URI Index Remover Plugin
I created another small, but hopefully useful plugin for Wordpress.
What does it do?
The URI Index Remover plugin removes “index.php” from any URI ending in “index.php”. It does an instant redirect to the non-index.php equivalent of that page.
Example:
If you were to come to my website and type in http://www.trevorfitzgerald.com/index.php you’ll see that it will instantly redirects the visitor to http://www.trevorfitzgerald.com/.
Why?
Well it’s mostly a pet-peave. It’s the same reason I make sure all of my websites use a “www” in their URL. It prevents double-indexing or split page ranks (where each has a page rank different than the other).
It also redirects to the proper URL if somebody adds an “index.php” to the end of one of your permalinks. Ordinarily, http://www.trevorfitzgerald.com/projects/uri-index-remover/index.php would result in a 404 Not Found Error. But because of this plugin, it redirects to the correct URL.
Sound Good? – Download here!
It’s yours free to download. Click here to download: Wordpress URI Index Remover
Version 1.0 & Last Updated on Feb 20, 2007.
Installation
Download. Unzip. Upload uri_index_remover.php to the Wordpress plugins directory. Activate via the Plugin Manager interface in the Administration panel.
Does this also work for index.html? I am porting a TypePad blog to WP and I have incoming links that are looking for index.html – I’d like them to go right to the parent folder as well. Best, Geoff