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genius 404

by Hussam Hussien · Search

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Automatically redirect to the content the user was most likely after, or show suggestions, instead of showing an unhelpful 404 error.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
43 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 70/100
Support 70/100

43 health vs 60 average across 606 Search plugins

10+

Active installs

≈19 estimated

2.5K

Total downloads

since 2015

3.83★

Rating (adjusted)

3.0★ raw · 1 reviews

0%

52

Downloads · 30d

category median +22%

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

  • Long abandoned. No update in 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42, well behind 6.8.

Directory ranking optimization

How it's scored →

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

34 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 4/100
Rating quality 50/100
Listing tuning 92/100

To rank higher: Last updated 4170 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

0% vs prior 30d
1Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

52

now · peak 148

5230d downloads · Aug 26

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

genius 404 · #40046 you Permalinks to Catego · #15536 Redirection · #435 SEO Redirection Plug · #1721

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

5.2Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

0

releases in the last 12 months

11.4y ago

latest release · v2.0

1

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

2.0 · 11.4y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
10–20 ≈19

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,384 observations

10Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 1 reviews

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5★
0 4★
0 3★
1 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.0
Last updated
11.4y ago
Added
2015-04-01 · 11 yrs old
Requires WP
2.6
Tested up to
4.1.42
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ philipjewell
    10.6y ago

    I went ahead and enabled the plugin as I did not want to write rewrite rules for all my removed posts. Luckily it worked for one of the more important posts I had. But for the other 3/4 of my posts, it did not work. Took me to the 404 page I was trying to avoid. I would recommend something I feel is a simple task, for such a plugin: if it doesn’t not have any similar matches under the categories, posts, or pages, to run a search based off the URI simply running like: mydomain.com/?s=<uri> Just an idea I feel can make a huge improvement where the plugin lacks and make it a more widely used plugin.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3.2

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2025-03-09 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in tier
  2. 2025-03-08 10+ → 20+ up after 22 days in tier
  3. 2025-02-14 20+ → 10+ down after 3 days in tier
  4. 2025-02-11 10+ → 20+ up after 2 days in tier
  5. 2025-02-09 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in tier
  6. 2025-02-08 10+ → 20+ up after 2 days in tier
  7. 2025-02-06 20+ → 10+ down after 7 days in tier
  8. 2025-01-30 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in tier

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