71
Go Live Update Urls
Quick domain shifts that might leave your posts behind.
HealthyDeclining
71/100
The plugin works for basic migrations but the free version lacks promised depth.
Active installs
~85,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 80k+
Rating
4.5★
59 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-39%
Declining fast
407 → 249 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORdownloads down 39% vs a year ago
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
Declining fast · -39% in the last year
407/day a year ago→249/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayGo Live Update Urls is well-regarded as a fast, easy-to-use tool for migrating WordPress sites to a new domain, though a small number of users report it failing to update internal page-to-page links or producing unexplained errors with no useful output.
What people like
- +Reliably updates URLs across the database during domain migrations, saving significant manual effort×8
- +Fast and easy to use — minimal input required to complete a migration×4
- +Pro version praised for more thorough coverage across all database tables×2
Common complaints
- −Fails to update internal page-to-page links in some cases, leaving localhost or old URLs intact and requiring manual fixes×2
- −Error messages are unhelpful — one user reported two error types with no actionable output and uncertainty about whether the site was broken
- −Some users note the free version does not handle URLs embedded in pages/posts, contrary to advertised behavior
- −Manual steps still needed in certain setups (e.g., subdirectory installs require separate .htaccess and folder name changes)
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.45★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.50★
- 7%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 40% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-10-182025-02-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 59 total
Latest reviews · 59 analyzed
- 2025-05-17★★★★★works like a charmoriander
- 2024-06-10★★★★★magnificent jobthierry26
- 2024-02-25★★★★★Simply great!JMFDCV
- 2024-02-16★★★★★Fixed my site with the free versiontouchingdoodles1-shot
- 2023-10-09★★★★★works greatBehrouz
- 2023-02-14★★★★★Perfect 👌Jesús Cortés
- 2022-12-13★★★★★Perfect, Awesome, Incredible plug – in….dglite
- 2022-12-02★★★★★Good JobGeorgie
- 2022-07-31★★★★★Good pluginmanuwp09
- 2022-07-14★★★★★Didnt work.websiteowner111
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor 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.
249
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
248
Prior 7-day baseline
714
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
4,331
Mean release-day peak (30d)
698
Latest day · 2026-06-03(spike)
+0.4%
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.
40%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.87
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
81%
5★ share in analyzed sample
7%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.49 → 4.45★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered