Redirect Checker
Trace a URL's full redirect chain and see every hop's HTTP status code.
Redirects accumulate over time as URLs change — a page moves, a domain gets rebranded, an old campaign link gets redirected to a new one — and long or broken redirect chains quietly hurt both user experience (each hop adds latency) and SEO (search engines may not follow excessively long chains, and each redirect can dilute a small amount of ranking signal).
This tool follows a URL through its complete redirect chain, showing every intermediate hop along with its HTTP status code (301 permanent, 302 temporary, and so on), up to the final destination. This makes it easy to spot redirect chains that are longer than expected, identify whether a redirect uses the correct status code for its purpose (301 for permanent moves, 302 for temporary ones), or confirm that an old URL correctly reaches its intended new destination.
Checking happens server-side, following redirects exactly as a browser or search engine crawler would, rather than relying on a client-side check that browsers' CORS restrictions would otherwise block from reading cross-origin redirect details.
How to use Redirect Checker
- 1
Enter a URL
Type the full URL you want to trace, including https://.
- 2
Click Check
The tool follows every redirect hop to the final destination.
- 3
Review the chain
See each hop's URL and HTTP status code in sequence.
Features
- Traces the complete redirect chain to its final destination
- Shows the exact HTTP status code at every hop
- Works server-side, bypassing browser CORS restrictions
- Flags unusually long redirect chains at a glance
Frequently asked questions
Common mistakes to avoid
- Chaining multiple redirects together (A→B→C→D) instead of redirecting the original URL directly to the final destination.
- Using a 302 (temporary) redirect for what's actually a permanent URL change, which can slow down search engines updating their index.
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