Umbraco.Community.SmartRedirectSuggester 17.0.1

Smart Redirect Suggester

Smart Redirect Suggester improves the Umbraco backoffice trash flow by helping editors create redirects when published content is moved to the recycle bin.

Before trashing, the package captures the current URLs for the selected document and its published descendants. It then suggests likely replacement pages using the best available supported searcher, preferring UmbAI_Search and falling back to Umb_Content. After the trash succeeds, the selected redirects are written to Umbraco's built-in URL tracker.

Screenshots

Single item trash flow

Bulk trash with suggested redirects

Change a redirect target inside a bulk action

Review redirects in Umbraco redirect management

Features

• captures current URLs before they are lost during trashing
• supports single and bulk trash actions
• includes published descendants automatically
• suggests redirect targets via UmbAI_Search or, when needed, Umb_Content
• allows manual target selection when no suggestion is suitable
• persists confirmed redirects through Umbraco's redirect URL service

Installation

Install the package into an Umbraco 17+ site:

dotnet add package Umbraco.Community.SmartRedirectSuggester

The package composer is discovered automatically by Umbraco.

Required search packages

Install Umbraco.Cms.Search in the host site to enable published-content search used for redirect suggestions:

dotnet add package Umbraco.Cms.Search

Optionally install Umbraco.AI.Search if you want AI-powered suggestions:

dotnet add package Umbraco.AI.Search

Umbraco.Cms.Search is the required search foundation. Umbraco.AI.Search is optional and enables the preferred UmbAI_Search searcher when installed and configured.

AI suggestions

A compatible search provider is required for automatic suggestions.

The service tries UmbAI_Search first and falls back to Umb_Content. If neither searcher is available, the package still works, but the suggestion lists will be empty and editors can pick a redirect target manually.

UmbAI_Search usually produces better suggestions, but may add cost depending on the configured AI provider. Umb_Content is typically faster and avoids AI-provider cost, but usually gives lower-quality suggestions.

Notes

• redirects are created only for content that has published URLs
• the prepare step must happen before the content is trashed
• route data is cached briefly between the prepare and commit steps

For more information, see:

• Repository overview: https://github.com/skttl/umbraco-smart-redirect-suggester
• Installation guide: https://github.com/skttl/umbraco-smart-redirect-suggester/blob/main/docs/installation.md