Redirection vs Yoast SEO: WooCommerce
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| Feature | Redirection v5.10.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.4/5 Visit Details | Yoast SEO: WooCommerce v16.9 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 2M+ | — |
| Last updated | September 19, 2026 | — |
| Editions | Redirection | Yoast SEO: WooCommerce |
| Pros | Free, with no paid edition; Regular expression and conditional redirects; Logs 404 errors and can redirect changed permalinks | Adds Product schema and product social tags; Puts product images into the XML sitemap; Works with Yoast SEO's existing settings screens |
| 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 both Yoast SEO and WooCommerce active; Only covers SEO output, not product content or layout; Pinterest and Slack data are limited to what the templates expose |
| 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 | Yes |
| AI content | No | 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 | Product schema for WooCommerce products, Open Graph tags for products, Twitter card tags for products, Pinterest product availability data, Product images in the XML sitemap, Enhanced Slack link previews for products |
| Integrations | ||
| Social | — | |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | Yoast SEO, Simple 301 Redirects | Yoast SEO |
| Other | WP CLI | Slack |
| Requires WordPress | 6.7 | 6.9 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | — |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| Custom tables | 4 | — |