Free tool
Redirect Map Generator
Turn two URL lists into ready-to-paste 301 rules for Apache and Nginx. Everything runs locally in your browser, so your URL structure stays private.
Why migrations die without a redirect map
When a site moves and URLs change, every old address is a promise to break: bookmarks, backlinks, Google’s index. Without 301 redirects, each changed URL becomes a 404, its accumulated authority evaporates, and rankings follow within weeks. The redirect map, a simple old-to-new URL table, is the single highest-leverage SEO artifact of any migration, and also the one most often skipped.
How to use this generator
Export or list your old URLs (a crawler like Screaming Frog, your sitemap, or Google Search Console’s page report all work). Put each old URL on a line in the left box, its new destination on the same line in the right box, and generate. You get two ready-to-paste blocks: Redirect 301 lines for Apache’s .htaccess and rewrite ... permanent; rules for Nginx.
Everything runs in your browser. Your URL list is commercial information and it never leaves your machine: no upload, no storage, no account.
Redirect rules of thumb
Redirect to the most equivalent page, not the homepage; Google treats mass homepage redirects as soft 404s. Keep chains at one hop. Preserve redirects for at least a year, ideally forever, since backlinks never expire. And test the top pages by hand after going live, ten minutes that has saved more rankings than any tool.
Frequently asked questions
Do old URLs need to be full addresses?
Either works. Full URLs (https://old-site.com/about) or bare paths (/about) are both accepted; the generator extracts the path automatically.
Can new URLs point to a different domain?
Yes. Use full URLs in the right column and the rules will redirect across domains, which is exactly what a domain move needs.
Does it handle query strings and regex?
It generates exact-match rules, which cover standard page moves. Pattern-based redirects (whole folders, parameter rewrites) are better written by hand; we do that as part of migration projects.
Is my URL list uploaded anywhere?
No. The generator is pure client-side JavaScript. You can disconnect from the internet after the page loads and it still works.
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