Redirection vs Yoast SEO: News
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| Feature | Redirection v5.10.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.4/5 Visit Details | Yoast SEO: News v12.6 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid Visit Details |
|---|---|---|
| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 2M+ | — |
| Last updated | September 19, 2026 | — |
| Editions | Redirection | Yoast SEO: News ($) |
| Pros | Free, with no paid edition; Regular expression and conditional redirects; Logs 404 errors and can redirect changed permalinks | Adds NewsArticle schema for posts; Generates a Google News XML sitemap; Googlebot-News noindex control per post |
| Cons | Adds its own database tables and logs that grow over time; Apache and Nginx module options need server-side setup; Large plugin with many screens for simple redirect needs | Needs Yoast SEO installed and active; Paid licence needed for updates; Only useful for sites that publish news content |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | — |
| Features (SEO plugins checklist) | ||
| Schema markup | No | Yes |
| XML sitemaps | No | Yes |
| Redirects | Yes | No |
| Local SEO | No | No |
| WooCommerce | No | No |
| AI content | No | No |
| Free version | Yes | No |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Redirect manager with groups, Regular expression and conditional matches, 404 error logging, Automatic redirect on permalink change, Import and export of redirects, Apache and Nginx file modules | Google News XML sitemap ($), NewsArticle schema on posts ($), Googlebot-News noindex tag per post ($), Licence key and updates through Yoast ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Plugins | Yoast SEO, Simple 301 Redirects | Yoast SEO |
| Other | WP CLI | Yoast licence server ($) |
| Requires WordPress | 6.7 | 5.4 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 5.6.20 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 5.5 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | — | my.yoast.com |
| Custom tables | 4 | — |