AMP for WP vs Redirection
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| Feature | AMP for WP v1.1.19 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.4/5 Visit Details | Redirection v5.10.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.4/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 70,000+ | 2M+ |
| Last updated | October 13, 2026 | September 19, 2026 |
| Editions | Accelerated Mobile Pages · AMP Pro Extension Manager ($) | Redirection |
| Pros | Generates AMP pages under an AMP endpoint; Design customiser and page builder for AMP layouts; Common analytics and GDPR options in the free core | Free, with no paid edition; Regular expression and conditional redirects; Logs 404 errors and can redirect changed permalinks |
| Cons | Large options screen with many settings to learn; Ads, forms and other extras need paid extensions; AMP output needs validation after theme or plugin changes | Adds its own database tables and logs that grow over time; Apache and Nginx module options need server-side setup; Large plugin with many screens for simple redirect needs |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| Features (SEO plugins checklist) | ||
| Schema markup | — | No |
| XML sitemaps | — | No |
| Redirects | — | Yes |
| Local SEO | — | No |
| WooCommerce | — | No |
| AI content | — | No |
| Free version | — | Yes |
| More features | ||
| Other features | AMP version of posts and pages, AMP design customiser, AMP page builder layouts, Related posts block on AMP pages, GDPR consent notice on AMP pages, Google Tag Manager option, Social icons on AMP pages, Upgrade to Pro and extension manager screens | Redirect manager with groups, Regular expression and conditional matches, 404 error logging, Automatic redirect on permalink change, Import and export of redirects, Apache and Nginx file modules |
| Integrations | ||
| Marketing | magazine3.company subscribe API | — |
| Analytics | Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics | — |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | Yoast SEO, Polylang | Yoast SEO, Simple 301 Redirects |
| Other | OpenSea API | WP CLI |
| Requires WordPress | 3.0 | 6.7 |
| Requires PHP | — | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | api.opensea.io, reduxframework.com, www.googleapis.com, cdn.ampproject.org, magazine3.company | — |
| Shortcodes | 11 | — |
| Custom tables | — | 4 |