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This plugin overwrites the user_nicename for WordPress users with the user ID, this creates an extra level of security.
It also ensure every user has a url even if they have not authored a post.
Admins can also edit the user_nicename in the backend.
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LH Number User Nicename

This plugin overwrites the user nicename for users in wordpress

David Garthe

Your URL structure is one of the most underused SEO levers on your website.
WordPress gives you basic permalink settings, but if you want clean author URLs, better content organization, custom paths, or more control over how users and search engines see your site, things quickly become complicated.
SlugMaster solves that.
SlugMaster gives you a centralized URL management system for WordPress that lets you control how your pages, posts, categories, and authors appear in your URLs.
Instead of being locked into default structures like:
/author/john 
/category/news 
/blog/my-post
You can create cleaner structures like:
/members/john 
/topics/news 
/resources/my-post
Perfect for:
<ul>
<li>Blogs</li>
<li>Communities</li>
<li>Membership sites</li>
<li>Directories</li>
<li>Agency websites</li>
<li>Business websites</li>
<li>SEO-focused content sites</li>
<li>Custom WordPress projects</li>
</ul>
No rewrite rules. No code. No hunting through multiple settings pages.
Just complete URL control.
<h3>Features</h3>
✓ Easily customize author URL slugs 
✓ Create cleaner page and category structures 
✓ Replace default WordPress URL patterns 
✓ Build SEO-friendly URL paths 
✓ Create branded URL structures 
✓ Centralized URL management dashboard 
✓ Route conflict detection 
✓ Canonical URL support 
✓ Redirect protection 
✓ Simple interface with no coding required
<h3>Why SlugMaster?</h3>
Most WordPress sites eventually run into one or more of these problems:
<ul>
<li>URLs look inconsistent</li>
<li>Author URLs feel generic</li>
<li>Site structure becomes difficult to organize</li>
<li>SEO paths are difficult to optimize</li>
<li>URL changes feel risky</li>
<li>Multiple plugins are needed to manage different URL types</li>
</ul>
SlugMaster puts everything in one place.
<h3>Example Use Cases</h3>
Change author URLs:
Before: 
 /author/john-smith
After: 
 /members/john-smith
Organize content:
Before: 
 /category/training
After: 
 /topics/marathon-training
Create branded resource sections:
Before: 
 /blog/seo-checklist
After: 
 /resources/seo-checklist

SlugMaster – Author Slug & Post Slug Customizer

Customize author slug, user nicename, author archive, and custom slug URLs with full WordPress route control.

LH Number User Nicename vs SlugMaster – Author Slug & Post Slug Customizer