Grade A

Shortcode Redirect

Name: Shortcode Redirect
Rating: 4.4 (31 reviews)
Author: cartpauj

⤓ Download v1.1.2 on WordPress.org ↗

by cartpaujupdated 2026-05-28🌟The Rising Star

A tiny tool for quick redirects without the bloat.

HealthyGrowing

87/100

This simple tool handles basic redirects well. It lacks advanced features like opening links in new tabs.

Loved28/40

Trustworthy14/15

Fair & Honest15/15

Maintained18/18

Momentum12/12

✂️

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

Show the snippet

add_shortcode( 'redirect', function( $atts ) {
    $atts = shortcode_atts(
        [ 'url' => '', 'sec' => 0, 'show_message' => 'true' ],
        $atts,
        'redirect'
    );

    $url = esc_url( $atts['url'] );
    $sec = max( 0, (int) $atts['sec'] );

    if ( ! $url ) {
        return '';
    }

    $show = ! in_array( strtolower( $atts['show_message'] ), [ 'false', '0', 'no', 'off' ], true );
    $msg  = $show ? '<p>Please wait, redirecting&hellip;</p>' : '';

    return sprintf(
        '<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="%d;url=%s">%s',
        $sec,
        $url,
        $msg
    );
} );

Keep in mind:The Gutenberg Redirect block is not replicated; this covers only the classic shortcode behaviour.

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Active installs

~15,000

our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+

→ on track for 20k+in ~3 months

Rating

4.3★

31 ratings

Trend · vs a year ago

+178%

Growing fast

14 → 38 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 fast · +178% in the last year

14/day a year ago→38/day today

Reviews

what people actually say

Shortcode Redirect is generally praised for its simplicity and reliable functionality, but users note missing features like opening links in new tabs, visible frontend text, and limited editability.

What people like

+Simple and easy to use or set up×4
+Works reliably as intended×5
+Saves coding time compared to custom code

Common complaints

−No option to open the redirect in a new tab
−Redirect text is displayed on the frontend
−Cannot edit the text shown before redirecting
−No way to go back after being redirected
−Shortcode uses incorrect apostrophes causing failure on fresh installations
−Plugin sometimes does not work at all
−No timer countdown display during redirect

Review trustMostly organic

4.40★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.30★
6%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
past spikeReview timing — up to 50% of all reviews landed in a single month

Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower

2023-09-182025-02-092026-06-04

5★ reviews1–4★ reviews

All-time ratings · 31 total

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Latest reviews · 32 analyzed

2024-04-09★★★★★Works WP 6.5 flyingkites
2023-08-24★★★★★Exactly what I needed chicagola
2022-01-19★★★★★Terima Kasih erwinprasetyo
2021-08-13★★★★★Worked great for us.Delaware Genealogical Society
2021-04-01★★★★★Super easy and super super effective arbeola12
2020-08-19★★★★★Still Working epilude
2019-11-02★★★★★Shortcode Redirect worked !!!yaid
2019-09-02★★★★★Plugin only replaces html code tm86
2019-08-24★★★★★simple and clean yadusd
2019-04-19★★★★★What you see is What you get!Paul

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2026-05-28v1.1.2
2026-04-16v1.1.0
2026-04-16v1.1.1
2026-04-12v1.0.4
2025-08-13v1.0.03
2025-05-20v1.0.02
2011-10-11v1.0.01
2011-09-22v1.0.00

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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

1,526

Mean release-day peak (30d)

118

Latest day · 2026-06-03(spike)

-9.6%

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.

50%

Max month share · biggest single 30-day window

4.00

Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty

69%

5★ share in analyzed sample

Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity

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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

4.31 → 4.40★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered