10 Best Redirect Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Redirect has 5,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. 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 Redirect
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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.
Shares the redirect, redirection, redirects tags on WordPress.org. About 60 times the installs, last updated 22 days ago.
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5.0 (412) 100,000+ active installsRedirection
Shares the redirect, redirection, redirects tags on WordPress.org. About 20 times the installs, last updated May 8, 2026.
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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 redirect, redirection tags on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated July 26, 2026.
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Redirect 404 Error Page to Homepage or Custom Page with Logs
5.0 (45) 10,000+ active installsRedirect the 404 error page to the homepage or any other page with logs. Supports permanent (301), temporary (302) redirects & not found (404).
Shares the redirect, redirection tags on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, no update since March 18, 2025.
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4.6 (21) 5,000+ active installsA simple plugin designed to redirect an entire website (except the WordPress backend) to another website.
Shares the redirect, redirection tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since March 15, 2025.
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ThirstyAffiliates
Paid version availableThirstyAffiliates – Affiliate Links, Link Branding, Link Tracking & Marketing Plugin
4.6 (251) 30,000+ active installs🔗 Affiliate link management & cloaker tool. Easily manage, shrink and track your affiliate links in WordPress. 🔥
Shares the redirects tag on WordPress.org. About 6 times the installs, last updated 13 days ago.
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301 Redirects & 404 Error Log
4.6 (28) 30,000+ active installsCreate & manage 301 redirects. Easily test redirects. Includes 404 error log.
Shares the redirects tag on WordPress.org. About 6 times the installs, last updated 22 days ago.
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BetterLinks
Paid version availableBetterLinks – Link Shortener, Link Cloaking, Redirects, Affiliate Link Manager & MCP
4.8 (85) 20,000+ active installsShorten, cloak, redirect & track every link in WordPress. Branded short URLs, click analytics, affiliate links & MCP access for AI assistants.
Shares the redirects tag on WordPress.org. About 4 times the installs, last updated 15 days ago.
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4.2 (127) 30,000+ active installsBlocks unwanted visitors from accessing your frontend (blog pages) or backend (admin area) by countries or proxy servers.
Shares the redirection tag on WordPress.org. About 6 times the installs, last updated 5 days ago.
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4.3 (43) 7,000+ active installsRedirects visitors to a blog page or a predefined URL based on their country and region geolocated using IP address.
Shares the redirection tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 5 days ago.
Switching from Redirect: common questions
What is the best alternative to Redirect?
301 Redirects is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 300,000+ active installs with a 4.7 out of 5 rating.
Which Redirect alternative has the most users?
301 Redirects, with 300,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Redirect 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 Redirect 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 Redirect 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 Redirect 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 Redirect by the data we track, and 301 Redirects has the widest reach with 300,000+ active installs. IP2Location Redirection 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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