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title: How To Use The Wildcards Feature In BetterLinks?
url: https://betterlinks.io/docs/how-to-use-the-wildcards-feature/
date: 2021-08-26T11:32:30+00:00
modified: 2025-07-09T05:31:20+00:00
lang: en_US
---

# How To Use The Wildcards Feature In BetterLinks?

You can redirect pages that match a pattern using the Wildcard feature in [**BetterLinks**](https://betterlinks.io/). That means you can redirect whole directories or sections to new ones, regardless of whether the URLs of those pages are specific or not.

## **How To Use BetterLinks Wildcards Feature To Redirect Link Directories?**

Using the wildcard feature in BetterLinks is pretty much easy! To use the wildcards feature from BetterLinks, **follow the steps** given below:

### **Step 1: Install And Activate BetterLinks Plugin**

First, make sure that you have [**installed and activated BetterLinks**](https://betterlinks.io/docs/install-and-activate-betterlinks/) free WordPress plugin on your website. To do so, log in to your WordPress dashboard & navigate to **‘Plugins’** → **‘Add New.**’ Search the plugin to install & activate accordingly.

![Install & Activate BetterLinks](https://betterlinks.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/image-13.png)

### **Step 2: Enable The Wildcards Redirect Feature**

Next, head over to **‘BetterLinks’** → **‘Settings’** from your WordPress dashboard. Under the **‘General’** tab as shown below, mark the checkbox for **‘Use Wildcards’**.

![Enable Widcards Feature](https://betterlinks.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/image-14.png)

### **Step 3: Enter the Target URL**

Now, go to **Manage Links → Category** (Where you want to use wildcard) **→ Edit Link** then enter the target URL where you want to use this feature, ending it with an asterisk (\*) symbol. For example, we just use: **wpdeveloper.com/\***

![Redirections Using Wildcard Features](https://betterlinks.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/image-5.gif)

This indicates that wildcard redirection is enabled. Once you've entered the target URL, copy the newly generated shortened URL.

![Wildcards Feature](https://betterlinks.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/image-15.png)

## Final Outcome

Next, paste the shortened URL into your browser, followed by the desired page slug—such as **blog/, about/ or contact/.** When you paste the shortened URL along with a valid slug, it will automatically redirect you to the corresponding actual page on the target site just like the preview.

![Wildcards Feature in BetterLinks](https://betterlinks.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/image-6.gif)

This is how you can easily configure and use the wildcards feature in BetterLinks. To find out how to add redirect links with BetterLinks plugin, [**check out this documentation**](https://betterlinks.io/docs/create-new-link-betterlinks/)**.**

Need assistance? Feel free to reach out to [**our support team**](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/betterlinks/) for any issues.