I am going to change my blog from subdomain to subdirectory. Will I lose all my shares data (plugin)?

[Red_educativa]

Hi there,

I am going to change my current blog from subdomain to subfolder.

Obviously, I am going to apply a permanent redirection (301) since all URL will change...I have a doubt related to all share bottoms. Currently I use plugins in order to show the total number of shares (on Facebook...on Twitter etc.) of my posts. So, by changing all URLs, will I lose all my data? I mean, would It be possible to save them?

Thanks in advance for helping!!

Kind regards.

Francesca

[Red_educativa]

Hi Erica

first of all, thks for answering!! I will read the link you sent to me in order to find a solution (at least to try it). I know It will be hard to save all shares though,

Kind regards

Francesca

[EricaMcGillivray]

Unfortunately, not all the social networks can read 301 redirects. Everyone's hoping that as they grow, they will read 301s and keep social shares. Twitter seems to be able to read 301s, but not Facebook or the small networks. You actually have to change the code in the share buttons to leave them at the old URL. Read more about how to do this.

You may also chose which content is more important to keep those social shares and change the rest, just depending on your needs. Also consider how important showing those social shares are. If you only have a few, it might not be worth it and can actually harm people's opinion if your content has low shares.

Best of luck!