=== Swerve ===
Contributors: MKDO
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Tags: link management, alias, aliases, permalink, redirect, slug, link, canonical, MKDO, 301 redirect, 404 management, 301, 404, swerve, redirect
Requires at least: 3.3
Tested up to: 3.5.1
Stable tag: 2.0.2
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Swerve web traffic to your page! A plugin to handle custom page and post URL aliases. Keep your URL in sync with your page name, and auto 301 redirect any older permalinks.

== Description ==

If you have a page URL of http://domain.com/about-my-organisation/contacting-us with this plugin you can direct a custom URL alias to that page such as: http://domain.com/contact 

Auto update your pages permalink on name change, and automatically create a redirect to the new permalink from the old URL. You can also delete any redirect you dont want.

Please note currently the plugin requires PHP 5.3.0 or greater.

= Features =

* Auto update the permalink on name change
* Support for URL aliases (redirect to your page/post from any alias you enter)
* Delete permalinks that you do not want to redirect to your page/post
* Meta boxes hidden by default
* Disables built in WordPress redirect functionality
* Disable plugin if PHP version not supported

If you would like to see more plugins by MKDO visit our website (http://mkdo.co.uk).

= Coming soon =

Here are some of the features we are working on:

* Options panel to control exactly how much/little the plugin does 
* Auto update the permalink on page/post move (currently just updates on name change)
* Ability to disable or delete permalinks
* Import any previous wordpress permalinks
* Choose which page types the plugin is active on (including custom post types)
* Enable swerve via template tag
* Handle links if domain has been moved
* If an old permalink exists on another page/post when creating a new page/post, warn the user
* If a page/post is created with the same old permalink as another page/post, disable that permalink
* Short link integration
* View all incoming (internal only) and outgoing links to a page/post
* View all incoming external links (via a backlink service)
* Identify key incoming and outgoing links (customer journey planning)
* On delete identify pages that currently link to this page
* On delete prompt transfer of permalink data to another page (maintaining links)
* Ability to transfer permalink data to another page
* On delete set a custom 404 message
* Ability to externally redirect, internally redirect any page
* Ability to pull another internal page/post content into the current page/post template

If you can think anything else, let us know.

== Installation ==

1. Backup your WordPress install
2. Upload the plugin folder 'Swerve' to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
3. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress

== Frequently asked questions ==

= What version of PHP does my server need to run? =

PHP 5.3.0 or greater.

== Screenshots ==

1. Automatically change the permalink when you change the page title
2. Store all old permalinks, delete old permalinks or add your own URL aliases

== Changelog ==

= 2.0.2 =
* Fixed issue: Function in class-url-helper.php was causing fatal error
* Updated documentation

= 2.0.1 =
* Fixed issue: Function declared as private causing error

= 2.0.0 =
* Updated documentation
* Completely refactored the code
* Added support for URL alias redirects

= 1.0 =
* Initial release

== Upgrade notice ==

There have been no breaking changes so far.