Rank Math vs Safe Redirect Manager
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| Feature | Rank Math v1.0.280 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 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 | 4M+ | 40,000+ |
| Last updated | October 6, 2026 | September 20, 2026 |
| Editions | Rank Math SEO · Rank Math SEO PRO ($) | Safe Redirect Manager |
| Pros | Sitemaps, schema, redirects and robots.txt in one plugin; On-page SEO analysis and 404 monitoring included; Google Search Console and IndexNow connections built in | Redirects stored as a custom post type, easy to export; Regex matching, status codes and forced HTTPS per rule; Redirect-loop check and WP-CLI commands |
| Cons | Content AI needs service credits; Pro features and some modules are upsold in admin | Requires WordPress 6.9 or newer and PHP 7.4 or newer; Redirect rules are custom posts, so they sit in the posts table; Regex rules run on every front-end request that reaches redirect matching |
| Mentioned in our posts | 2 | — |
| Features (SEO plugins checklist) | ||
| Schema markup | Yes | — |
| XML sitemaps | Yes | — |
| Redirects | Yes | — |
| Local SEO | Yes | — |
| WooCommerce | Yes | — |
| AI content | Paid | — |
| Free version | Yes | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | robots.txt editor, llms.txt generator, Image SEO options, 404 monitor, On-page SEO analysis, IndexNow instant indexing, Google Analytics and Search Console reports, Content AI with credits ($), Role manager for SEO capabilities | 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 | ||
| Analytics | Google Search Console, Google Analytics | — |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | Advanced Custom Fields, BuddyPress | — |
| Other | IndexNow, Content AI service ($) | — |
| Requires WordPress | 6.7 | 6.9 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | No |
| External services | rankmath.com, cai.rankmath.com, ai-visibility.rankmath.com, api.indexnow.org, plugins.svn.wordpress.org, api.wordpress.org, searchconsole.googleapis.com, analyticsadmin.googleapis.com, graph.facebook.com, cdn.mxpnl.com, analyticsdata.googleapis.com | — |
| Blocks | 5 | — |
| Shortcodes | 12 | — |
| Custom tables | 1 | — |