Google Search Console Index Coverage report is all about how Google indexed a particular website. That means, in most cases, Page with redirect issues do not need to be validated as it is normal part of operating a website.
Only Fix All Submitted Pages
Places to Check on WordPress Content Management System
Depending on the Permalink structure of a WordPress built website, page with redirection issues can occur due to many reasons, mainly:
- WordPress Permalinks
- Or Incorrect SSL Setup (as in https:)
- Mix Content Issues (as in, http version of URLs are still lingering on the actual website or the internet)
Video Tips for Fixing Page with redirect Issues for WordPress
WordPress .htaccess Rules for Fixing Common SSL Related Errors
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
Header always set Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload" env=HTTPS
Header add Referrer-Policy "strict-origin-when-cross-origin"
Header add Content-Security-Policy "upgrade-insecure-requests; block-all-mixed-content;"
</IfModule>
NOTE: if you want to know what these .htaccess directives do, either search Google or watch the video above. These are useful for WordPress websites using https (SSL Certificates) which all websites should be using in 2023 moving forward.
Video Lesson for Understanding Page with redirect Issues in Index Coverage report
How to Fix Page with redirect Issues in Search Console?
Because there are countless different ways a website can be setup, for almost 99% of websites, Coverage > Page with redirect issues do not affect Google rankings as long as these are in place:
- Ensure XML Sitemaps has the correct URLs you want Google to index.
- Make sure any Redirection rules are setup correctly (including both versions of domain such as www. non-www)
- Ensure the website does NOT have broken links
- Ensure all internal links use the correct URL structure
Why Would Page with redirect Issues Keep Appearing in Index Coverage report upon Validating Fix?
If all of the above website maintenance settings are in place, and upon Validating Fix for Page with redirect errors, Search Console still shows URLs with Page with redirect issues. That can only mean 2 things.
1 = somehow your website is setup incorrectly, Google keeps seeing those old URLs on your website redirecting to new URLs. Therefore still complaining even though you’ve checked everything and validated the fix.
2 = there are many automated bots and website scrapers traversing the internet looking for web pages. Most of these spam type of automated internet bots grab the content from a website and place that content on their own spammy websites. While doing so, these spam type of automated internet bots usually insert incorrect URL patterns for a given website they have scraped. As a result, Google may pick these type of broken links and show in Index Coverage Page with Redirect reports.
As long as you follow Google guidelines and follow best practices as outlined. You need not lose sleep over Page with redirect Issues shown in Search Console.
Thanks for the info i’ve follow as described will update soon after seeing the results
Great to hear that webpage with redirection issues for ALL SUBMITTED Pages must be fixed, Google search console also shows many redirect errors for ALL KNOWN PAGES, most of these can be ignored because they do not affect Google rankings.