How to redirect incoming backlinks to new Joomla URLs after you change a menu or category - Joomla! Forum - community, help and support

this worked me. changed categories , menus in joomla website, changed url path many content articles. bad idea unless have compelling reason because meant many incoming backlinks not connect intended article. backlinks went 404 not found, meant site losing search engine page rank conferred backlinks. so, needed redirect incoming backlinks same old content, required new url path.

i'm using joomla 3.6.5 , redj redirect extension. redj extension offers few more features (like tracking statistics) joomla core redirect component, have not tried, either 1 should work.

what needed redirect part of incoming backlink url paths new url path. did not want make redirection every piece of content (hundreds). wanted redirect middle part of url path (which reflected category or menu change) , let rest of backlink find specific article looking for.

for example needed redirect backlinks going forum.
using relative urls in redj extension, put:

from url: /myoldpathtoforum/

to url: /mynewpathtoforum/{pathltrim /myoldpathtoforum/}{queryfull}

that redirected old incoming backlinks correct location via new forum url.

i adapted method info found @ redirect old folder new one.

just in case font made path trim command confusing.
as used above, path1trim