diff --git a/_posts/2022-02-01-redirect.md b/_posts/2022-02-01-redirect.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..29170d855800
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_posts/2022-02-01-redirect.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+layout: post
+title: a post with redirect
+date: 2021-07-04 17:39:00
+description: you can also redirect to assets like pdf
+redirect: /assets/pdf/example_pdf.pdf
+---
diff --git a/blog/index.html b/blog/index.html
index fc0d6d6e8182..4e2f16819da9 100644
--- a/blog/index.html
+++ b/blog/index.html
@@ -30,7 +30,12 @@ <h2>{{ site.blog_description }}</h2>
     {% assign categories = post.categories | join: "" %}
 
     <li>
-      <h3><a class="post-title" href="{{ post.url | prepend: site.baseurl }}">{{ post.title }}</a>
+      <h3>
+        {% if post.redirect == blank %}
+          <a class="post-title" href="{{ post.url | prepend: site.baseurl }}">{{ post.title }}</a>
+        {% else %}
+        <a class="post-title" href="{% if post.redirect contains '://' %}{{ post.redirect }}{% else %}{{ post.redirect | relative_url }}{% endif %}">{{ post.title }}</a>
+        {% endif %}
       </h3>
       <p>{{ post.description }}</p>
       <p class="post-meta"> {{read_time}} min read &nbsp; &middot; &nbsp;