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Advanced 301 and 302 Redirect vs Simple Redirect Manager

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

Advanced 301 and 302 Redirect is the only plugin here with enough reviews to score.

Active-install trajectory

Simple Redirect Manager moved up one install band, 80+ to 100+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Advanced 301 and 302 Redirect	Simple Redirect Manager
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1K–2K ✓	100–200
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable	80+ → 100+ ✓
Overall health	A · 86 ✓	—
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	28/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	82/100 ✓	—
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	—
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.3★ ✓	—
Reviews	6 ✓	0
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	90/100 ✓	62/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	3mo ago ✓	1.9y ago
Downloads, last 30d	629 ✓	86
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	+11%	+2%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	4.0%	10% ✓
Category	SEO	SEO

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

Release activity

Advanced 301 and 302 RedirectSimple Redirect Manager

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.