Random Post Plugin – Redirect URL to… vs Beautiful taxonomy filters (2026)
Detailed side-by-side comparison of two WordPress plugins, based on real-time data from WordPress.org.
Random Post Plugin – Redirect URL to…
4.0K+ active installs
Free
Beautiful taxonomy filters
3.0K+ active installs
Free
Quick Verdict
As of April 2026, Random Post Plugin – Redirect URL to… has a higher user rating (5/5 from 20 reviews) and leads in active installations (4.0K+ vs 3.0K+). Both are free WordPress plugins. Random Post Plugin – Redirect URL to… has accumulated 83K+ total downloads while Beautiful taxonomy filters has 152K+.
Detailed Comparison
| Metric | Random Post Plugin – Redirect URL to… | Beautiful taxonomy filters | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 5/5 | ◄ | 4.9/5 |
| Total Reviews | 20 | ► | 68 |
| Active Installs | 4.0K+ | ◄ | 3.0K+ |
| Total Downloads | 83K+ | ► | 152K+ |
| Support Resolution | N/A | N/A | |
| Last Updated | 10 months ago | ► | 4 months ago |
| First Released | 2015 | 2014 | |
| Age | 11 years | 12 years | |
| WP Requires | 4.9+ | 4.3.0+ | |
| PHP Requires | 8.0+ | false+ | |
| Business Model | Free | Free | |
| Latest Version | 0.25.0 | 2.4.6 |
Rating Breakdown
Random Post Plugin – Redirect URL to…
Beautiful taxonomy filters
Download Trends
Over the past 30 days, Random Post Plugin – Redirect URL to… averaged approximately 7 daily downloads while Beautiful taxonomy filters averaged 19.
Recent Reviews
Random Post Plugin – Redirect URL to… Reviews
Works great, more features needed
The plugin works great as is but it would be nice to be able to send payloads to the selected post (e.g. /?redirect_to=random&action=doSomething) Kindly look into this. You are doing great 👌
Simple and Seamless!
Excellent plugin! Create a URL using their parameters…that’s it!
Very useful plugin & Excellent support!
Very useful plugin & Excellent support!
Beautiful taxonomy filters Reviews
Great plugin
Easy to use
Still the best filter plugin
I have looked at so many filter plugins and this is always the most elegant and effective plugin I can find. I love how it automagically inserts itself on the post type archive, that I can insert it w
Works great
This is surprisingly difficult to achieve once you start looking into it. This plugin does exactly what was needed, and even prepopulates the dropdowns on the taxonomy pages.It doesn’t try to take ov
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