Trash Duplicate and 301 Redirect vs Fix Duplicates

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

Trash Duplicate and 301 Redirect is the safest pick: health C · 67 against 46 for Fix Duplicates, led by lower removal risk.

Trash Duplicate and 301 Redirect

by solwininfotech

Health C67

Fix Duplicates

by Stephen Cronin

Health D46

Active-install trajectory

Trash Duplicate and 301 Redirect moved down one install band, 1K+ to 900+; Fix Duplicates moved down one install band, 800+ to 700+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Trash Duplicate and 301 Redirect	Fix Duplicates
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	900–1K ✓	700–800
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-10% ✓	800+ → 700+
Overall health	C · 67 ✓	D · 46
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	52/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	81/100 ✓	78/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.2★ ✓	4.1★
Reviews	36 ✓	12
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	75/100 ✓	40/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	High
Last updated	1.2y ago ✓	8.9y ago
Downloads, last 30d	411 ✓	164
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.	+24%	+36%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.8%	1.3% ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

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

Release activity

Trash Duplicate and 301 RedirectFix Duplicates

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.