Safe Redirect Manager vs 404 to 301

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

Safe Redirect Manager

by 10up

Health A88

404 to 301

by Syed Balkhi

Health A90

Active-install trajectory

Safe Redirect Manager 404 to 301

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	Safe Redirect Manager	404 to 301
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	40K–50K	100K–200K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	A · 88	A · 90 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	98/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	90/100	92/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.55★	4.62★ ✓
Reviews	78	311 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	97/100 ✓	83/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	4mo ago	2mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	19.5K ✓	14.8K
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Safe Redirect Manager 404 to 301

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.