Also I would like to know how i can view and disable any plugins or strict security settings that prevent automated access to my site please, is this possible?

thanks

Hello Nick,

It's advisable to perform 301 redirects in your .htaccess file and it's really simple. For instance, if you want to redirect /something to /hello ,

Redirect 301 /something /hello

ok thanks how would that work with relation to my site?

i.e. what would be an example of a 301 redirect which would boost my SEO?

thanks

Hello Nick,

I think there is some misunderstanding here. 301 redirects are used to not boost your SEO but it is used to fix "broken SEF urls"