WP SEO Redirect 301
by MMDeveloper · SEO
Also makes 9 other plugins · 1.4K+ installs across the portfolio →
WP-SEO-Redirect-301 is a WordPress plugin that remembers your old urls and redirects users to the updated url, to prevent 404s when urls change
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
D 50/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈250 estimated
Momentum
+42%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “301”, “redirect” and “seo” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
50 health vs 65 average across 2,230 SEO plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.4%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 52.8K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median SEO plugin keeps 1.2%, across 1,195 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other SEO plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.8.19.
Details
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
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1848 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.8.19; the current branch is 6.8
3.0★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 3.98★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1848 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 301 your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| redirect your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| seo your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| slug your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “301”, “redirect” and “seo” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 2.9K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow 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
5.1y ago
latest release · v2.3.2 · 11 Oct 2021
19
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 81% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 7 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 1 Apr 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ baldzius9.3y ago
no idea about this plugin This topic was modified 8 years, 11 months ago by baldzius. Reason: mixed up plugins
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ dominykaselite9.8y ago
Installed the plugin and activated it. Instantly crashed backend. Didn’t seem to affect the front end. Unless the plugin gets updated I recommend avoiding it and getting a more recently updated one. This topic was modified 9 years, 6 months ago by dominykaselite.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Shazzalive10.9y ago
Plugin hasn’t been updated in 7 months and doesn’t seem to work properly with WP 4.4. I’d ask the author to update or discontinue this plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ 31r.ru13.6y ago
It says “Sorry for the confusion but you must install and activate Tom M8te before you can use SEO Redirect 301s. Please go to Plugins/Add New and search/install the following plugin: Tom M8te” Now what is Tom M8te: “Tom M8te provides useful functions that you can use in your plugins. Such as a nice function for adding social share links and database manipulation functions. The social links link to Facebook and Twitter share links.” bs
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ MMDeveloper13.6y ago
Continue the good work.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mpromp213.8y ago
I messed up my permalinks when I reinstalled wordpress. When I did that I was only getting 404 redirects….I hated that. I wanted people to get to the original content and this plugin fixed it. Other plugins want you to enter the each rediect……too much work!! This plugin works!!
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (2.3.2). Sites still on an older version should update.
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
3 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "WP-SEO-Redirect-301 is a WordPress plugin that remembers your old urls and redirects users to the updated u..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,172 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 4 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-03-29 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-03-27 200+ → 300+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-03-24 300+ → 200+ down after 553 days in tier
- 2024-09-17 400+ → 300+ down after 253 days in tier
- 2024-01-08 500+ → 400+ down after 239 days in tier
- 2023-05-14 600+ → 500+ down after 200 days in tier
- 2022-10-26 700+ → 600+ down after 11 days in tier
- 2022-10-15 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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WP 404 Auto Redirect to Similar Post 30K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags B -
Simple Page Redirect 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A -
All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) 2M+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Redirection 2M+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Redirection 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A
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