88
404 to 301 – Redirect, Log and Notify 404 Errors
Reliable SEO redirects that might occasionally flood your inbox.
HealthyGrowing
88/100
The plugin provides reliable redirects but sometimes sends too many emails.
Active installs
~150,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 100k+
Rating
4.7★
309 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+117%
Growing fast
110 → 239 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +117% in the last year
110/day a year ago→239/day today
Reviews
what people actually say404 to 301 is a well-regarded, long-standing plugin for handling 404 errors with minimal setup, though at least one user has reported a sudden onset of erratic email notifications that forced them to disable it.
What people like
- +Reliable and works as expected over long periods of time×5
- +Easy to set up and use×3
- +Supports custom redirect URLs
Common complaints
- −Can suddenly start sending excessive, nonsensical 404 notification emails
- −Error log may stop updating, leaving the log stale and incomplete
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.72★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.70★
- 18%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-08-192025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 309 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-06-01★★★★★Great Pluginhassanseo19921-shot
- 2026-02-25★★★★★Worked so wellTimothy J. Hitchens
- 2026-01-25★★★★★Great plugin!lbazso
- 2025-11-18★★★★★Very helpful!roger7
- 2025-10-20★★★★★Ben fattotanogabo
- 2025-08-30★★★★★Works goodPhotos On The Road
- 2025-08-20★★★★★Works greatppoints
- 2025-07-30★★★★★Excellent 404 pages generatorKenia Valverde
- 2025-05-31★★★★★Good jobtomor
- 2025-05-22★★★★★Great plugingadmt
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to 404 to 301
Top Redirects plugins, ranked by score.For developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
187
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
245
Prior 7-day baseline
161
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
289
Mean release-day peak (30d)
187
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-23.7%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
12%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.04
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
92%
5★ share in analyzed sample
18%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-40%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.74 → 4.72★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered