Redirection vs Structured Content
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| Feature | Redirection v5.10.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.4/5 Visit Details | Structured Content v1.7.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.6/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 2M+ | 30,000+ |
| Last updated | September 19, 2026 | July 26, 2025 |
| Editions | Redirection | Structured Content |
| Pros | Free, with no paid edition; Regular expression and conditional redirects; Logs 404 errors and can redirect changed permalinks | Schema output for FAQ, job, event, course and recipe content; LocalBusiness markup through a shortcode; Free, with no settings screen to learn |
| 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 | Covers only specific content types, not site-wide schema; No sitemaps, redirects or WooCommerce support; Content editors must insert the shortcodes or blocks |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| Features (SEO plugins checklist) | ||
| Schema markup | No | Yes |
| XML sitemaps | No | No |
| Redirects | Yes | No |
| Local SEO | No | Yes |
| 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 | FAQ and multi-FAQ output with FAQPage data, Job posting markup, Event and person markup, Profile page and course markup, Recipe markup, Block editor blocks for the content types |
| Integrations | ||
| Plugins | Yoast SEO, Simple 301 Redirects | — |
| Other | WP CLI | — |
| Requires WordPress | 6.7 | 7.3 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 6.8.2 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| Shortcodes | — | 9 |
| Custom tables | 4 | — |