404 Redirect
by jamalteri · Uncategorized
Redirect all 404 errors to a specific page
44 health vs 55 average across 13,283 Uncategorized plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33, 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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 3694 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
28
now · peak 94
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
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 “200+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,376 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-05-22 300+ → 200+ down after 569 days in tier
- 2023-10-31 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-10-30 300+ → 400+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2023-10-28 400+ → 300+ down after 274 days in tier
- 2023-01-27 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-01-26 400+ → 500+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2023-01-24 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-01-23 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Redirect 404 Error Page to Homepage or Custom Page with Logs 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags B -
Redirect 404 Error Page to Homepage 6K+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags D -
Redirect 404 to Home Page – Custom URL 4K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B -
301 Redirects – Redirect Manager 300K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
All 404 Redirect to Homepage 200K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
404 to 301 – Redirect Manager, 404 Error Logs & Notifications 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/redirect-to-404" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="404 Redirect — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> 404 Redirect: 200+ active installs, 3.7★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/redirect-to-404