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Best permalinks plugins for WordPress

The most popular permalinks plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Nginx Helper leads with 200K+ active installs, ahead of Permalink Manager Lite (100K+) and Remove Category URL (40K+). All 72 plugins tagged “permalinks” 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 permalinks plugins

  1. 1.
    Nginx Helper

    The most installed permalinks plugin, with 200K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 31 reviews, updated 1 month ago.

  2. 2.
    Permalink Manager Lite

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

  3. 3.
    Remove Category URL

    40K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 61 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.

  4. 4.
    AutoConvert Greeklish Permalinks

    40K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 26 reviews, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.

  5. 5.
    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.

  6. 6.
    Longer Permalinks

    7K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 18 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.

  7. 7.
    No Category Parents

    6K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.

  8. 8.
    Custom Permalink Editor

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

  9. 9.
    Pinyin Slugs

    3K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 8 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  10. 10.
    Greeklish Slugs

    3K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 7 reviews, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.9.20.

All 72 plugins tagged “permalinks”