Redirect hidden languages as 301, not 302

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Last updated by Carlos Rojas 1 year, 9 months ago.

Assisted by: Carlos Rojas.

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September 29, 2023 at 9:12 am #14486703
John Hobson	Tell us what you are trying to do? The company are closing their foreign language versions of the site, so I have hidden these and they are now redirecting to the UK homepage. However they are redirecting as 302 temporary redirections, but it is likely (but not absolutely certain) that this will be a permanent change. They have asked if it's possible to make these redirects 301 (permanent redirect). Could you let me know if it's possible to do that. I checked the docs and looked through settings but couldn't see anything for setting the redirect type. The site is hidden link Screenshot showing how the languages are set up on this site: hidden link thanks John
October 1, 2023 at 9:41 am #14492735
Christopher Amirian WPML Supporter since 07/2020 Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Asia/Yerevan (GMT+04:00)	Hi John, I will add the first reply before this ticket is assigned to one of my colleagues. WPML does not have any redirection preferences feature that can be used in this scenario. We suggest that you search for a third-party solution such as the plugins listed below: https://wpml.org/plugin-functionality/redirect/ Thanks
October 4, 2023 at 10:41 am #14511881
John Hobson	I had a look at the plugin and it doesn't appear to do what we need, that I can see anyway. Is there a hook or filter in WPML that can be used to change the redirect type for disabled languages from 302 to 301? thanks, John
October 4, 2023 at 11:04 am #14512225
Carlos Rojas WPML Supporter since 03/2017 Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+02:00)	Hello, My name is Carlos and I will continue working on this ticket In this link, you will find our hooks list: https://wpml.org/documentation/support/wpml-coding-api/wpml-hooks-reference/ with some hooks related to redirection. However, with the plugin mentioned by my colleague (or directly in the .htaccess file), you should be able to create a 301 redirection using a wildcard (). Something like this should work: domain.com/es/ Regards, Carlos