Redirect Checker
Check any URL's redirect chain — every hop, status code and final destination.
How to use Redirect Checker
- Paste the URL to check — an old address you've redirected, a shortened link, or any page.
- Run the check — the full chain appears: every hop with its status code, in order.
- Read the verdict: ideally one 301 hop to the final URL. Chains of 3+ hops or any 302 in a permanent move need fixing.
- Fix at the source — update the redirect to point directly at the final destination, then re-check.
What is Redirect Checker?
A redirect checker requests a URL and traces where it actually leads: every intermediate hop, the status code of each (301 permanent, 302 temporary, 307/308), and the final destination page. What looks like one address in the browser is often a chain — http → https → www → trailing slash → final URL — and only a checker shows the whole path.
Chains matter for SEO and speed: each extra hop adds latency, Google reportedly follows long chains reluctantly (guidance says keep them under 3), and a wrong status code — a 302 where a 301 belongs — quietly stops ranking signals from transferring after a site move.
About the Redirect Checker
Paste any URL and see the complete redirect chain: each URL in sequence, its exact status code, and where visitors finally land.
The checks worth running: after adding .htaccess redirects, confirm the old URL 301s (not 302s) and reaches the right destination in one hop; after a domain or HTTPS migration, spot-check key pages for chains stacking up (http://old.com → https://old.com → https://new.com → https://www.new.com is three hops that should be one); before buying links or auditing a site, reveal where shortened or affiliate URLs really go; and diagnose "too many redirects" browser errors by seeing exactly where the loop closes.
Every hop shows its code, so mixed chains (a 301 followed by a 302) — a classic migration bug — are visible at a glance.