WP 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 only plugin here with enough reviews to score.

by Hervé Yvis

Health D41

Redirect 404 to Homepage

by pipdig

Health A88

Active-install trajectory

WPRedirect 404 to Homepage

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	WP	Redirect 404 to Homepage
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	70–80	60K–70K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-22%	70K+ → 60K+ ✓
Overall health	—	A · 88 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	86/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.4★ ✓
Reviews	0	24 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	37/100	96/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	6.6y ago	2mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	83	12.1K ✓
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.	+5%	+569%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.1%	27% ✓
Category	Login & Users	SEO

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

Release activity

WPRedirect 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.