After creating a pattern redirect it's important to check that it's redirecting a sample of URLs you expect it to.
To test a pattern redirect:
- Open your web browser.
- Visit an example 404 broken link which matches the Redirect from URL structure of your pattern.
- Verify that you've been redirected to the expected Redirect to URL.
Note: Like 301 redirects, pattern redirects can only redirect 404 broken links. Pattern redirects will not work on active pages.
If your pattern redirect isn't working, you can learn why this might be the case.