Best URL-management plugins for WordPress
The most popular URL-management plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. 410 Response Manager leads with 70+ active installs, ahead of RM Smart Redirects (10+) and URL Pathfinder (fewer than 10). All 3 plugins tagged “url-management” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 URL-management plugins
- 1.
410 Response ManagerThe most installed URL-management plugin, with 70+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago.
- 2.
RM Smart Redirects10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 8 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 3.
URL PathfinderFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 months ago.
All 3 plugins tagged “url-management”
410 Response Manager
Up in the last 7 days:26#18,308by Rathly Marketing4 months ago
Efficiently manage HTTP 410 (Gone) responses with manual entries, regex patterns, and CSV import functionality.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
RM Smart Redirects
#34,157by Razib Marketing8 months ago
An intelligent SEO-focused redirect manager with hierarchical fallback and auto-slug monitoring.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
URL Pathfinder
#71,638by Presskopp5 months ago
Automatically redirects 404 URLs to the closest matching permalink using fuzzy matching.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day