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Post Date Change Redirection

by Gagan Deep Singh · Uncategorized

Handles the changes in the permalink due to change in post date by providing 301 redirection

⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
82 Health · B
Maintenance 91/100
Rating quality 81/100
Support 70/100

82 health vs 63 average across 4,519 Uncategorized plugins

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.

86 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 57/100
Listing tuning 84/100

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-49% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

23

now · peak 75

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

Post Date Change Red · #20483 Redirection · #441 Speedy Page Redirect · #5870 Better 404 Redirect · #8489

Downloads per 1k installs · 30d

Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base

Estimated active installs

wp.org reports only “50+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
50–60 ≈56

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

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,371 observations

Details

Version
2.0
Last updated
5mo ago
Added
2013-10-15 · 12 yrs on WP
Requires WP
1.5.1
Tested up to
6.9.4
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-03-03 60+ → 50+ down after 3 days in band
  2. 2026-02-28 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in band
  3. 2026-02-27 60+ → 50+ down after 231 days in band
  4. 2025-07-11 70+ → 60+ down after 9 days in band
  5. 2025-07-02 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in band
  6. 2025-07-01 70+ → 60+ down after 36 days in band
  7. 2025-05-26 60+ → 70+ up after 23 days in band
  8. 2025-05-03 70+ → 60+ down after 14 days in band

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Post Date Change Redirection: 50+ active installs, 5.0★ (5 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/post-date-change-redirection