Best forwarding plugins for WordPress
The most popular forwarding 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 Redirect List (1K+) and JustAwesome WooCommerce Redirect (fewer than 10). All 5 plugins tagged “forwarding” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 forwarding plugins
- 1.
Simple Website RedirectThe most installed forwarding 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.
Redirect List1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 8 reviews, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
- 3.
JustAwesome WooCommerce RedirectFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31.
All 5 plugins tagged “forwarding”
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
Redirect List
Up in the last 7 days:5#5,610by MembershipWorks4 years ago
A really lightweight, clean and simple 301, 302 or 307 HTTP redirect plugin that also supports matching of GET query parameters.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 12/day
JustAwesome WooCommerce Redirect
#71,572by maG667 years ago
JustAwesome WooCommerce Redirect is a WooCommerce Plugin for forwarding Users to a Page, Product or URL when they want to open the shop page.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day