# Redirects - Searchline 1.x documentation

> Send a search straight to a page, such as "returns" to your returns policy.

Some searches have one right answer. A visitor searching for "returns" wants your returns policy, and "gift card" the gift card product. A redirect takes them there instead of showing a list of results.

![Redirects: a search for "returns" goes straight to the returns page, and every redirect can be edited or deleted from the list.](https://storage.extendiment.com/media/788/screenshot-7.png)

## Add a redirect

1. Go to **WooCommerce → Searchline → Redirects**. The tab is laid out like the **Tags** screen: the form on the left, your redirects on the right.
2. Under **Add New Redirect**, type the **Search**, for example `returns`.
3. In **Goes to**, start typing the name of a page, post, product, product category, brand or tag, and pick it from the list. Or type a path on your site (`/returns/`) or a full web address.
4. Click **Add New Redirect**.

The notice "Redirect added." appears, and the redirect is in the list. Adding a redirect for a search that already has one replaces it.

If the search or the address is missing or isn't valid, nothing is saved and you see "Nothing was saved: fill in both the search and a valid web address."

> [!TIP]
> You don't have to guess which searches need a redirect. The [search report](search-report) has a **Redirect** link under every search, so you can add redirects where visitors really need them.

## Find, change and delete redirects

The list shows each **Search** and where it **Goes to**: the page's name, with the full address under it when that says more. To find a redirect, type part of its search or address in the box at the top right and click **Search redirects**.

Hover over a redirect (or tab to it with the keyboard) to see its links:

- **Edit**: opens a row under it with its **Search** and **Goes to**. Change either one and click **Update Redirect**, or press **Enter**. The row is saved without reloading the page. **Cancel** or **Escape** leaves it as it was.
- **Delete**: deletes it.

To delete several at once, tick their checkboxes, choose **Delete** from **Bulk actions** and click **Apply**.

After deleting, the notice ("1 redirect deleted.") has an **Undo** link that brings the redirects back. It works for an hour after you delete them.

> [!NOTE]
> Each search can have only one redirect. If you edit a redirect's search to one another redirect already has, nothing is saved and you see "Nothing was saved: another redirect already has that search. Edit or delete that one instead." In the same way, **Undo** skips a redirect when you've added a new one for the same search since.

The list shows 20 redirects a page. To show more, open **Screen Options** at the top right of the screen and change **Redirects per page**.

## Which searches are redirected

A search for **exactly these words** is redirected. Capitals, accents and word order don't matter, so `Gift Card` and `card gift` both match a redirect for `gift card`. A longer search, such as "returns label", isn't redirected: it shows its results.

Redirects work for:

- the search results page, from any search box;
- the dropdown: pressing **Enter**, or its **Go to …** link, opens the redirect's page.

## Related

- [Synonyms](synonyms): find more products instead of going to one page.
- [Search report](search-report): see which searches need a redirect.

Source: https://extendiment.com/plugins/searchline/docs/1.x/redirects