Site Kit by Google vs Safe Redirect Manager
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| Feature | Site Kit by Google v1.190.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.2/5 Visit Details | Safe Redirect Manager v2.3.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 5M+ | 40,000+ |
| Last updated | October 19, 2026 | September 20, 2026 |
| Editions | Site Kit by Google | Safe Redirect Manager |
| Pros | Single dashboard for Google services; Search Console, Analytics 4 and PageSpeed Insights in wp-admin; Free and maintained by Google | Redirects stored as a custom post type, easy to export; Regex matching, status codes and forced HTTPS per rule; Redirect-loop check and WP-CLI commands |
| Cons | Needs a Google account and access to each connected service; Telemetry is off until the user opts in; Several modules add scripts and requests to Google services on the site | Requires WordPress 6.9 or newer and PHP 7.4 or newer; Redirect rules are custom posts, so they sit in the posts table; Regex rules run on every front-end request that reaches redirect matching |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Analytics 4 reports and setup, Search Console data in the dashboard, PageSpeed Insights results, AdSense module, Tag Manager setup, Site verification with Google, Email reports to site users, Google consent mode support | Redirects stored as the redirect_rule custom post type, Regex redirect matching, Redirect status codes including 4xx, Force HTTPS per rule, CSV import and export, Redirect loop detection, Redirect chain alert in the admin, Maximum redirect count check, WP-CLI commands for redirects |
| Integrations | ||
| Marketing | Google AdSense, Google Ads | — |
| Analytics | Google Analytics 4, Google Tag Manager | — |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Other | Google Search Console | — |
| Requires WordPress | 5.2 | 6.9 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | No |
| External services | mandrillapp.com, api.telegram.org, maker.ifttt.com, api.sendgrid.com, www.googleapis.com, www.gstatic.com, cloud.google.com, iamcredentials.googleapis.com, iamcredentials.universe, cloudresourcemanager.universe, sitekit-static.withgoogle.com, storage.googleapis.com, sitekit.withgoogle.com, site-kit-dev.appspot.com, site-kit-local.appspot.com, wordpress.org, newsite.com | — |
| Blocks | 3 | — |
| Shortcodes | 1 | — |