Redirection vs Sitemap Generator
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| Feature | Redirection v5.10.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.4/5 Visit Details | Sitemap Generator v1.8.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 3.7/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 2M+ | 3,000+ |
| Last updated | September 19, 2026 | August 17, 2026 |
| Editions | Redirection | Sitemap Generator · Sitemap Generator Pro ($) |
| Pros | Free, with no paid edition; Regular expression and conditional redirects; Logs 404 errors and can redirect changed permalinks | Crawl runs on an external service, not on your server; Works with any plugin or theme because it crawls the public pages; Free for sites up to 500 URLs |
| Cons | Adds its own database tables and logs that grow over time; Apache and Nginx module options need server-side setup; Large plugin with many screens for simple redirect needs | Free version stops at 500 URLs; Image and video sitemaps need the paid token; Sends the site address to an external service to crawl it |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| Features (SEO plugins checklist) | ||
| Schema markup | No | No |
| XML sitemaps | No | Yes |
| Redirects | Yes | No |
| Local SEO | No | No |
| WooCommerce | No | No |
| AI content | No | No |
| Free version | Yes | Yes |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Redirect manager with groups, Regular expression and conditional matches, 404 error logging, Automatic redirect on permalink change, Import and export of redirects, Apache and Nginx file modules | Sitemap built by an external crawler, Sitemap generator admin page, Crawl settings such as fetchers and embedded content, Remove query parameters from URLs, Image sitemaps ($), Video sitemaps for HTML5 and YouTube ($), Pro token for larger sites and media sitemaps ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Plugins | Yoast SEO, Simple 301 Redirects | — |
| Other | WP CLI | — |
| Requires WordPress | 6.7 | 4.7 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | — | api.marcobeierer.com |
| Custom tables | 4 | — |