10 Best 404 to 301 Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
404 to 301 sits at #8 in the WordPress.org Redirect Plugins ranking. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to 404 to 301
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301 Redirects
Closest match301 Redirects – Redirect Manager
4.7 (578) 300,000+ active installsManage 301 & 302 redirects. Simple redirection & redirects validation. Includes redirect stats & 404 error log.
#2 in the WordPress.org Redirect Plugins ranking. About 3 times the installs, last updated 22 days ago.
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4.1 (96) 200,000+ active installsUsing this plugin, you can fix all 404 error links by redirecting them to homepage using the SEO 301 redirection. Improve your SEO rank & pages speed
#5 in the WordPress.org Redirect Plugins ranking. About 2 times the installs, rated 4.1 against 4.7, last updated 17 days ago.
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5.0 (412) 100,000+ active installsRedirection
#7 in the WordPress.org Redirect Plugins ranking. A similar number of installs, rated 5.0 against 4.7, last updated May 8, 2026.
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Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings
4.8 (7,498) 4 million+ active installsGrow your organic traffic and AI visibility with powerful SEO tools, XML sitemaps, Schema automation, and built-in AI SEO, all in one place.
#6 in the WordPress.org Redirect Plugins ranking. About 40 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.7, last updated 7 days ago.
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4.6 (23) 60,000+ active installsRedirect 404 missing pages to the homepage using SEO 301 redirection. Super lightweight!
#9 in the WordPress.org Redirect Plugins ranking. About half the installs, last updated 12 days ago.
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4.4 (703) 2 million+ active installsManage 301 redirects, track 404 errors, and improve your site. No knowledge of Apache or Nginx required.
#3 in the WordPress.org Redirect Plugins ranking. About 20 times the installs, rated 4.4 against 4.7, last updated 9 days ago.
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SEO Redirection Plugin – 301 Redirect Manager
4.3 (73) 10,000+ active installsManage 301, 302, and 307 redirects from inside WordPress — no .htaccess needed. Track 404 errors, fix broken links, and protect your SEO.
Shares the 301 redirect, redirect manager, redirection tags on WordPress.org. 10,000+ installs against 100,000+, rated 4.3 against 4.7, last updated July 26, 2026.
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4.3 (31) 10,000+ active installsRedirect any post or page — with a native block or a classic shortcode. Optional delay. Optional "redirecting" message. Zero configuration.
#10 in the WordPress.org Redirect Plugins ranking. 10,000+ installs against 100,000+, last updated 13 days ago.
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4.7 (275) 200,000+ active installsRedirect to any page or URL, execute scripts after submission, save data to the database, and unlock additional submission actions for Contact Form 7.
#4 in the WordPress.org Redirect Plugins ranking. About 2 times the installs, last updated 5 days ago.
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4.7 (78) 40,000+ active installsSafely manage your website's HTTP redirects.
Shares the redirect manager tag on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, last updated 6 days ago.
404 to 301 against each of them
Head to head on installs, ratings, reviews and updates. Each measure names its own leader; there is no overall winner.
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404 to 301 vs 301 Redirects100,000+ vs 300,000+ installs · 4.7 vs 4.7
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404 to 301 vs All 404 Redirect to Homepage100,000+ vs 200,000+ installs · 4.7 vs 4.1
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404 to 301 vs Redirection100,000+ vs 100,000+ installs · 4.7 vs 5.0
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404 to 301 vs Rank Math SEO100,000+ vs 4 million+ installs · 4.7 vs 4.8
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404 to 301 vs Redirect 404 to Homepage100,000+ vs 60,000+ installs · 4.7 vs 4.6
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404 to 301 vs Redirection100,000+ vs 2 million+ installs · 4.7 vs 4.4
Switching from 404 to 301: common questions
What is the best alternative to 404 to 301?
301 Redirects is the closest match: it shares the Redirect Plugins top 10 with 404 to 301 and has 300,000+ active installs with a 4.7 out of 5 rating.
Which 404 to 301 alternative has the most users?
Rank Math SEO, with 4 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which 404 to 301 alternative is rated highest?
Redirection, rated 5.0 out of 5 by 412 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these 404 to 301 alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with 404 to 301 score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against 404 to 301 on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
301 Redirects is the closest match to 404 to 301 by the data we track, and Rank Math SEO has the widest reach with 4 million+ active installs. Redirection for Contact Form 7 shipped the most recent release, on September 2, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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