404 Simple alternatives — WordPress apps ranked by audit score

Q: Which alternative has the highest rating?

Redirection 5.00★, 404 Redirection 5.00★, Permalinks to Category/Permalinks 5.00★. Audit scores are the better tiebreaker when ratings cluster — they reflect listing depth, screenshots, and description quality.

Q: Why isn't every option on this list?

This page surfaces 12 alternatives ranked by blended score. Apps just outside the top-12 typically have lower feature similarity (under 40%), thinner listings (audit under 65), or have flagged review-quality issues. If you have a specific app in mind, check the full WordPress catalog for its profile.

Q: How is the ranking built?

Three signals, weighted: feature similarity (45%) from N-gram match against 404 Simple Redirect's feature signature, audit + rating (35%) blending listing quality with rolling 90-day rating, and review velocity (20%) tracking 30-day review additions normalized by category baseline. We don't accept paid placement and we publish the rules so you can audit them yourself.

Q: When was this ranking last updated?

This page rebuilds daily. Source data — 404 Simple Redirect's listing and the 12 alternatives' listings — is scraped every 24 hours. Audit scores re-run on the same cadence. If a rating shifts more than 0.05★ overnight, that's a real change in the marketplace, not a model artifact.

Q: Can I track 404 Simple Redirect alongside its alternatives in AppRanks?

Yes — that's the dashboard product. Add up to 12 competitors to any app you track, and AppRanks will surface daily ranking deltas, ad activity, keyword overlap, and rating-curve divergence. The free tier covers 1 app + 3 competitors. Try free →

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404 Simple alternatives — WordPress apps ranked by audit score

TOP 3 ALTERNATIVES — RANKED

Three you should evaluate first.

Filtered from 12 candidates by feature similarity, audit score, and review velocity. The hero treatment is editorial — these earned more space because the data did.

Redirection

404

#1TOP PICK

5.00409 reviews

Not auditedAudit score

Pick if you're surveying the marketplace

Widely used on this marketplace — not a like-for-like swap. AppRanks found no app sharing 404 Simple Redirect's category, so this is not a replacement for it — it is a widely-used 404 option shown for market context. Compare it against your own requirements rather than as a swap.

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404 Redirection

404

#2RUNNER-UP

5.0017 reviews

Not auditedAudit score

Pick if you're cost-sensitive

Adjacent tool, different job. Different use case from 404 Simple Redirect. Listed because it is among the most-adopted 404 apps on this marketplace, not because it covers the same job.

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Permalinks to Category/Permalinks

404

#3VALUE PICK

5.009 reviews

Not auditedAudit score

Pick if you're mapping adjacent tooling

Popular alternative to evaluate on its own merits. Solves a different problem than 404 Simple Redirect. Useful market context; verify the capability overlap yourself before treating it as an option.

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SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON

404 Simple Redirect versus the top 3.

Five rows, all loaded above the fold. Wins are highlighted; nothing's hidden behind a tab.

RANKS #4 THROUGH #12

The next 9, denser.

Lower-ranked but legitimate. Click any row for the full profile — or compare side-by-side with 404 Simple Redirect.

9 more WordPress alternatives to 404 Simple Redirect

Sorted by blended score

MP smart redirect: Simple 404 redirecter, without entering 404 pages and redirects!404

5.006 reviewsNot auditedCompare

Redirection Manager PTI404

5.004 reviewsNot auditedCompare

WP Speed 404

How these alternatives are ranked

Scored daily. Three signals, weighted and blended. No vendor money changes anything.

45%Feature similarity

N-gram match against 404 Simple Redirect's feature signature, weighted by category overlap.

35%Audit + rating

Listing quality (0–100) blended with rolling 90-day rating average. Penalizes thin listings.

20%Review velocity

Reviews added in trailing 30 days, normalized by category baseline. Surfaces rising challengers.

Every WordPress alternative on this page is scraped, normalized, and re-scored every 24 hours. We don't accept paid placement, vendor-funded "best of" content, or sponsored ranking — and we publish the rules so you can audit them yourself. If a vendor disagrees with their position, that's between them and the data.

WHEN DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO SWITCH FROM 404 SIMPLE REDIRECT?

Four reasons people leave.

Decision triggers, not marketing. If two or more apply, your shortlist starts with the apps named below each card.

Pricing has outgrown your usage

If your usage of 404 Simple Redirect has crossed a pricing-tier breakpoint, per-unit cost is usually where alternatives diverge most clearly. Some apps in the list above carry a free tier; others are paid from day one. Compare the published plans on each alternative's page against your current bill — the gap is the only number worth acting on, and it is specific to your usage.

404 Redirection · Redirection

You need a feature outside the focus

Each WordPress category has a feature spectrum. The "Similar feature set" badge above marks alternatives whose feature signature most overlaps with 404 Simple Redirect. The "Category leader" badge marks apps that may approach the same category from a different feature angle — useful if you want to widen rather than narrow your toolset.

Redirection

Support response has slowed you down

Support quality is the hardest thing to read from a listing, and it is the most common reason a switch gets made. Read the most RECENT reviews on each alternative's profile rather than the lifetime average — recency is what tells you how the app is supported today, and trailing review velocity is the freshest signal AppRanks tracks.

FREQUENTLY ASKED

Answers built from the data.

Built from the same scores the ranking uses — so they won't contradict the table.

Is Redirection cheaper than 404 Simple Redirect?

For most accounts under typical category usage, the answer depends on tier. Redirection is in the unknown band (—), while 404 Simple Redirect is unknown (—). At parity scale, the cheaper option can save 30–60% — but feature-for-feature swaps usually narrow the gap above the second tier.

Which alternative has the highest rating?

Why isn't every option on this list?

How is the ranking built?

When was this ranking last updated?

Can I track 404 Simple Redirect alongside its alternatives in AppRanks?

VERDICT · UPDATED TODAY

If you're moving from 404 Simple Redirect, the most common landing spots are Redirection (unknown feature match, audit null/100) and 404 Redirection (pricing leverage + breadth). Skip MP smart redirect: Simple 404 redirecter, without entering 404 pages and redirects! unless your use case is unusual.

If feature parity matters most

→ Redirection

Unknown feature parity. Audit null, 5.00★.

If pricing matters most

→ 404 Redirection

Best for cost-sensitive teams. 5.00★ across 17 reviews.

If you're scaling enterprise

→ Permalinks to Category/Permalinks

Strongest scale fit when category usage exceeds typical thresholds. Vendor-evaluate before committing.

	YOU'RE LEAVING 404 Simple Redirect #1 in Redirect	TOP PICK Redirection #1 in 404	RANK #2 404 Redirection #2 in 404	RANK #3 Permalinks to Category/Permalinks #3 in 404
Average rating	5.00	5.00 (highest in this row)	5.00 (highest in this row)	5.00 (highest in this row)
Review count	3	409	17	9
Audit score	Not audited	Not audited	Not audited	Not audited
Feature match	—	Not measured	Not measured	Not measured
Best for	Redirect workflows	404 workflows	404 workflows	404 workflows

Alternatives to 404 Simple Redirect