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All 404 Redirect to Homepage
A simple tool that might be inventing its own problems.
HealthyGrowing
65/100
Users like the simplicity but many report the plugin creates fake errors to drive sales.
Active installs
~250,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 200k+
Rating
4.1★
96 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+95%
Growing fast
578 → 1,126 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 · +95% in the last year
578/day a year ago→1,126/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayAll 404 Redirect to Homepage is a simple, zero-configuration plugin that works for many users out of the box, but is dogged by serious accusations of artificially generating 404 errors to push premium upgrades, persistent upsell prompts, and legitimate SEO concerns about blanket 404 redirection.
What people like
- +Works immediately with no setup or configuration required×2
- +Compatible with Nginx-based servers, unlike some alternatives
- +Solves the core 404 redirect problem reliably for some users×2
Common complaints
- −Multiple users accuse the plugin of artificially generating large volumes of fake 404 errors to pressure users into buying the premium version×3
- −Persistent, undismissable upsell prompts to upgrade to paid version×2
- −Redirecting all 404s to the homepage is bad SEO practice and can confuse search engines and visitors
- −Conflicts with Yoast SEO sitemaps, causing sitemap URLs to redirect to the homepage
- −Caused a site-breaking error for at least one user, requiring host-level removal
- −Contains a PHP undefined variable warning flagged by Query Monitor
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.09★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.10★
- 9%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-10-182025-02-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 96 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-04-12★★★★★Undefined variable $class_namekasthamaya
- 2026-01-22★★★★★Bad Practicekloddant
- 2025-03-13★★★★★Fixed My Lost Rankings on WordPress!Zeeshan Ahmed
- 2025-02-06★★★★★Too much bloatDennis
- 2024-12-20★★★★★Why not clean the logs?Gabriel
- 2024-08-27★★★★★Seems excellent !mjhvc
- 2023-12-12★★★★★It does exactly what it saysdanielepais
- 2023-11-13★★★★★Fake 404 errorsallenleyaouanc
- 2023-09-20★★★★★Did not work and made an errorChloe
- 2022-08-29★★★★★Intrusive premium messagealexio101
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to All 404 Redirect to Homepage
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.
1,015
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
1,066
Prior 7-day baseline
950
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
3,927
Mean release-day peak (30d)
1,112
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-4.8%
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.
11%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.63
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
74%
5★ share in analyzed sample
9%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.08 → 4.09★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered