Grade A

Attachment Pages Redirect

Name: Attachment Pages Redirect
Rating: 4.9 (47 reviews)
Author: Samuel Aguilera

⤓ Download v1.1.2 on WordPress.org ↗

by Samuel Aguileraupdated 2026-01-16💎The Hidden Gem

Zero configuration redirects that might occasionally break.

HealthyGrowing

82/100

The plugin offers effortless redirects but some users report it occasionally stops working.

Loved30/40

Trustworthy13/15

Fair & Honest15/15

Maintained15/18

Momentum9/12

✂️

You might not need this plugin. Its core job is small enough to live in your theme's functions.php.

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add_action( 'template_redirect', function () {
    if ( ! is_attachment() ) {
        return;
    }

    $post        = get_post();
    $parent_id   = $post ? $post->post_parent : 0;
    $parent_post = $parent_id ? get_post( $parent_id ) : null;

    if ( $parent_post && $parent_post->post_status === 'publish' ) {
        // Parent exists and is published: 301 to parent post.
        wp_redirect( get_permalink( $parent_post ), 301 );
        exit;
    } elseif ( ! $parent_post || $parent_post->post_status === 'trash' ) {
        // Parent is trashed or never existed: 404 to avoid redirect loops.
        global $wp_query;
        $wp_query->set_404();
        status_header( 404 );
        return;
    } else {
        // Parent deleted from trash (no post record): 302 to home.
        wp_redirect( home_url( '/' ), 302 );
        exit;
    }
} );

Keep in mind:The snippet treats a missing parent record as a 404 rather than a 302; adjust the else branch to wp_redirect home if you prefer the plugin's exact behaviour for fully deleted parents.

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Active installs

~25,000

our estimate · wp.org shows 20k+

→ on track for 30k+in ~1.9 years

Rating

4.9★

47 ratings

Trend · vs a year ago

+10%

Growing

15 → 16 installs/day

Downloads over time

real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend

2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03

organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median

Growing · +10% in the last year

15/day a year ago→16/day today

Reviews

what people actually say

Attachment Pages Redirect is a well-regarded, no-configuration plugin that reliably redirects attachment pages, though at least one user reports it has stopped working entirely.

What people like

+Works out of the box with no setup or configuration required×5
+Solves the attachment page problem effectively, improving site engagement for visitors arriving from image search×2

Common complaints

−At least one user reports the plugin has stopped working

Review trustMostly organic

4.88★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.90★
15%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
past spikeReview timing — up to 100% of all reviews landed in a single month

Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower

2024-07-142025-07-092026-06-04

5★ reviews1–4★ reviews

All-time ratings · 47 total

5★

4★

3★

2★

1★

Latest reviews · 47 analyzed

2024-06-20★★★★★Great!sailboats25
2023-04-22★★★★★Perfect robegb
2023-01-11★★★★★Works immediately Joey
2022-12-03★★★★★Sorry this is not working anymore metaeditor
2022-03-13★★★★★The Best only.dikasparaandroid
2021-09-20★★★★★It just works jplew1-shot
2021-07-24★★★★★Brilliant Twinky9
2021-05-16★★★★★Super Helpful! Thank You Samuel masudsuhail1-shot
2020-07-07★★★★★Perfect !cheesemaker67
2020-02-04★★★★★Just best!feeel

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2026-01-16v1.1.2
2020-04-26v1.1.1
2019-06-15v1.1
2017-03-05v1.0

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For developers & the curious

the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary above

Download 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.

Baseline · median of last 7 organic days

Prior 7-day baseline

Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days

Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)

-22.2%

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.

100%

Max month share · biggest single 30-day window

4.80

Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty

96%

5★ share in analyzed sample

15%

Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity

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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

4.89 → 4.88★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered