Elchanan Levavi

Why Use This Plugin?
When sharing links with titles in non-English languages (e.g., Hebrew, Arabic, Hindi, Chinese, or Russian) on platforms like Facebook or WhatsApp, the URLs often turn into a confusing string of codes. This makes your links look unprofessional, reduces click-through rates, and can harm your SEO.
The Automatic Slug Translator fixes this issue by seamlessly translating slugs into concise English. Not only does this make your links visually appealing and user-friendly, but it also enhances your website’s search engine performance with clear, descriptive URLs.
Key Benefits: 
– Improves Sharing: Makes links cleaner and more attractive on social platforms. 
– Boosts SEO: Search engines favor clear, readable URLs. 
– Simplifies Titles: Long, complex titles are automatically shortened into elegant slugs.
Example: 
– Original Title (Hebrew): איך להשתמש בממיר אוטומטי לסלאג באנגלית 
– Default Slug: /איך-להשתמש-בממיר-אוטומטי-לסלאג-באנגלית 
– Broken URL: /%D7%90%D7%99%D7%9A-%D7%9C%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%AA%D7%9E%D7%A9… 
– Clean English Slug: /how-to-use-automatic-slug-converter
This small adjustment can have a big impact on how your content is shared and discovered.
Clean English Slugs — Instantly, with AI
No setup required. This plugin uses AI to automatically translate your post titles and terms into elegant, SEO-friendly English slugs. 
You get 100 translations for free, and then you can connect your own AI account (GPT, Claude or Gemini) to keep going.
Bulk Translation
Already have existing content with non-English slugs? Use the Bulk Translation feature to translate them all at once – with optional 301 redirects to keep your SEO intact. Review and manage redirects anytime in the dedicated Redirects tab.
WordPress 7.0+ Connectors Support
On WordPress 7.0 and above, the plugin integrates with the built-in Connectors API – connect any supported AI provider directly from WordPress settings, no API key needed in the plugin.
<h3>Usage</h3>
<h3>Try It Instantly — No OpenAI Account Needed</h3>
<ul>
<li>Install and activate the plugin — that’s it!</li>
<li>You can start using the plugin immediately with 100 free translations included.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Want More? Connect Your Own API Key</h3>
After using your 100 free translations, you can continue seamlessly by connecting your own AI provider:
Option 1 – Connect OpenAI directly:
<ol>
<li>Sign up for OpenAI and add billing details</li>
<li>Generate an API key from the API Keys page</li>
<li>Paste the API key into the plugin settings</li>
</ol>
Option 2 – Use WordPress Connectors (if supported on your site): 
If your WordPress installation supports AI Connectors, you can connect other AI providers as well. Simply configure your preferred provider via the Connectors interface and the plugin will use it automatically.
This gives you flexibility to work with different AI services beyond OpenAI.
<h3>Configuration</h3>
<ul>
<li>In the plugin settings screen, choose which post types and taxonomies you want to enable translation for.</li>
</ul>
<h3>How It Works</h3>
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Automatic Translation
<ul>
<li>New posts and taxonomy terms automatically get a clean English slug </li>
<li>Slugs are generated only if you don’t define one manually</li>
</ul>
</li>
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Review Translations
<ul>
<li>Generated slugs are designed to be short and clear </li>
<li>Double-check that the meaning is preserved, especially for ambiguous titles</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
<h3>Costs</h3>
The plugin is completely free to use, and includes 100 slug translations at no cost. After you’ve used the free quota you’ll need a paid AI subscription to continue.
<ul>
<li>Affordable Rates: For just $1, you can translate between 10,000–20,000 titles, depending on their length.</li>
<li><a href="https://openai.com/pricing" rel="nofollow ugc">Check OpenAI Pricing</a>: Ensure your account is funded before use.</li>
</ul>
Disclaimer: While the plugin has been tested to be efficient and cost-effective, users are responsible for monitoring their OpenAI usage and costs. The plugin creator is not liable for unexpected charges due to misuse or errors.
<h3>Third-Party Services</h3>
This plugin integrates with OpenAI’s API to generate text-based responses and suggestions based on user input. 
The plugin transmits post/CPT titles, term names, and the requesting server’s IP address to OpenAI’s servers when a request is made.
When using the free built-in translation quota, your post titles, term names, and domain are sent to the developer’s server to process the translation and track usage. No personal data is collected or stored.
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Unfortunately, it works for me only when I activate classic editor. In gutenberg editor it doesn't work. But the idea of the plugin is really cool!


No gutenberg support

Great plugin, saving time

Automatically translate non-English slugs into clean, user-friendly English to improve sharing and SEO.

Pieter Bos

Chinese characters don’t come out good in permalinks. Without the Pinyin Slugs plugin activated, the example post I made for the screenshot will get a slug like this: %e6%90%9c%e7%b4%a2%e5%bc%95%e6%93%8e%e4%bc%98%e5%8c%96. With the plugin the slug automatically becomes sousuoyinqingyouhua.
Search engines such as <a href="https://www.baidu.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Baidu</a> cannot make much of the first slug, but they can handle pinyin perfectly, especially when it is written as one long string without hyphens or underscores.
It is possible to limit the amount of characters in the slug. The default is 100, which should be plenty for most.
The Pinyin Slugs plugin was forked from the <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/pinyin-permalink/" rel="ugc">Pinyin Permalinks</a> plugin by user <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/xiaole_tao/" rel="nofollow ugc">xiaole_tao</a> as that project seemed abandoned. There have been many improvements since; read the changelog for details.
I have decided to only support this plugin through <a href="https://github.com/senlin/pinyin-slugs/issues" rel="nofollow ugc">Github</a>. Therefore, if you have any questions, need help and/or want to make a feature request, please open an issue over at Github. You can also browse through open and closed issues to find what you are looking for and perhaps even help others.
PLEASE DO NOT POST YOUR ISSUES VIA THE WORDPRESS FORUMS
Thanks for your understanding and cooperation.
<h4>WPML Compatible</h4>
The Pinyin Slugs plugin has received the <a href="https://wpml.org/plugin/pinyin-slugs/" rel="nofollow ugc">WPML Certification of Compatibility</a> and is featured on the WPML website with the article <a href="https://wpml.org/documentation/how-to-build-a-wordpress-site-in-china/" rel="nofollow ugc">How to Build a WordPress Website in China and Reach an International Audience</a>.

Pinyin Slugs

Transforms Simplified or Traditional Chinese character titles into Pinyin to create a permalink friendly slug.

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