Is it possible to change only Homepage URL in WordPress?

whitebee said:

It's actually possible to only redirect the homepage to page, using code like this in the function:

Code:

function redirect_homepage() {
    if( ! is_home() && ! is_front_page() )
        return;

    wp_redirect( 'https://yourWP.com/en/', 301 );
    exit;
}

add_action( 'template_redirect', 'redirect_homepage' );

And when people access that page, just set it as a homepage within your builder/theme ability. So it will display blog posts, archives, etc. I tried in localhost and it worked. People will never be able to access the real homepage without the "en" though...

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frizzel said:

Yes, it's possible with redirects, but redirects are a very bad idea if not absolutely necessary. So, I wonder why you would want this.

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whitebee said:

It's actually possible to only redirect the homepage to page, using code like this in the function:

Code:

function redirect_homepage() {
    if( ! is_home() && ! is_front_page() )
        return;

    wp_redirect( 'https://yourWP.com/en/', 301 );
    exit;
}

add_action( 'template_redirect', 'redirect_homepage' );

And when people access that page, just set it as a homepage within your builder/theme ability. So it will display blog posts, archives, etc. I tried in localhost and it worked. People will never be able to access the real homepage without the "en" though...

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frizzel said:

Then I would first investigate why it was removed and remedy that instead of this redirect "band aid". Because, if Google has removed your Home Page for a legitimate reason and detects you're trying to circumvent that, you risk to loose indexing for your entire site.

Don't try to be 'more clever' than Google, just don't.

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