EffortLess Smart Page Redirects

The immediate mode sends a 301 Moved Permanently header before anything is rendered, which is what search engines expect for a permanent move. The delayed mode loads the page first, shows a spinner overlay, and then moves the visitor to the destination. Use the delayed mode when you need scripts on the page — analytics in particular — to run before the visitor leaves.

It is not tied to a specific tool. The plugin simply keeps the visitor on the page for the delay you configure, so any script that is already loaded on that page, including Matomo, Google Analytics 4 and Google Tag Manager, has that time to send its request. Whether a given pageview is recorded depends on how quickly that script loads on your site; increase the delay if visits are missing.

Yes. Rules with Analytics-Safe Redirect unchecked are sent as 301 Moved Permanently via wp_safe_redirect(). The delayed mode is a client-side redirect and does not send a 301 status.

Yes. Enter the full URL in the Destination URL field.

Yes. Rules are created per site, and checking Network Wide makes a rule apply on the other sites of the network as well. On those sites the rule matches content whose slug is the same as the target page's slug, since page IDs are not shared between sites.

The list of published rules is read once and cached for an hour per site, and the check runs only on single pages and posts on the front end. Pages without a matching rule are left untouched.

Check that the rule is published rather than saved as a draft, that both the page and the destination URL are filled in (the rule is not saved if either is empty), and that you are testing on the front end while not previewing the page from the editor.