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 (31 reviews)
Downloads: 101,698
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 installs1,817,616 downloads65/100 • Actively maintained
Permalink Manager Lite(176)•Updated 49d 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 installs2,861,543 downloads68/100 • Actively maintained
Custom Permalinks(115)•Updated 267d 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 installs2,549,260 downloads37/100 • Stale
FV Top Level Categories(23)•Updated 302d ago
This is a fix of Top Level Categories plugin for Wordpress 3.1. and above.
20,000 installs251,156 downloads42/100 • Stale
WP No Base Permalink(16)•Updated 2247d ago
Removes category base or parents categories or tag base from your permalinks. Compatible with WPML Plugin and WordPress Multisite.
10,000 installs55,862 downloads24/100 • Possibly abandoned
10,000 installs100,121 downloads44/100 • Stale
9,000 installs85,291 downloads24/100 • Possibly abandoned
WP htaccess Control(17)•Updated 3911d 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 114d 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 installs66,256 downloads56/100 • Maintained
Permalinks Customizer(32)•Updated 2206d 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 170d ago
Set Custom Permalink Editor on a per-post, per-tag per-page, and per-category basis.
3,000 installs12,141 downloads52/100 • Maintained
Automatically Update Permalinks(5)•Updated 688d ago
Automatically updates the permalink (slug) of a post or page when its title is changed.
2,000 installs14,121 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
Top Level Categories(4)•Updated 3138d 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 installs92,082 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
External Permalinks Redux(4)•Updated 167d ago
Allows you to point WordPress objects (posts, pages, custom post types) to a URL of your choosing.
2,000 installs23,364 downloads52/100 • Maintained
WP Permalink Translator(4)•Updated 2692d ago
Allow admins to translate Permalink to another languages.
2,000 installs12,096 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Single Category Permalink(5)•Updated 1737d ago
Reduce permalinks (category or post) that include entire hierarchy of categories to just having the lowest level category.
400 installs28,105 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Hikari Category Permalink(5)•Updated 5736d ago
For each post, author can choose which category is used in permalink.
300 installs16,178 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
sCategory Permalink(0)•Updated 6181d ago
Plugin allows to select category which will be used to generate permalink on post edit page. Use custom permalink option %scategory%.
40 installs11,773 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
CS Remove Category Base(0)•Updated 24d ago
You can undoubtedly remove /category/ slug from your page WordPress URLs using this plugin.
30 installs1,562 downloads68/100 • Actively maintained
Update Permalink/Slug Previews in Admin(0)•Updated 597d ago
Automatically reloads permalink/slug previews in admin edit view when changing a page's parent or the categories of a post.
0 installs1,661 downloads26/100 • Possibly abandoned