Best forward plugins for WordPress
The most popular forward plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Simple Website Redirect leads with 5K+ active installs, ahead of Speedy Page Redirect (1K+) and Test Email Redirector (100+). All 7 plugins tagged “forward” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 6 forward plugins
- 1.
Simple Website RedirectThe most installed forward plugin, with 5K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 21 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 2.Speedy Page Redirect
1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 9 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1.
- 3.
Test Email Redirector100+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 4.Sticky CPT
40+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 5.EasyRedirect
40+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 19 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.2.0.
- 6.
Post Forwarder30+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 4 months ago.
All 7 plugins tagged “forward”

Simple Website Redirect
#2,951by Micah Wood1 year ago
A simple plugin designed to redirect an entire website (except the WordPress backend) to another website.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.6(21)
- Downloads
- 35/day
Speedy Page Redirect
Up in the last 7 days:5#5,871by Geert De Deckere9 years ago
Redirect pages and posts to other locations.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 13/day

Test Email Redirector
Down in the last 7 days:177#14,139by Zaib Makda1 year ago
Redirects all outgoing WordPress emails to a specified test address for development and testing purposes.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 5/day
Sticky CPT
Down in the last 7 days:175#21,561by Kantari Samy1 month ago
Add the possibility of "sticky" CPT. (Gutenberg compatibility)
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
EasyRedirect
Down in the last 7 days:26#22,074by paulmbain19 years ago
EasyRedirect allows WordPress Users to easily redirect any WordPress page/post using one simple tag.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Post Forwarder
#24,546by Sylwester Ulatowski4 months ago
Forward WordPress posts to other WordPress sites, LinkedIn, and X — automatically on publish or scheduled from a built-in content calendar.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day