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Redirection

Manage 301 redirects, track 404 errors, and improve your site. No knowledge of Apache or Nginx required.

By John Godley·301·Free
4.4(690 reviews)
·2.0M+ active installs·Updated 1 month ago
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As of April 2026, Redirection is a WordPress 301 plugin with 2.0M+ active installations and a 4.4/5 rating from 690 reviews. It has been downloaded 71M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.5+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2007. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Downloads are down 9% this week. Support resolution rate: 62%. Top alternative: Redirection.

4.4/5690 reviews
2.0M+active installs
62%resolved
19 yearssince 2007

Overview

Redirection is the most popular redirect manager for WordPress. With it you can easily manage 301 redirections, keep track of 404 errors, and generally tidy up any loose ends your site may have. This can help reduce errors and improve your site ranking.

Redirection is designed to be used on sites with a few redirects to sites with thousands of redirects.

It has been a WordPress plugin for over 10 years and has been recommended countless times. And it’s free!

Full documentation can be found at https://redirection.me

Redirection is compatible with PHP from 7.4 to 8.4.

Redirect manager

Create and manage redirects quickly and easily without needing Apache or Nginx knowledge. If your WordPress supports permalinks then you can use Redirection to redirect any URL.

There is full support for…

Read full description on WordPress.org

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Ratings & Reviews

4.4690 reviews
5 ★
552
4 ★
32
3 ★
13
2 ★
20
1 ★
73

Recent Reviews

Simple and Solid
by jarod10·Yesterday

Redirection saved me a lot of time while fixing old links. Setup was easy, and it worked just how I needed. Very helpful plugin for keeping things clean.

Helpful Redirect Tool
by orianawillson·1 month ago

The Redirection plugin helped me manage 301 redirects easily. UI is simple n setup was quick. Logs are also useful to track errors. Sometimes settings feel a bit much, but overall works well. Tnkz devs.

Very Handy Tool
by ralphlong·1 month ago

Redirection helped me fix 404 errors fast. Setup was easy & rules are simple to manage. Logs are useful too. Sometimes takes a bit to refresh, but overall does the job well. Good plugin 👍

2026 – the year of training for updates?
by smga·1 month ago·2 replies

Hi
Sometimes we criticize providers for rarely updating their plugins. Well, this is clearly not the case. It’s the fifth update in a few weeks…
Before I can get through all 36 of my sites and rejoice, I have to start all over again – another Redirection update has been released.
Hey, maybe you should stop training us?
The plugin is excellent, no doubt about that.

Fabulous Plugin
by Ed Bernd Jr.·1 month ago

This plugin is fabulous. It is so easy to use… all the hard work is done for you. Just 2 fields to fill in (with copy-and-paste) – paste the incoming link into one field and where you want to send it into another field. I was thrilled when I realized you can sort your Redirections into separate groups – that saves a lot of time searching when you are looking for something. Super easy to back up all of the data you entered.

And one of the best things for anybody like me who doesn’t know anything how writing code or how the internet does what it does… this is an amazingly popular plugin (more than 2 million installations!) so there are people on the support forum already asking the questions I have. I was wondering to redirect somebody who comes to the home page. One person asked if “/” is all you use, and the answer was “Yes, / is the home page.”

No need to think about it, just use this plugin. And donate to it… I’m going to go do that now.

Ed

Download Trends

Today: 18KYesterday: 19KThis week: 110KPeriod total: 10.5M

Compatibility

WordPress6.5+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4
PHP7.4+ required

Version Adoption

v5.7
47.2%
v5.5
24.8%
Other
13.0%
v5.6
8.5%
v5.3
6.5%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

A x.1 version increase introduces new or updated features and can be considered to contain ‘breaking’ changes. A x.x.1 increase is purely a bug fix and introduces no new features, and can be considered as containing no breaking changes.

5.7.5 – 1st March 2026

  • Fix delete all regression from 5.7.4
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

John GodleyJohn Godley
Plugin Info
Version
5.7.5
Last Updated
Mar 1, 2026
WP Requires
6.5+
Tested Up To
6.9.4
PHP Requires
7.4+
Active Installs
2.0M+
Downloads
71M+
Added
Sep 10, 2007
Business
Free

Tags

301404apachehtaccessredirect

Developer

J
John Godley
14 plugins2.1M+ total installs
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