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Redirect 404 to Home Page

Redirect 404 to Home Page - Custom URL
by danielbolander · 4,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: maintained, last release 13 Jul 2026, 1 release in 24 months, no unpatched vulnerabilities.

95/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Redirect 404 to Home Page
Ownership100
Maintenance85
Security100
SupportNo data
ReputationNo data

How the score works

Quick answers

Is Redirect 404 to Home Page still maintained?
Yes. Last release 13 Jul 2026, 1 release in the last 24 months. 13 Jul 2026 · wordpress.org
Who owns Redirect 404 to Home Page, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer danielbolander since Oct 2019. 3 Nov 2026 · SVN log
Was Redirect 404 to Home Page removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026. 3 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
Is Redirect 404 to Home Page safe?
No known vulnerabilities on record. 3 Nov 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
Is the latest Redirect 404 to Home Page update safe to install?
No ownership change before 1.1. No one-star spike after it. 13 Jul 2026 · Release history

Active signals

Facts we detected, with links to the source.

No open risk signals. Signals appear here when we detect an ownership change, closure, vulnerability or decline.

Ownership timeline

Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.

Committers and their active periods
plugin-master2 Oct 2019 to 2 Oct 2019, 1 commits
danielbolander10 Oct 2019 to 13 Jul 2026, 6 commits

2 committers recorded. No ownership change since 2019.

Maintenance

Last release
4 months ago
Releases, 24 months
1
Tested up to
7.0 vs 7.1
Requires PHP
not stated supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter
Releases per quarter for Redirect 404 to Home Page
Q1 20240
Q2 20241
Q3 20240
Q4 20240
Q1 20250
Q2 20250
Q3 20250
Q4 20250
Q1 20260
Q2 20260
Q3 20261
Q4 20260

Last release 13 Jul 2026. Tested up to 7.0, 1 major version behind WordPress 7.1.

Reputation

Last 90 days: no reviews. Lifetime: 5.0.

Rating distribution
5 star2
4 star0
3 star0
2 star0
1 star0

Security record

No published vulnerabilities on record for this plugin.

Sources: Wordfence Intelligence, CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, readme changelogs.

Support

Support history appears after our first snapshots of the forum counts.

Momentum

4,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Redirect 404 to Home Page
4 May 202618
11 May 202664
18 May 202655
25 May 202653
1 Jun 202634
8 Jun 202654
15 Jun 202658
22 Jun 202656
29 Jun 202681
6 Jul 202679
13 Jul 20261,539
20 Jul 2026285
27 Jul 2026293
3 Aug 2026220
10 Aug 2026186
17 Aug 2026211
24 Aug 2026211
31 Aug 2026173
7 Sep 2026178
14 Sep 2026177
21 Sep 2026188
28 Sep 2026165
5 Oct 2026194
12 Oct 2026154
19 Oct 2026268
26 Oct 2026193
2 Nov 202647

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 15% below the 27-week average.

Healthier alternatives

Same job, rated Healthy, higher Canary Score and at least 10,000 installs. Never sponsored.

Simple 301 Redirects by BetterLinksScore 100 · 100,000+No Category Base (WPML)Score 100 · 100,000+Custom PermalinksScore 100 · 100,000+301 Redirects & 404 Error LogScore 100 · 30,000+Link Juice KeeperScore 100 · 10,000+

Facts

Version1.1
Authordanielbolander
Added10 Oct 2019
Last updated13 Jul 2026
Active installs4,000+
Requires WordPress4.0
Tested up to7.0.8
Requires PHPnot stated
CategorySite Administration & Utilities > URL Redirects & 301 Management
Tags404 page, redirect, 404 error, redirection, redirect 404

Questions

Is Redirect 404 to Home Page still maintained?

Yes. Last release 13 Jul 2026, 1 release in the last 24 months.

Who owns Redirect 404 to Home Page, and has it changed hands?

No change recorded. Main committer danielbolander since Oct 2019.

Was Redirect 404 to Home Page removed from wordpress.org?

No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026.

Is Redirect 404 to Home Page safe?

No known vulnerabilities on record.

Is the latest Redirect 404 to Home Page update safe to install?

No ownership change before 1.1. No one-star spike after it.

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