Best custom permalink plugins for WordPress
The most popular custom permalink plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Permalink Manager Lite leads with 100K+ active installs, ahead of SEO-friendly URLs for WooCommerce (50+) and Category Post URLs (fewer than 10). All 3 plugins tagged “custom permalink” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 custom permalink plugins
- 1.
Permalink Manager LiteThe most installed custom permalink plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 176 reviews, updated 3 days ago.
- 2.
SEO-friendly URLs for WooCommerce50+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
- 3.
Category Post URLsFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
All 3 plugins tagged “custom permalink”
Permalink Manager Lite
Up in the last 7 days:1#395by Maciej Bis3 days ago
Permalink Manager extends WordPress’s native permalink settings, giving you more control over URL structures for custom post types and taxonomies.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.8(176)
- Downloads
- 1.2K/day
SEO-friendly URLs for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:243#20,165by themeinwp6 years ago
Is your WooCommerce shop URLs SEO friendly? Are you taking advantage of all optimization techniques to maximize the visibility of your online store to …
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 3/day
Category Post URLs
#53,097by maheshkathiriya9 years ago
Add Category and Subcategory in Wordpress Post URLs, Set a hierarchical URLs like nested sub category : category-name/sub-category-name/sub-category- …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day