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Gone Response vs Redirect 404 to Homepage

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

Redirect 404 to Homepage is the safest pick: health A · 88 against 72 for Gone Response, led by stronger maintenance.

Active-install trajectory

Gone Response moved up one install band, 200+ to 300+; Redirect 404 to Homepage moved down one install band, 70K+ to 60K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Gone Response	Redirect 404 to Homepage
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	300–400	60K–70K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	+50% ✓	70K+ → 60K+
Overall health	B · 72	A · 88 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	67/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100	86/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	4.4★ ✓
Reviews	6	24 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	80/100	96/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	11mo ago	1mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	189	14K ✓
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.	-9%	+602%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	11%	28% ✓
Category	SEO	SEO

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

Release activity

Gone ResponseRedirect 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.