redirect with the status code received.
Open the headersAlso in the results, you will find the HTTP Headers of each of the redirects.
Check the findingsThe summary points out long chains, temporary redirects, loops and errors in plain language.

Reading the status codes

301 and 308

Permanent redirects. Use these when a page has moved for good.

302, 303 and 307

Temporary redirects. Fine for short term moves, but search engines keep the old address.

4xx and 5xx

Errors. A 404 means the page was not found, and a 500 or 503 means the server has a problem.

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between a 301 and a 302 redirect?

A 301 (or 308) says the page has moved for good, so search engines pass the old address’s ranking to the new one and update their listings. A 302 (or 303, 307) says the move is temporary, so search engines keep the old address. Use a permanent redirect when the move is permanent.

What is a redirect chain and why is it a problem?

It is when one address redirects to another, which redirects to another. Every extra step adds delay for visitors and can weaken search ranking. Aim for one step from the old address to the final page.

What is a redirect loop?

It is when redirects send a visitor round in a circle, such as A to B and B back to A. Browsers give up with a “too many redirects” error. This tool stops as soon as it sees an address for the second time.

What is a meta refresh?

A way to redirect from inside the page’s HTML, with a <meta http-equiv="refresh"> tag. It is slower than a server redirect and less reliable for search engines. This tool follows it and marks it in the results.

What does “Check as” do?

Some sites redirect differently for phones or for different browsers. Choose a desktop or mobile browser to see what those visitors get. The default is this tool’s own name.

Why does it say the certificate could not be verified?

The address uses https but its security certificate is expired, issued for another name or not trusted. Browsers show a warning for this, so it is worth fixing.

Why can’t I check some addresses?

Only public web addresses on ports 80, 443, 8080 and 8443 can be checked. Addresses on private networks, such as localhost or 192.168.x.x, are refused, and so are addresses that contain a user name and password.