Creotec Content Expiration Manager vs Redirection

Creotec Content Expiration Manager adds simple content lifecycle management to WordPress: Add an expiration date/time to posts, pages, and public custom post types. Choose what happens when content expires: Change status to Draft Make Private/Password Protect (unpublish) Redirect to another URL (301 or 302) Replace content with a custom “expired” message Display an “Expired” banner at the top of the post Move content to the bin/trash Optional pre-expiration reminder email to the site admin address. Reliable processing: Runs on WP-Cron every 10 minutes Includes a lightweight fallback check on normal WordPress requests (throttled) Admin overview page: Expiring Soon (next 30 days) Already Expired Bulk actions (extend date, disable expiration) Reusable templates for redirect, banner, and replacement-content actions. Per-post-type enabling/disabling under Settings > Post Expiration. List-table indicator icons show which posts have expiration enabled. No external services, no analytics, no licensing system. Usage Edit any supported post type. In the “Expiration” box: Check “Enable expiration”. Set an “Expiration date & time” (site timezone). Optionally choose a reminder email (1/3/7 days before). Choose what happens when it expires. Update/publish the post. To manage expirations site-wide: * Go to WP Admin > Expirations * Use tabs: * Expiring Soon (next 30 days) * Already Expired * Use bulk actions: * Extend by 7 days * Extend by 30 days * Disable expiration To choose which post types support expiration: * Go to Settings > Expirations. To create reusable expiration templates: * Go to Settings > Expirations. * Create templates for redirects, banners, or replacement content. * When editing a post, choose a template in the relevant expiration action. Template edits are reflected anywhere that template is selected. Restore original content (Replace action) When the action is “Replace content with a message”, the plugin saves the original content when the expiration is processed. After that, a “Restore original content” button appears in the Expiration meta box, allowing you to restore the saved content and disable expiration for that item. Expiration processing & reliability This plugin does not rely solely on WP-Cron. Primary: WP-Cron runs every 10 minutes to process reminders and expirations. Fallback: A lightweight check runs on WordPress requests (throttled via transient) to ensure expirations still trigger even if cron is delayed. Notes about caching: * Some full-page caches may serve pages without executing PHP. In those cases, expirations will still process when WordPress runs (admin requests, REST requests, cron, etc.). * On expiration, the plugin triggers an action hook so caching plugins/site code can purge caches: do_action( ‘creocem_post_expired’, $post_id, $action ); Hooks creocem_post_expired – Fires after a post is processed as expired. Parameters: (int) $post_id, (string) $action License This plugin is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This plugin is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. Credits Developed and maintained by Michael Gbadebo @ Creotec Limited.

Redirection is the most popular redirect manager for WordPress. With it you can easily manage 301 redirections, keep track of 404 errors, and generally tidy up any loose ends your site may have. This can help reduce errors and improve your site ranking. Redirection is designed to be used on sites with a few redirects to sites with thousands of redirects. It has been a WordPress plugin for over 10 years and has been recommended countless times. And it’s free! Full documentation can be found at https://redirection.me Redirection is compatible with PHP from 7.4 to 8.4. Redirect manager Create and manage redirects quickly and easily without needing Apache or Nginx knowledge. If your WordPress supports permalinks then you can use Redirection to redirect any URL. There is full support for regular expressions so you can create redirect patterns to match any number of URLs. You can match query parameters and even pass them through to the target URL. The plugin can also be configured to monitor when post or page permalinks are changed and automatically create a redirect to the new URL. Conditional redirects In addition to straightforward URL matching you can redirect based on other conditions: Login status – redirect only if the user is logged in or logged out WordPress capability – redirect if the user is able to perform a certain capability Browser – redirect if the user is using a certain browser Referrer – redirect if the user visited the link from another page Cookies – redirect if a particular cookie is set HTTP headers – redirect based on a HTTP header Custom filter – redirect based on your own WordPress filter IP address – redirect if the client IP address matches Server – redirect another domain if also hosted on this server Page type – redirect if the current page is a 404 Full logging A configurable logging option allows to view all redirects occurring on your site, including information about the visitor, the browser used, and the referrer. A ‘hit’ count is maintained for each redirect so you can see if a URL is being used. Logs can be exported for external viewing, and can be searched and filtered for more detailed investigation. Display geographic information about an IP address, as well as a full user agent information, to try and understand who the visitor is. You are able to disable or reduce IP collection to meet the legal requirements of your geographic region, and can change the amount of information captured from the bare minimum to HTTP headers. You can also log any redirect happening on your site, including those performed outside of Redirection. Add HTTP headers HTTP headers can be added to redirects or your entire site that help reduce the impact of redirects or help increase security. You can also add your own custom headers. Track 404 errors Redirection will keep track of all 404 errors that occur on your site, allowing you to track down and fix problems. Errors can be grouped to show where you should focus your attention, and can be redirected in bulk. Query parameter handling You can match query parameters exactly, ignore them, and even pass them through to your target. Migrate Permalinks Changed your permalink structure? You can migrate old permalinks simply by entering the old permalink structure. Multiple migrations are supported. Apache & Nginx support By default Redirection will manage all redirects using WordPress. However you can configure it so redirects are automatically saved to a .htaccess file and handled by Apache itself. If you use Nginx then you can export redirects to an Nginx rewrite rules file. Fine-grained permissions Fine-grained permissions are available so you can customise the plugin for different users. This makes it particularly suitable for client sites where you may want to prevent certain actions, and remove functionality. Import & Export The plugin has a fully-featured import and export system and you can: Import and export to Apache .htaccess Export to Nginx rewrite rules Copy redirects between sites using JSON Import and export to CSV for viewing in a spreadsheet Use WP CLI to automate import and export You can also import from the following plugins: Simple 301 Redirects SEO Redirection Safe Redirect Manager Rank Math WordPress old slug redirects Quick Post/Pages redirects Search Regex compatible Redirection is compatible with Search Regex, allowing you to bulk update your redirects. Wait, it’s free? Yes, it’s really free. There’s no premium version and no need to pay money to get access to features. This is a dedicated redirect management plugin. Support Please submit bugs, patches, and feature requests to: https://github.com/johngodley/redirection Please submit translations to: https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/redirection