WordPress plugin comparison
Allowed Routes vs Custom Permalinks
Allowed Routes
by nerdismftw.com
Fewer than 10 installs
Custom Permalinks
by Sami Ahmed Siddiqui
100K+ installs4.1
At a glance
- Custom Permalinks has more active installs: 100K+, against fewer than 10 for Allowed Routes.
- On a typical day, Custom Permalinks is downloaded about 1,109 times, Allowed Routes about 1.
- Allowed Routes has no reviews yet.
- Custom Permalinks was updated more recently: Oct 13, 2026, against Sep 26, 2019 for Allowed Routes.
- Custom Permalinks is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 5.2.30 for Allowed Routes.
- Custom Permalinks has been around longer: since 2008, against 2017 for Allowed Routes.
Line by line
Custom Permalinks leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.
| Metric | Allowed Routes | Custom Permalinks |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #65,467 | #411 |
| Active installs | Fewer than 10 | 100K+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 29 | 50.3K |
| Rating | No ratings | 4.1(116) |
| Support threads resolved | – | 100% |
| Tested up to | 5.2.30 | 7.1.4 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.00 | ×1.53 |
| Last release | 7 years ago | 28 days ago |
| Requires PHP | 5.3 | 7.4 |
From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.
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