Redirector allows you to manage redirections from inside Drupal.
To use Redirector:
- Clone this repo inside your modules folder
- Enable the module (
drush en -y redirector) - Clear cache (
drush cc all) - Load the path (
admin/config/search/redirector) in your browser - Create, edit or delete redirections
Currently, various redirection modules exist for Drupal 7.
The most well known module is probably redirect. Redirector aims to be much more lightweight than redirect and to allow wildcard patterns.
Another alternative is match_redirect.
While match_redirect allows using wildcard patterns, it stores redirections using
entities. This introduces (in our opinion) an unnecesary bloat and
complexity.
Also, Redirect allows to specify in a single redirection with
multiple origins to the same destination. To match the redirections,
it uses the function drupal_match_paths from Drupal core, wich
matches all possible origins in a single pass, making it very performant.
Redirector aims to be easy, fast and lightweight. In fact, the magic is done in
only 6 lines :)
Ever wondered where a redirection comes from? Redirector will use
the x-redirected-by header to show itself.