Alternatives to WP Category Permalink
Allows manual selection of a 'main' category for each post for nicer permalinks and better SEO.
Snapshot
Rating: 4.8/5 (32 reviews)
Downloads: 101,361
Active installs: 2,000
Maintenance score: 26/100
Compatibility
Requires WordPress: 3.5
Tested up to: 5.0.25
Requires PHP: 5.3
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200,000 installs1,753,420 downloads65/100 • Actively maintained
Permalink Manager Lite(176)•Updated 67d ago
Permalink Manager enhances WordPress’s built-in URL system, allowing you to change the URLs of native and custom post types and taxonomies.
100,000 installs2,746,751 downloads71/100 • Actively maintained
Custom Permalinks(116)•Updated 222d ago
A powerful WordPress plugin for full URL control. Set custom permalinks, auto-redirects, and use dynamic tags for ideal site structure and SEO.
100,000 installs2,534,760 downloads37/100 • Stale
FV Top Level Categories(23)•Updated 257d ago
This is a fix of Top Level Categories plugin for Wordpress 3.1. and above.
20,000 installs249,278 downloads42/100 • Stale
WP No Base Permalink(16)•Updated 2202d ago
Removes category base or parents categories or tag base from your permalinks. Compatible with WPML Plugin and WordPress Multisite.
10,000 installs55,540 downloads24/100 • Possibly abandoned
10,000 installs97,669 downloads46/100 • Maintained
9,000 installs84,751 downloads24/100 • Possibly abandoned
WP htaccess Control(17)•Updated 3866d ago
Interface to customize the permalinks (author, category, archives and pagination) and htaccess file generated by WordPress.
7,000 installs217,382 downloads14/100 • Possibly abandoned
Admin Slug Column(31)•Updated 69d ago
Adds a URL path column to all admin post type edit screens. Works with posts, pages, and any custom post type including WooCommerce products.
5,000 installs64,716 downloads65/100 • Actively maintained
Permalinks Customizer(32)•Updated 2161d ago
Permalinks Customizer helps you to set the different permalink structure for different PostTypes and Taxonomies which are publicly available.
3,000 installs100,041 downloads16/100 • Possibly abandoned
Custom Permalink Editor(2)•Updated 125d ago
Set Custom Permalink Editor on a per-post, per-tag per-page, and per-category basis.
3,000 installs11,518 downloads52/100 • Maintained
Top Level Categories(4)•Updated 3092d ago
This plugin allows you to remove the prefix before the URL to your category page (e.g. example.com/dogs instead of example.com/category/dogs)
2,000 installs91,583 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
External Permalinks Redux(4)•Updated 122d ago
Allows you to point WordPress objects (posts, pages, custom post types) to a URL of your choosing.
2,000 installs22,918 downloads52/100 • Maintained
WP Permalink Translator(4)•Updated 2647d ago
Allow admins to translate Permalink to another languages.
2,000 installs11,836 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Enhanced Custom Permalinks(14)•Updated 210d ago
Set custom permalinks on a per-post, per-tag or per-category basis.
1,000 installs14,872 downloads42/100 • Stale
SF Author Url Control(11)•Updated 3696d ago
Allows administrators or capable users to change the users profile url.
1,000 installs21,221 downloads24/100 • Possibly abandoned
Single Category Permalink(5)•Updated 1692d ago
Reduce permalinks (category or post) that include entire hierarchy of categories to just having the lowest level category.
400 installs27,927 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Hikari Category Permalink(5)•Updated 5691d ago
For each post, author can choose which category is used in permalink.
300 installs16,079 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
sCategory Permalink(0)•Updated 6136d ago
Plugin allows to select category which will be used to generate permalink on post edit page. Use custom permalink option %scategory%.
50 installs11,645 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Update Permalink/Slug Previews in Admin(0)•Updated 552d ago
Automatically reloads permalink/slug previews in admin edit view when changing a page's parent or the categories of a post.
0 installs1,452 downloads26/100 • Possibly abandoned