Redirection vs WP Recipe Maker
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| Feature | Redirection v5.10.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.4/5 Visit Details | WP Recipe Maker v10.9.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 5.0/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 2M+ | 50,000+ |
| Last updated | September 19, 2026 | October 15, 2026 |
| Editions | Redirection | WP Recipe Maker · WP Recipe Maker Premium ($) |
| Pros | Free, with no paid edition; Regular expression and conditional redirects; Logs 404 errors and can redirect changed permalinks | Recipe and how-to JSON-LD for search results; Block, shortcode and Elementor support; Imports recipes from other recipe plugins |
| Cons | Adds its own database tables and logs that grow over time; Apache and Nginx module options need server-side setup; Large plugin with many screens for simple redirect needs | Many features need the Premium add-on; Large admin and REST surface for a single plugin; Instacart and video lookups call vendor or Google services |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| Features (SEO plugins checklist) | ||
| Schema markup | No | — |
| XML sitemaps | No | — |
| Redirects | Yes | — |
| Local SEO | No | — |
| WooCommerce | No | — |
| AI content | No | — |
| Free version | Yes | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Redirect manager with groups, Regular expression and conditional matches, 404 error logging, Automatic redirect on permalink change, Import and export of redirects, Apache and Nginx file modules | Recipe and how-to JSON-LD metadata, User ratings for recipes, Recipe, list, nutrition and jump-to blocks, Elementor widgets and controls, Import recipes from other plugins, Visual recipe template editor, Recipe interaction tracking stored locally, Premium-only features switched on by the addon filter ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Social | — | YouTube Data API, Vimeo oEmbed |
| E-commerce | — | Instacart |
| Plugins | Yoast SEO, Simple 301 Redirects | Yoast SEO, Elementor |
| Other | WP CLI | — |
| Requires WordPress | 6.7 | 6.6 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.2 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | — | bootstrapped.ventures, proxy.bootstrapped.ventures, youtube.googleapis.com, vimeo.com |
| Blocks | — | 9 |
| Shortcodes | — | 19 |
| Custom tables | 4 | — |