Redirection vs Weglot
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| Feature | Redirection v5.10.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.4/5 Visit Details | Weglot v6.4.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 2M+ | — |
| Last updated | September 19, 2026 | — |
| Editions | Redirection | Weglot Translate |
| Pros | Free, with no paid edition; Regular expression and conditional redirects; Logs 404 errors and can redirect changed permalinks | Hosted AI translation with review in a visual editor; Language-specific URLs and hreflang tags for search; WooCommerce and Divi handling built in |
| 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 Weglot account and the hosted translation service; Visual editor and language limits depend on the account plan; Page content is sent to the Weglot API for translation |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 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 | Automatic hreflang tags, Language switcher block, Language switcher widget, Language switcher shortcode, REST endpoint to purge translation cache, Webhooks from the Weglot service |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads |
| Plugins | Yoast SEO, Simple 301 Redirects | Yoast SEO, WPForms, Gravity Forms, Divi |
| Other | WP CLI | Weglot API |
| Requires WordPress | 6.7 | 5.9 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | — | proxy.weglot.com, api.weglot.com, api.weglot.dev, api.weglot.us, cdn.weglot.com, cdn-api-weglot.com, cdn-api-weglot.dev |
| Blocks | — | 2 |
| Shortcodes | — | 1 |
| Custom tables | 4 | — |