Gone Response vs Redirect 404 to Homepage

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

Gone Response

by Kurban Ali

Health B75

Redirect 404 to Homepage

by pipdig

Health A87

Active-install trajectory

Gone Response Redirect 404 to Homepage

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	Gone Response	Redirect 404 to Homepage
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	300–400	60K–70K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+200% ✓	-14%
Overall health	B · 75	A · 87 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	76/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100	85/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.10★	4.37★ ✓
Reviews	6	23 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	86/100	96/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	9mo ago	4d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	145	1.6K ✓
Category	SEO	SEO

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

Release activity

Gone Response Redirect 404 to Homepage

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.