Blogspot is a free platform by Google, but it comes with several limitations, one of these is URL redirection. However, with some coding, you can overcome these restrictions. This tutorial will show you how to redirect any Blogger URL to another site, similar to what you can do in WordPress.
What You Will Learn?
- Redirect URLs Within Site.
- Redirect Blogger Post/Page URLs to Another Website.
- Redirect Complete Blogger Website to Another Website.
How to Redirect Blogger URLs Within Site?
Step 1: Sign in to your Blogger Dashboard, select the site > Go to Settings > Errors and redirects > Custom redirects > Add.
Step 2: Enter the “From” and “To” URLs for the redirection > Enable the Permanent toggle, and click OK.
Note: Do not include your website name in the URLs.
Step 3: Click Save to activate the redirection.
Repeat these steps for additional redirects.
How to Redirect Blogger URLs to Another Website?
Before starting, back up your site and switch to a basic theme from the Theme section.
How to Redirect Blogger Website to Another Website/URL?
Step 1: Sign in to your Blogger Dashboard > Theme > Click the down arrow > Edit HTML.
Step 2: Press CTRL + F to search for <head>.
<!-- Redirect Blogger Website To Another Website/URL Code -->
<script type="text/javascript">
var d='<data:blog.url/>';
d=d.replace(/.\/\/[^\/]/, '');
location.href = 'https://www.hextoid.com/';
</script>
<!-- Redirect Blogger Website To Another Website/URL Code -->Step 3: Copy the above code, replace https://www.hextoid.com/ with your desired URL, paste it under <head>, and click Save.
Your Blogger site will now redirect to the specified URL you mentioned in the code.
How to Redirect Blogger URLs to Another Website URL?
If you want to redirect specific URLs instead of the entire website, follow these steps. If you’ve already applied the previous code, make sure to remove it before proceeding.
Step 1: Sign in to Blogger Dashboard > Go to Theme > Click the Down Arrow > Click Edit HTML.
Step 2: Search for <head> in the HTML code.
<!-- Redirect Blogger URLs To Another Website URL Code -->
<script>
if(window.location.href == 'https://www.hextoid.blogspot.com/2020/12/blogger-post-link.html')
{
window.location="https://www.hextoid.com/wordpress-post-link/";
}
</script>
<!-- Redirect Blogger URLs To Another Website URL Code -->Step 3: Copy the above code and replace https://www.hextoid.blogspot.com/2020/12/blogger-post-link.html with the Blogger site URL you want to redirect and https://www.hextoid.com/wordpress-post-link/ with the destination URL.
Step 4: Insert the updated code under the <head> tag and click Save.
To redirect multiple URLs, repeat the process with different URLs.
<!-- Redirect Multiple Blogger URLs To Another Website URLs -->
<script>
if(window.location.href == 'https://www.hextoid.blogspot.com/2020/12/blogger-post-link.html')
{
window.location="https://www.hextoid.com/wordpress-post-link/";
}
</script>
<script>
if(window.location.href == 'https://www.hextoid.blogspot.com/2020/12/blogger-post-link.html')
{
window.location="https://www.hextoid.com/wordpress-post-link/";
}
</script>
<!-- Redirect Multiple Blogger URLs To Another Website URLs -->Wrap Up
I hope this article would be useful for you to set Redirections in blogger site for within the site and on the another site too.
