Change the URL of an article
Purple Hub
This article guides you step by steps through the steps to change the URL of a (published) article and automatically create a redirect to the new URL, on the article itself. The same way works for all types of posts in Purple Hub.
- Have an article created and published in Purple Hub
1. Go to your Purple Hub
![Step 1 screenshot Step 1 screenshot](https://images.tango.us/workflows/ac4103cd-581c-4874-aeec-b403861f4aa4/steps/2f3cd4f5-9a46-40c9-a157-bebcdf9af97f/a59f4705-5ea1-4e39-b19f-56371cc5a593.png?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5000&fp-y=0.5000&w=1200&border=2%2CF4F2F7&border-radius=8%2C8%2C8%2C8&border-radius-inner=8%2C8%2C8%2C8)
2. Click on 'Purple Feed'
![Document image Document image](https://images.tango.us/workflows/ac4103cd-581c-4874-aeec-b403861f4aa4/steps/6c4df2d0-74a4-4645-b4b8-e7363f7a06ac/5240e604-6808-45d7-9410-fb83f8fbdc9e.png?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5000&fp-y=0.5000&w=1200&border=2%2CF4F2F7&border-radius=8%2C8%2C8%2C8&border-radius-inner=8%2C8%2C8%2C8&mark-x=3&mark-y=260&m64=aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWFnZXMudGFuZ28udXMvc3RhdGljL2JsYW5rLnBuZz9tYXNrPWNvcm5lcnMmYm9yZGVyPTQlMkNGRjc0NDImdz0yMDkmaD01NCZmaXQ9Y3JvcCZjb3JuZXItcmFkaXVzPTEw)
3. Click on Articles
![Document image Document image](https://images.tango.us/workflows/ac4103cd-581c-4874-aeec-b403861f4aa4/steps/e3289f09-373e-4de7-8123-f1c6af053abc/557fd7b1-bcf8-455f-ad0e-9c97995fc6b0.png?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5000&fp-y=0.5000&w=1200&border=2%2CF4F2F7&border-radius=8%2C8%2C8%2C8&border-radius-inner=8%2C8%2C8%2C8&mark-x=2&mark-y=316&m64=aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWFnZXMudGFuZ28udXMvc3RhdGljL2JsYW5rLnBuZz9tYXNrPWNvcm5lcnMmYm9yZGVyPTQlMkNGRjc0NDImdz00MzYmaD01NSZmaXQ9Y3JvcCZjb3JuZXItcmFkaXVzPTEw)
4. Click on the article in the list for which you want to create the redirect
![Document image Document image](https://images.tango.us/workflows/ac4103cd-581c-4874-aeec-b403861f4aa4/steps/7715d9f9-a444-44a3-a675-da4c612780f2/ba90c622-e5db-4342-b6ad-e61a83cec1ed.png?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5000&fp-y=0.5000&w=1200&border=2%2CF4F2F7&border-radius=8%2C8%2C8%2C8&border-radius-inner=8%2C8%2C8%2C8&mark-x=118&mark-y=1035&m64=aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWFnZXMudGFuZ28udXMvc3RhdGljL2JsYW5rLnBuZz9tYXNrPWNvcm5lcnMmYm9yZGVyPTQlMkNGRjc0NDImdz0zOTEmaD05NiZmaXQ9Y3JvcCZjb3JuZXItcmFkaXVzPTEw)
5. In the article, click on 'Settings'
![Document image Document image](https://images.tango.us/workflows/ac4103cd-581c-4874-aeec-b403861f4aa4/steps/0b82b505-c4db-4481-a0a2-703f953b6395/15b0d4e6-ef28-45ab-a583-acf365c3f3f3.png?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5000&fp-y=0.5000&w=1200&border=2%2CF4F2F7&border-radius=8%2C8%2C8%2C8&border-radius-inner=8%2C8%2C8%2C8&mark-x=1009&mark-y=10&m64=aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWFnZXMudGFuZ28udXMvc3RhdGljL2JsYW5rLnBuZz9tYXNrPWNvcm5lcnMmYm9yZGVyPTQlMkNGRjc0NDImdz01MyZoPTUzJmZpdD1jcm9wJmNvcm5lci1yYWRpdXM9MTA%3D)
6. In the right-hand sidebar, next to 'URL', click on the link containing the URL of your article
![Document image Document image](https://images.tango.us/workflows/ac4103cd-581c-4874-aeec-b403861f4aa4/steps/b2e3f30b-ea3b-423f-9f52-1137e6d181eb/4651299d-dca0-4cec-bcf8-6725ce5395bd.png?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5000&fp-y=0.5000&w=1200&border=2%2CF4F2F7&border-radius=8%2C8%2C8%2C8&border-radius-inner=8%2C8%2C8%2C8&mark-x=645&mark-y=294&m64=aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWFnZXMudGFuZ28udXMvc3RhdGljL2JsYW5rLnBuZz9tYXNrPWNvcm5lcnMmYm9yZGVyPTQlMkNGRjc0NDImdz01NDQmaD03OCZmaXQ9Y3JvcCZjb3JuZXItcmFkaXVzPTEw)
7. In the URL pop-up, click into the field 'Permalink' and change the slug to create the redirect, e.g. shorten or overwrite it
![Document image Document image](https://images.tango.us/workflows/ac4103cd-581c-4874-aeec-b403861f4aa4/steps/6f6d018f-ded5-4e97-a8db-78409ae1c721/b5fedbc3-59f5-485b-ad19-ae0fb05d3d36.png?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5000&fp-y=0.5000&w=1200&border=2%2CF4F2F7&border-radius=8%2C8%2C8%2C8&border-radius-inner=8%2C8%2C8%2C8&mark-x=533&mark-y=664&m64=aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWFnZXMudGFuZ28udXMvc3RhdGljL2JsYW5rLnBuZz9tYXNrPWNvcm5lcnMmYm9yZGVyPTQlMkNGRjc0NDImdz02MjYmaD05MyZmaXQ9Y3JvcCZjb3JuZXItcmFkaXVzPTEw)
8. Click on 'Publish'
![Document image Document image](https://images.tango.us/workflows/ac4103cd-581c-4874-aeec-b403861f4aa4/steps/bf9ac6ff-1173-4bf9-aba8-1a5168e3fddd/074ce908-a17b-4e5e-8a38-9cbb22b89b56.png?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5000&fp-y=0.5000&w=1200&border=2%2CF4F2F7&border-radius=8%2C8%2C8%2C8&border-radius-inner=8%2C8%2C8%2C8&mark-x=555&mark-y=21&m64=aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWFnZXMudGFuZ28udXMvc3RhdGljL2JsYW5rLnBuZz9tYXNrPWNvcm5lcnMmYm9yZGVyPTQlMkNGRjc0NDImdz0yMDgmaD0xMjEmZml0PWNyb3AmY29ybmVyLXJhZGl1cz0xMA%3D%3D)
9. In the Publishing dialogue, click on 'Publish' again.
![Document image Document image](https://images.tango.us/workflows/ac4103cd-581c-4874-aeec-b403861f4aa4/steps/0dba3bc7-1752-49fe-a307-949520f3b48a/25396bd7-2d06-4b8f-92c2-19990ca75205.png?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5000&fp-y=0.5000&w=1200&border=2%2CF4F2F7&border-radius=8%2C8%2C8%2C8&border-radius-inner=8%2C8%2C8%2C8&mark-x=789&mark-y=9&m64=aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWFnZXMudGFuZ28udXMvc3RhdGljL2JsYW5rLnBuZz9tYXNrPWNvcm5lcnMmYm9yZGVyPTQlMkNGRjc0NDImdz0yMDAmaD02OCZmaXQ9Y3JvcCZjb3JuZXItcmFkaXVzPTEw)
You have successfully created a redirect for your article from the previous URL to the new one, that you have defined by changing the Permalink. Your redirect automatically got created as a 301 redirect. You can find it on the Redirects settings page in Purple Hub.