Better 404 Redirect To Homepage vs Redirection

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

Better 404 Redirect To Homepage

by Anh Tran

Health D46

Redirection

by Inisev

Health A91

Active-install trajectory

Better 404 Redirect To Homepage 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	Better 404 Redirect To Homepage	Redirection
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	600–700	100K–200K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-14%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 46	A · 91 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	5/100	97/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	99/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.06★	4.93★ ✓
Reviews	2	409 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	50/100	90/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	3.7y ago	4mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	249	11.0K ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Better 404 Redirect To Homepage 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.