Affects of a Home Link 301 Permanent Redirect in the Main Nav Bar

[SEOguy1]

Hi

I created a home page link in the main nav bar using functions.php request, and this leads to the home page, and it works fine. The logo on the site when clicked, resolves the home page domain.com which is fine.

Is it ok to have a home page link in my main nav bar, as well as a clickable logo which on-click returns the web user to the home page also? (any seo implications with the permanent 301 redirects?) I like to give web users the choice especially as not all users are aware that they can click back to the home page by clicking on the logo. I considered breadcrumbs already.

Thanks.

[SEOguy1]

Hi Paul

Thanks a lot. A main nav menu link is what I have and I used this code to create it, since the logo already provides a link in the nav bar also:

// Filter wp_nav_menu() to add additional links and other output
function new_nav_menu_items($items) {
$homelink = '

• [' . __('Home') . '](' . home_url( '/' ) . ')';
  $items = $homelink . $items;
  return $items;
  }
  add_filter( 'wp_nav_menu_items', 'new_nav_menu_items' );
  ?>

I appreciate your answer

[ThompsonPaul]

Having both a logo link and a menu link back to the home page is standard procedure on most websites and doesn't pose any issues.

As mentioned in your other question though, it is never correct to have a navigation link on your own site passing through a redirect. When correctly configured, WordPress automatically creates a home page link in the navigation menu. Even if not there though, you can simply add it manually to any menu using the Menu section of the Customizer under the Appearance tab in the WP dashboard's left side bar.

Paul