Redirect Checker
See the redirect chain for all four domain variants, step by step, no sign-up needed.
This tool tries four forms of your domain: http://domain, http://www.domain, https://domain and https://www.domain (if you entered it with www, the root form is derived automatically). For each one it follows the redirect chain step by step, showing the status code, 301, 302, 307 or 308, the target address and how long that step took; it looks at five steps at most and re-validates each one.
Findings cover whether all four forms end at the same final address, whether the chain has more than one hop, whether a temporary redirect (302 or 307) sits where a permanent one is expected, whether the final address is still http and whether there is a loop. If you enter a full page address rather than just the root domain, that page's own chain is shown separately too.
The audit makes at most twenty outbound requests and re-validates the domain at every step, so extremely long or unusual redirect chains may not show anything past the fifth hop. The chain shown reflects the state at that moment; server settings or CDN caching can change it later, so it is worth re-checking live after setting up a permanent redirect.
FAQ
Why does it try four different forms?
Visitors and search engines can reach your site through http, https, with or without www; having all of them settle on a single permanent address matters for both user experience and indexing.
Why use 301 rather than 302?
A 301 tells browsers and search engines the move is permanent and passes link value on to the new address; 302 and 307 are treated as temporary, and using one for a permanent move can cause confusion.
Is the address I enter stored?
No, nothing is kept permanently; if the same address is checked again shortly afterwards, it is held in server memory for about ten minutes for a faster reply, then cleared.
What should I do if a loop is found?
A loop means address A redirects to B and B redirects back to A, so the page never loads; check your server or CDN redirect rules and collapse the chain to a single direction.
