Redirection vs Safe Redirect Manager
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| Feature | Redirection v5.10.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.4/5 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 | 2M+ | 40,000+ |
| Last updated | September 19, 2026 | September 20, 2026 |
| Editions | Redirection | Safe Redirect Manager |
| Pros | Free, with no paid edition; Regular expression and conditional redirects; Logs 404 errors and can redirect changed permalinks | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | ||
| Plugins | Yoast SEO, Simple 301 Redirects | — |
| Other | WP CLI | — |
| Requires WordPress | 6.7 | 6.9 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| Custom tables | 4 | — |