http://wordpressphilippines.org/blog/wordpress-canonical-urls-redirect-www-to-non-www-blog-urls-and-vice-versa/ A community made especially for users, designers, and developers of WordPress from the Philippines. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:07:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://wordpressphilippines.org/blog/wordpress-canonical-urls-redirect-www-to-non-www-blog-urls-and-vice-versa/#comment-141 Sophia Lucero Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:45:17 +0000 http://wordpressphilippines.org/blog/wordpress-canonical-urls-redirect-www-to-non-www-blog-urls-and-vice-versa/#comment-141 Yeah, features like these are great for those who don't want to tinker too much with the WordPress backend. I'd like to think people should've upgraded to 2.3 by now...it'll be hard playing catch up once 2.5 arrives! Yeah, features like these are great for those who don’t want to tinker too much with the WordPress backend. I’d like to think people should’ve upgraded to 2.3 by now…it’ll be hard playing catch up once 2.5 arrives!

]]> http://wordpressphilippines.org/blog/wordpress-canonical-urls-redirect-www-to-non-www-blog-urls-and-vice-versa/#comment-137 Jeff Starr Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:15:25 +0000 http://wordpressphilippines.org/blog/wordpress-canonical-urls-redirect-www-to-non-www-blog-urls-and-vice-versa/#comment-137 Yes, canonical URLs are automatic for WordPress 2.3+, however, the www-redirection is happening at the PHP level, which is slower and requires more server resources than if it were happening directly through Apache. This built-in PHP redirection is perhaps good for users of WordPress 2.3 who don't have access to httpd.conf/htaccess, but for users of older versions of WordPress, or for those of us who prefer to handle URL redirection via Apache, there is <a href="http://perishablepress.com/press/2008/01/16/comprehensive-htaccess-canonicalization-for-wordpress/" title="Comprehensive URL Canonicalization via htaccess for WordPress-Powered Sites" rel="nofollow">a much better solution for permalink canonicalization</a>. Incidentally, I prefer the cleaner, non-www versions of my URLs! ;) Yes, canonical URLs are automatic for WordPress 2.3+, however, the www-redirection is happening at the PHP level, which is slower and requires more server resources than if it were happening directly through Apache. This built-in PHP redirection is perhaps good for users of WordPress 2.3 who don’t have access to httpd.conf/htaccess, but for users of older versions of WordPress, or for those of us who prefer to handle URL redirection via Apache, there is a much better solution for permalink canonicalization. Incidentally, I prefer the cleaner, non-www versions of my URLs!

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