Best rewrite rules plugins for WordPress
The most popular rewrite rules plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Rewrite Rules Inspector leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of Debug Bar Rewrite Rules (700+) and WP Permastructure (400+). All 8 plugins tagged “rewrite rules” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 8 rewrite rules plugins
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Rewrite Rules InspectorThe most installed rewrite rules plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 26 reviews, updated 9 hours ago.
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Debug Bar Rewrite Rules700+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
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WP Permastructure400+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 15 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.3.14.
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Rewrite Rule Testing300+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
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Debug Bar Rewrite Rules30+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
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Static SuffixFewer than 10 active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 3 weeks ago.
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Category Post URLsFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
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PermapilotFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 weeks ago.
All 8 plugins tagged “rewrite rules”
Rewrite Rules Inspector
#1,739by Automattictoday
A simple admin tool for inspecting rewrite rules.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 5.0(26)
- Downloads
- 362/day
Debug Bar Rewrite Rules
Down in the last 7 days:44#7,930by Oleg Butuzov2 years ago
Debug Bar Rewrite Rules adds a new panel to Debug Bar that displays information about WordPress Rewrites Rules (if used).
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 22/day
WP Permastructure
Down in the last 7 days:33#9,933by Robert O'Rourke3 years ago
Adds the ability to configure permalinks for custom post types using rewrite tags like %post_id% and %author%.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.3(15)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Rewrite Rule Testing
Down in the last 7 days:1#10,891by Matthew Boynes12 years ago
Unit test your rewrite rules from the WordPress Admin.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 35/day
Debug Bar Rewrite Rules
#25,117by Kerfred2 months ago
Displays the current rewrite rules for the site. Requires the debug bar plugin.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Static Suffix
Up in the last 7 days:9,492#49,777by Rishabh Gupta22 days ago
Appends a .html suffix to the permalinks of selected post types and taxonomies.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Category Post URLs
Up in the last 7 days:14,940#53,193by 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
- 0/day
Permapilot
#67,486by guyargaman24 days ago
Never re-save Settings → Permalinks again. Fixes 404s on new post types, taxonomies and custom routes automatically.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day