Redirect checker
How to use the redirect checker
- 1
Paste a URL
A full URL, a bare domain or a short link. Without a scheme the checker starts at https://. - 2
Follow the chain
Each redirect is requested in turn, up to 10 hops, with its status code and Location header. - 3
Fix what it flags
Collapse chains into one 301, replace temporary redirects that are really permanent, and remove loops.
What a healthy redirect looks like
A site that moved to HTTPS and the bare domain should answer http://www.example.com/ with one 301 to https://example.com/, which returns 200. Two common mistakes show up as two hops instead: http://www → https://www → https://.
Check every variant visitors and old links use: with and without www, http and https, and old paths from a previous site structure. Before you launch on a directory, check the exact URL you submit, so the listing links straight to a page that loads.
Questions and answers
How many redirects are too many?
Why does the checker stop at some redirects?
Does it follow JavaScript or meta refresh redirects?
Why might my browser end up somewhere else?
Privacy and data handling
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