If you’re having redirects you can’t explain, especially redirect loops, check the following:

Clear your cache

If you are having redirects you should not have, first clear your browser cache. Completely!

If a wrong redirect is set once as a permanent redirect, your browser will continue to redirect for a LONG time before it checks again if it still should redirect.

The only way to avoid that is to clear your cache!

Use a different browsers

Some browsers like Safari are really stubborn and will continue to remember permanent redirects even after clearing their cache.

So, you owe it to yourself to try with a different browser before pulling your hair out.

Check $baseurl

Check the $baseurl you configured in _basic_config.php.

• Is it EXACTLY like the URL of your website?
• Does it include www. when it should not?
• Does it lack www.when it should have it?
• Check http:// vs https://
• Does it have an ending /? (It MUST !)

See Base URL ($baseurl) for more info.

Check the base URL of your collection

Each collection or blog has it’s own baesurl, which is generally the global $baseurl with some specific string at the end.

See URL Settings.

Same checklist as above.

Check .htaccess

If you have a custom .htaccess file on your site, it’s possible that it generates some redirects. Try to temporarily rename it on your server, then clear your caches and try again.