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Simple Website Redirect — WordPress Redirect Plugin

by Micah Wood · WordPress.org page · Website

v1.3.2 Tested up to WP 6.7.7 PHP 7.4+

Simple Website Redirect has 5,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 165,159 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on March 15, 2025, tested up to WordPress 6.7.7.

Simple Website Redirect at a glance

Active installs
5,000+
Total downloads
165,159
Downloads, last 30 days
–
available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
–
tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Simple Website Redirect well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Behind
tested up to WordPress 6.7.7, not yet with the current 7.1
One-star reviews
10%
2 of 21 reviews on WordPress.org

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.

All reviews
4.6 out of 5

21 reviews

5★
18
4★
1
3★
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1★
2

  • 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

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 #44 by tag, #79 in search #37 –

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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

More from Micah Wood

Version
1.3.2
Last updated
Mar 15, 2025
First published
Feb 6, 2018
Requires WordPress
4.7
Tested up to
6.7.7
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 September 7, 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 #37 in the WordPress.org Redirect Plugins ranking.