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Best permalink plugins for WordPress

The most popular permalink plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Custom Post Type Permalinks leads with 200K+ active installs, ahead of Permalink Manager Lite (100K+) and Custom Permalinks (100K+). All 150 plugins tagged “permalink” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 10 permalink plugins

  1. 1.
    Custom Post Type Permalinks

    The most installed permalink plugin, with 200K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 71 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.

  2. 2.
    Permalink Manager Lite

    100K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 176 reviews, updated 3 days ago.

  3. 3.
    Custom Permalinks

    100K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 116 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.

  4. 4.
    FV Top Level Categories

    20K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 23 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.

  5. 5.
    WP No Base Permalink

    10K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 16 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.

  6. 6.
    Remove CPT base

    10K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 33 reviews, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.

  7. 7.
    Disable Media Pages

    9K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 17 reviews, updated 1 month ago.

  8. 8.
    Simple Post Type Permalinks

    8K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 10 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.

  9. 9.
    Admin Slug Column

    5K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 31 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  10. 10.
    Custom Permalink Editor

    4K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.

All 150 plugins tagged “permalink”