404 to 301 vs Redirection

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

404 to 301

by devfelixmoira

Health D45

Redirection

by John Godley

Health B81

Active-install trajectory

404 to 301 Redirection

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	404 to 301	Redirection
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200–300	2M–3M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 45	B · 81 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	86/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	43/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.98★	4.39★ ✓
Reviews	1	703 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	39/100	87/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	5.7y ago	2d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	112	1.2M ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

404 to 301 Redirection

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.