Title: RequestOptions::setMaxRedirects
Published: May 20, 2026

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# RequestOptions::setMaxRedirects( int|null $maxRedirects ): void

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-http-dto-requestoptions/setmaxredirects/?output_format=md#description)
 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-http-dto-requestoptions/setmaxredirects/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-http-dto-requestoptions/setmaxredirects/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-http-dto-requestoptions/setmaxredirects/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-http-dto-requestoptions/setmaxredirects/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Sets the maximum number of redirects to follow.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-http-dto-requestoptions/setmaxredirects/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

Set to 0 to disable redirects, null for unspecified, or a positive integer to enable
redirects with a maximum count.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-http-dto-requestoptions/setmaxredirects/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$maxRedirects`int|nullrequired

Maximum redirects to follow, or 0 to disable, or null for unspecified.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-http-dto-requestoptions/setmaxredirects/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 void

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-http-dto-requestoptions/setmaxredirects/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public function setMaxRedirects(?int $maxRedirects): void
    {
        if ($maxRedirects !== null && $maxRedirects < 0) {
            throw new InvalidArgumentException('Request option "maxRedirects" must be greater than or equal to 0.');
        }
        $this->maxRedirects = $maxRedirects;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/providers/http/dto/requestoptions.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/Providers/Http/DTO/RequestOptions.php#L83)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/Providers/Http/DTO/RequestOptions.php#L83-L89)

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-providers-http-dto-requestoptions/setmaxredirects/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [0.2.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/0.2.0/) | Introduced. |

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