Redirect 404 Page to Home vs Redirection

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

Redirect 404 Page to Home

by faddies

Health D47

Redirection

by John Godley

Health B81

Active-install trajectory

Redirect 404 Page to Home 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	Redirect 404 Page to Home	Redirection
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20–30	2M–3M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+100% ✓	0%
Overall health	D · 47	B · 81 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	18/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	86/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	43/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.39★ ✓
Reviews	0	703 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	61/100	87/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	2.4y ago	2d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	54	1.2M ✓
Category	SEO	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Redirect 404 Page to Home 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.