Disable Attachment Pages vs Attachment Pages Redirect

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

Disable Attachment Pages is the safest pick: health B · 84 against 79 for Attachment Pages Redirect, led by stronger maintenance.

Disable Attachment Pages

by greatestview

Health B84

Attachment Pages Redirect

by Samuel Aguilera

Health B79

Active-install trajectory

Disable Attachment Pages moved down one install band, 400+ to 300+; Attachment Pages Redirect moved down one install band, 20K+ to 10K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Disable Attachment Pages	Attachment Pages Redirect
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	300–400	10K–20K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	400+ → 300+ ✓	20K+ → 10K+
Overall health	B · 84 ✓	B · 79
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	99/100 ✓	72/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	93/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	4.7★ ✓
Reviews	2	47 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	87/100	89/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	3mo ago ✓	10mo ago
Downloads, last 30d	190	1.4K ✓
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.	+14%	+37%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	3.7%	5.3% ✓
Category	SEO	SEO

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

Release activity

Disable Attachment PagesAttachment Pages Redirect

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.