WordPress plugin comparison

Custom Permalinks vs Permalinks to Category/Permalinks

Custom Permalinks

by Sami Ahmed Siddiqui

100K+ installs4.1

Permalinks to Category/Permalinks

by Svetoslav Marinov

100+ installs5.0

At a glance

Custom Permalinks has more active installs: 100K+, against 100+ for Permalinks to Category/Permalinks.
On a typical day, Custom Permalinks is downloaded about 1,109 times, Permalinks to Category/Permalinks about 4.
Permalinks to Category/Permalinks is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 9 reviews, against 4.1 from 116 reviews.
Custom Permalinks was updated more recently: Oct 13, 2026, against Dec 3, 2014 for Permalinks to Category/Permalinks.
Custom Permalinks is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 4.0.38 for Permalinks to Category/Permalinks.
Custom Permalinks has been around longer: since 2008, against 2012 for Permalinks to Category/Permalinks.

Custom Permalinks leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Custom Permalinks	Permalinks to Category/Permalinks
Popular rank	#411	#15,872
Active installs	100K+	100+
Downloads, last 30 days	50.3K	75
Rating	4.1(116)	5.0(9)
Support threads resolved	100%	–
Tested up to	7.1.4	4.0.38
Search multiplier	×1.53	×0.00
Last release	28 days ago	12 years ago
Requires PHP	7.4	–

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