Redirection vs CTX Feed
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| Feature | Redirection v5.10.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.4/5 Visit Details | CTX Feed v8.0.40 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.6/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 2M+ | 90,000+ |
| Last updated | September 19, 2026 | October 22, 2026 |
| Editions | Redirection | CTX Feed · CTXFeed Pro ($) |
| Pros | Free, with no paid edition; Regular expression and conditional redirects; Logs 404 errors and can redirect changed permalinks | Channel templates for many shopping platforms; Five export formats: XML, CSV, TSV, JSON, TXT; Yoast SEO fields can be mapped into feeds |
| Cons | Adds its own database tables and logs that grow over time; Apache and Nginx module options need server-side setup; Large plugin with many screens for simple redirect needs | Subscriptions, bundles and multilingual need the Pro add-on; Free and Pro versions must be updated together; Several integrations are listed as Pro-only in the readme |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | — |
| Features (SEO plugins checklist) | ||
| Schema markup | No | — |
| XML sitemaps | No | — |
| Redirects | Yes | — |
| Local SEO | No | — |
| WooCommerce | No | — |
| AI content | No | — |
| Free version | Yes | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Redirect manager with groups, Regular expression and conditional matches, 404 error logging, Automatic redirect on permalink change, Import and export of redirects, Apache and Nginx file modules | Feed templates for shopping channels, XML, CSV, TSV, JSON and TXT output, Product attribute mapping per channel, Yoast SEO fields in feed mapping, Multilingual feeds with WPML and Polylang ($), Pro feature gates ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Analytics | — | WebAppick usage tracking (Appsero-based) |
| Plugins | Yoast SEO, Simple 301 Redirects | Yoast SEO, WPML ($), Polylang ($) |
| Other | WP CLI | WordPress.org plugin API, WebAppick store API |
| Requires WordPress | 6.7 | 6.2 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | — | webappick.com, icanhazip.com, api.wordpress.org |
| Custom tables | 4 | — |