# Redirect to external domain **URL:** \ **Category:** Ideas\ **Tags:** 🚢-shipped\ **Created:** [February 12, 2019, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/redirect-to-external-domain/5616 "2019-02-12T19:55:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ThomasArdal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/thomasardal/32/2584_2.png) [@ThomasArdal](https://forum.ghost.org/u/ThomasArdal)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/redirect-to-external-domain/5616/1 "2019-02-12T19:55:45Z")
I’m pretty sure redirects.json supported redirecting to external domains in the past. Anyway, being able to redirect a page to another domain (with path) would be a great feature. In my case, I have “promoted” some blog posts to official help documents on my documentation site (another subdomain). In this case, I simply want the blog posts to redirect to the documentation site. Since redirects.json only supports relative links and when I cannot access a .htaccess file or similar, there is no way for me to redirect the requests. ---
**Author:** ![bhilburn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/bhilburn/32/2774_2.png) [@bhilburn](https://forum.ghost.org/u/bhilburn)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 5:16pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/redirect-to-external-domain/5616/2 "2019-03-07T17:16:30Z")
Given that Ghost Blog doesn’t currently support `canonical_url`, this is an especially important feature. I’ve seen requests for `canonical_url` before, but no real response in terms of whether or not it’s coming down the pipe. I just tried using `redirects.json` to point to an external site, and it results in a 404. Voting for this feature, as this is a pretty serious feature gap for me. ---
**Author:** ![naz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/naz/32/30666_2.png) [@naz](https://forum.ghost.org/u/naz)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 9:59am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/redirect-to-external-domain/5616/3 "2019-04-02T09:59:18Z")
@ThomasArdal ability to redirect to external URL’s has landed in latest Ghost 2.19.2 release: > **[Release 2.19.2 · TryGhost/Ghost](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releases/tag/2.19.2)** > > 🐛 Fixed admin area showing error page during Ghost startup - Nazar Gargol > 🐛 Fixed redirects to external URL - Nazar Gargol > > Casper (the default theme) has been upgraded to 2.9.7: > > 🎨 Replaced deprec... @bhilburn canonical\_url support has also been added since 2.18.1 ;) (first released in a little buggy [2.17.0](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releases/tag/2.17.0)) ---
**Author:** ![Hannah](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/hannah/32/22_2.png) [@Hannah](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Hannah)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 10:02am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/redirect-to-external-domain/5616/4 "2019-04-02T10:02:41Z")
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**Author:** ![John](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/john/32/29288_2.png) [@John](https://forum.ghost.org/u/John)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2025, 1:06am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/redirect-to-external-domain/5616/5 "2025-08-01T01:06:31Z")