Migrate Guru vs Redirection
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| Feature | Migrate Guru v6.72 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.9/5 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 | 200,000+ | 2M+ |
| Last updated | August 28, 2026 | September 19, 2026 |
| Editions | Migrate Guru | Redirection |
| Pros | Guided one-click migration or clone; Handles URL rewriting and serialised data; Recovery and white-label options | Free, with no paid edition; Regular expression and conditional redirects; Logs 404 errors and can redirect changed permalinks |
| Cons | Site data is processed on the vendor's servers; Sends site details to the vendor on activation and deactivation; Depends on the vendor service being available | 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 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | One-click migration or clone through the vendor service, File and database transfer, Site recovery, WP-CLI commands, White-label login and plugin listing, Migration page in the WordPress admin | 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 | Elementor | Yoast SEO, Simple 301 Redirects |
| Other | Migrate Guru service | WP CLI |
| Requires WordPress | 4.0 | 6.7 |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Yes | No |
| External services | mg.blogvault.net, fonts.googleapis.com | — |
| Custom tables | — | 4 |