AIOSEO - IndexNow vs Redirection
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| Feature | AIOSEO - IndexNow v1.0.13 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid 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 | — | 2M+ |
| Last updated | — | September 19, 2026 |
| Editions | AIOSEO - IndexNow ($) | Redirection |
| Pros | Pings IndexNow automatically on post and term changes; Key verification file served by the plugin; Uses the official IndexNow endpoint | Free, with no paid edition; Regular expression and conditional redirects; Logs 404 errors and can redirect changed permalinks |
| Cons | Requires All in One SEO Pro with an active licence; Useful only for search engines that accept IndexNow; Addon must be included in the licence plan | Adds its own database tables and logs that grow over time; Apache and Nginx module options need server-side setup; Large plugin with many screens for simple redirect needs |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 1 |
| Features (SEO plugins checklist) | ||
| Schema markup | — | No |
| XML sitemaps | — | No |
| Redirects | — | Yes |
| Local SEO | — | No |
| WooCommerce | — | No |
| AI content | — | No |
| Free version | — | Yes |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Pings IndexNow when posts are saved, trashed or deleted ($), Pings IndexNow when terms are created, edited or deleted ($), Serves the IndexNow key verification file ($), Generates and returns the IndexNow API key over REST ($), Settings export, import and reset ($) | 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 | ||
| Plugins | All in One SEO Pro ($) | Yoast SEO, Simple 301 Redirects |
| Other | IndexNow | WP CLI |
| Requires WordPress | — | 6.7 |
| Requires PHP | — | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | — | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | api.indexnow.org, aioseo.com | — |
| Custom tables | — | 4 |