Simple Website Redirect — WordPress Redirect Plugin
by Micah Wood · WordPress.org page · Website
Simple Website Redirect has 5,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 166,553 downloads all time. It was downloaded 967 times in the last 30 days. The last update was on March 15, 2025, tested up to WordPress 6.7.10.
Simple Website Redirect at a glance
Is Simple Website Redirect well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- Install the plugin
- Activate the plugin
- Go to ‘Settings’ in the WordPress admin menu and then click on ‘Website Redirect’
- Enter the URL you want to redirect the site to, set the desired redirection type, set the status to ‘Enabled’ and save your changes!
Simple Website Redirect reviews and ratings
21 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
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Simple and effective
Just need a plugin just to redirect the old links to the new domain. Needed 5 mins to do all and works fine
apuliabikeroute -
Perfect
Work perfectly is easy to set up and is the best tool if you need to redirect the whole website.
blunoa -
Works Perfectly!
This was a really simple option to change domains of a website while waiting on DNS updates and domain transfers!
YaegerDesign -
Excellent plugin
Simple, easy to use and ready to go! Congrats!
soulcommerce -
Blocks WP-CLI
I'm running the plugin in a multisite deployment. Currently main site redirected into another using the plugin. However, we can not run any wp-cli command while plugin enabled.
tkaprol -
super simple ....
super simple .... and very ...... just simple ....... good job dev.
aaronmspelling
Download and install history
1,439 downloads over the last 48 days. Snapshots taken daily from WordPress.org.
Where Simple Website Redirect ranks on WordPress.org
The rankings we track that Simple Website Redirect appears in, and how its position changed over 30 days.
| Ranking | WordPress.org placement | Position | 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Redirect Plugins | #46 by tag, #91 in search | #39 | ▼2 |
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Details
A simple plugin designed to redirect an entire website (except the WordPress backend) to another website.
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Rankings Simple Website Redirect competes in
Tags
- forward
- forwarding
- redirect
- redirection
- website
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- Version
- 1.3.2
- Last updated
- Mar 15, 2025
- First published
- Feb 6, 2018
- Requires WordPress
- 4.7
- Tested up to
- 6.7.10
- Requires PHP
- 7.4
- Pricing
- Free on WordPress.org
Simple Website Redirect FAQ
What does Simple Website Redirect do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, Simple Website Redirect offers Install the plugin, Activate the plugin, Go to ‘Settings’ in the WordPress admin menu and then click on ‘Website Redirect’ and Enter the URL you want to redirect the site to, set the desired redirection type, set the status to ‘Enabled’ and save your changes!.
How many active installs does Simple Website Redirect have?
WordPress.org reports 5,000+ active installs for Simple Website Redirect as of October 22, 2026.
Is Simple Website Redirect still maintained?
The last release was on March 15, 2025, more than a year ago. WordPress.org shows a warning on plugins that go this long without an update.
Is Simple Website Redirect free?
Simple Website Redirect is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.
Where does Simple Website Redirect rank among Redirect Plugins?
Simple Website Redirect is #39 in the WordPress.org Redirect Plugins ranking.