Redirection vs REVIEWS.io for WooCommerce
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| Feature | Redirection v5.10.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.4/5 Visit Details | REVIEWS.io for WooCommerce v1.5.8 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 2.3/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 2M+ | 1,000+ |
| Last updated | September 19, 2026 | September 2, 2026 |
| Editions | Redirection | REVIEWS.io for WooCommerce |
| Pros | Free, with no paid edition; Regular expression and conditional redirects; Logs 404 errors and can redirect changed permalinks | Product review tab, stars and rich-snippet data on WooCommerce pages; Several review widgets, including carousel and floating widget; Elementor widgets and Yoast product schema coordination |
| Cons | 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 | Needs a REVIEWS.io account on a monthly plan; Completed orders and product feeds are sent to the vendor's API; Loads scripts and styles from the vendor's servers on storefront pages |
| 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 | 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 | Product review tab on single product pages, Rating snippet shortcode and block, Rich snippet JSON-LD from the vendor API, Completed orders sent to REVIEWS.io for review requests, Scheduled product feed sync, Floating review widget, Survey widget in the footer, Carousel widget shortcode, Elementor product reviews widgets, REVIEWS.io settings page under Settings |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | Yoast SEO, Simple 301 Redirects | Elementor, Yoast SEO |
| Other | WP CLI | REVIEWS.io API ($) |
| Requires WordPress | 6.7 | — |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 6.7 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | — | widget.reviews.io, assets.reviews.io, api.reviews.io, api.reviews.co.uk, cdn.jsdelivr.net |
| Shortcodes | — | 9 |
| Custom tables | 4 | — |