Best custom urls plugins for WordPress
The most popular custom urls plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. PublishPress Shortlinks leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of Change Author Base (10+) and Custom URL Mapper (10+). All 4 plugins tagged “custom URLs” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 custom urls plugins
- 1.
PublishPress ShortlinksThe most installed custom urls plugin, with 100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 2.
Change Author Base10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 4 months ago.
- 3.Custom URL Mapper
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 4.Sectorize
Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
All 4 plugins tagged “custom URLs”

PublishPress Shortlinks
Down in the last 7 days:1,559#13,762by PublishPress1 month ago
The best link manager for WordPress. Your links are brandable, trackable, and can have custom view permissions.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Change Author Base
#34,654by Rathly Marketing4 months ago
Take control of your WordPress author URLs by customizing the default 'author' base to match your brand.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Custom URL Mapper
#46,080by freeliancenow2 years ago
Create custom URLs and redirect them to any post or page on your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
Sectorize
Down in the last 7 days:21,169#72,289by Marg1 month ago
Transform author archives into elegant sector-based content organization with automatic SEO optimization. ---
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day