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Redirection vs Better 404 Redirect To Homepage

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

Redirection is the safest pick: health A · 92 against 46 for Better 404 Redirect To Homepage, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

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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	Redirection	Better 404 Redirect To Homepage
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100K–200K ✓	500–600
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable ✓	-29%
Overall health	A · 92 ✓	D · 46
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	4/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	99/100 ✓	76/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.9★ ✓	4.1★
Reviews	419 ✓	2
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	97/100 ✓	46/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	Elevated
Last updated	26d ago ✓	3.9y ago
Downloads, last 30d	59.4K ✓	290
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.	+156%	+13%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	9.9% ✓	7.1%
Category	SEO	SEO

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

Release activity

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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.