Svetoslav Marinov

orbisius

If you have an existing website and you want to add category to your blog posts links (e.g. by using: /%category%/%postname%/ in Settings > Permalinks) then your visitors 
will most likely run into page not found errors. This plugin checks for such post links and redirects the visitor using permanent (301) redirect to the correct /Category/Permalink link IF the permalinks are setup.
This plugin assumes that you have previously used /%postname%/ in your Settings > Permalinks.
Demo 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L124jV5joTk
Bugs? Suggestions? If you want a faster reponse contact us through our website’s contact form [ orbisius.com ] and not through the support tab of this plugin or WordPress forums. 
We don’t get notified when such requests get posted in the forums.
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<h4>Author</h4>
Svetoslav Marinov (Slavi) | <a href="http://orbisius.com" title="Custom Web Programming, Web Design, e-commerce, e-store, WordPress Plugin Development, Facebook and Mobile App Development in Niagara Falls, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada" rel="nofollow ugc">Custom Web and Mobile Programming by Orbisius.com</a>

Permalinks to Category/Permalinks

While it may seem trivial, switching from permalinks to a prefix using a category is tough. Slavi's plugin works just as expected and works out of the box. Definitely recommended.

Works as expected, thanks!

The plugin automatically redirects users who have accessed a blog post link without the category to the one which has the category and therefore avoid …

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.

Permalinks to Category/Permalinks vs Pinyin Slugs