diff --git a/plugins/example.json b/plugins/example.json
index f19280d2..f1f399af 100644
--- a/plugins/example.json
+++ b/plugins/example.json
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@
 			"priority": "130"
 		},
 		"Redirect Example": {
-			"pattern": "/redirectExample",
-			"file": "account/manage"
+			"redirect_from": "/redirectExample",
+			"redirect_to": "account/manage"
 		}
 	}
  }
diff --git a/system/functions.php b/system/functions.php
index 0449e4b2..7dbf59ee 100644
--- a/system/functions.php
+++ b/system/functions.php
@@ -1531,6 +1531,12 @@ function camelCaseToUnderscore($input)
 	return ltrim(strtolower(preg_replace('/[A-Z]([A-Z](?![a-z]))*/', '_$0', $input)), '_');
 }
 
+function removeIfFirstSlash(&$text) {
+	if(strpos($text, '/') === 0) {
+		$text = str_replace_first('/', '', $text);
+	}
+};
+
 // validator functions
 require_once LIBS . 'validator.php';
 require_once SYSTEM . 'compat/base.php';
diff --git a/system/libs/plugins.php b/system/libs/plugins.php
index 6910a51d..68aa2547 100644
--- a/system/libs/plugins.php
+++ b/system/libs/plugins.php
@@ -76,23 +76,39 @@ class Plugins {
 			if (isset($plugin['routes'])) {
 				foreach ($plugin['routes'] as $_name => $info) {
 					// default method: get
-					$methods = isset($info['method']) ? explode(',', $info['method']) : ['GET'];
-					foreach ($methods as $method) {
-						if (!in_array($method, ['GET', 'POST', 'PUT', 'PATCH', 'DELETE', 'HEAD'])) {
-							self::$warnings[] = $warningPreTitle . 'Unallowed method ' . $method . '... Disabling this route...';
-							continue;
+					$method = $info['method'] ?? ['GET'];
+					if ($method !== '*') {
+						$methods = is_string($method) ? explode(',', $info['method']) : $method;
+						foreach ($methods as $method) {
+							if (!in_array($method, ['GET', 'POST', 'PUT', 'PATCH', 'DELETE', 'HEAD'])) {
+								self::$warnings[] = $warningPreTitle . 'Not allowed method ' . $method . '... Disabling this route...';
+							}
 						}
 					}
+					else {
+						$methods = '*'; // all available methods
+					}
 
 					if (!isset($info['priority'])) {
 						$info['priority'] = 100; // default priority
 					}
 
-					// replace first occurence of / in pattern if found (will be auto-added later)
-					if(strpos($info['pattern'], '/') === 0) {
-						$info['pattern'] = str_replace_first('/', '', $info['pattern']);
+					if (isset($info['redirect_from'])) {
+						removeIfFirstSlash($info['redirect_from']);
+
+						$info['pattern'] = $info['redirect_from'];
+						if (!isset($info['redirect_to'])) {
+							self::$warnings[] = $warningPreTitle . 'redirect set without "redirect_to".';
+						}
+						else {
+							removeIfFirstSlash($info['redirect_to']);
+							$info['file'] = '__redirect__/' . $info['redirect_to'];
+						}
 					}
 
+					// replace first occurence of / in pattern if found (will be auto-added later)
+					removeIfFirstSlash($info['pattern']);
+
 					foreach ($routes as $id => &$route) {
 						if($route[1] == $info['pattern']) {
 							if($info['priority'] < $route[3]) {
@@ -102,7 +118,6 @@ class Plugins {
 							else {
 								self::$warnings[] = $warningPreTitle . "Duplicated route with lower priority: {$route[1]} ({$route[3]}). Disabling this route...";
 								unset($routes[$id]);
-								continue;
 							}
 						}
 					}
diff --git a/system/router.php b/system/router.php
index 9adee97b..5718f900 100644
--- a/system/router.php
+++ b/system/router.php
@@ -65,31 +65,37 @@ if($logged && $account_logged && $account_logged->isLoaded()) {
 $dispatcher = FastRoute\cachedDispatcher(function (FastRoute\RouteCollector $r) {
 	$routes = require SYSTEM . 'routes.php';
 
-	$duplicates = [];
+	$isAlreadyDefined = [];
 
 	$routesTmp = [];
 	foreach(getDatabasePages() as $page) {
-		$duplicates[$page] = true;
-		$routesTmp[] = [['GET', 'POST'], $page, 'database/' . $page, true];
+		$isAlreadyDefined[$page] = true;
+		$routesTmp[] = ['*', $page, '__database__/' . $page, true];
 	}
 
 	Plugins::clearWarnings();
 	foreach (Plugins::getRoutes() as $route) {
-		if(!isset($duplicates[$route[1]])) {
-			$duplicates[$route[1]] = true;
+		if(!isset($isAlreadyDefined[$route[1]])) {
+			$isAlreadyDefined[$route[1]] = true;
 			$routesTmp[] = [$route[0], $route[1], $route[2]];
 		}
 	}
 
 	foreach ($routes as $route) {
-		if(!isset($duplicates[$route[1]])) {
-			$routesTmp[] = [$route[0], $route[1], 'system/pages/' . $route[2]];
+		if(!isset($isAlreadyDefined[$route[1]])) {
+			if (strpos($route[2], '__redirect__') === false && strpos($route[2], '__database__') === false) {
+				$routesTmp[] = [$route[0], $route[1], 'system/pages/' . $route[2]];
+			}
+			else {
+				$routesTmp[] = [$route[0], $route[1], $route[2]];
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
+	//var_dump($routesTmp);
 	foreach ($routesTmp as $route) {
-		if (strpos($route[2], '.php') === false && !isset($route[3])) {
-			$route[2] = str_replace('system/pages/', '', 'redirect/' . $route[2]);
+		if ($route[0] === '*') {
+			$route[0] = ['GET', 'POST', 'PUT', 'DELETE', 'PATCH', 'HEAD'];
 		}
 
 		$r->addRoute($route[0], $route[1], $route[2]);
@@ -170,9 +176,8 @@ else {
 			$_REQUEST = array_merge($_REQUEST, $vars);
 			$_GET = array_merge($_GET, $vars);
 
-			if (strpos($path, 'database/') !== false) {
-				//var_dump($path);
-				$pageName = str_replace('database/', '', $path);
+			if (strpos($path, '__database__/') !== false) {
+				$pageName = str_replace('__database__/', '', $path);
 
 				$success = false;
 				$tmp_content = getCustomPage($pageName, $success);
@@ -188,8 +193,8 @@ else {
 					$page = $pageName;
 					$file = false;
 				}
-			} else if (strpos($path, 'redirect/') !== false) {
-				$path = str_replace('redirect/', '', $path);
+			} else if (strpos($path, '__redirect__/') !== false) {
+				$path = str_replace('__redirect__/', '', $path);
 				header('Location: ' . BASE_URL . $path);
 				exit;
 			} else {
diff --git a/system/routes.php b/system/routes.php
index 8085b734..3d873d86 100644
--- a/system/routes.php
+++ b/system/routes.php
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
  */
 
 return [
-	['GET', '', 'news'], // redirect empty URL to news
+	['GET', '', '__redirect__/news'], // redirect empty URL to news
 	['GET', 'news/archive/{id:[0-9]+}[/]', 'news/archive.php'],
 
-	[['GET', 'POST'], 'account/base[/]', '404.php'], // this is to block account/base.php
+	['*', 'account/base[/]', '404.php'], // this is to block account/base.php
 	[['GET', 'POST'], 'account/password[/]', 'account/change_password.php'],
 	[['GET', 'POST'], 'account/register/new[/]', 'account/register_new.php'],
 	[['GET', 'POST'], 'account/email[/]', 'account/change_email.php'],