Best rewrites plugins for WordPress
The most popular rewrites plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Flush Permalinks Button leads with 30+ active installs, ahead of CDN Rewrites (10+) and BB Content Types (fewer than 10). All 4 plugins tagged “rewrites” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 rewrites plugins
- 1.
Flush Permalinks ButtonThe most installed rewrites plugin, with 30+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.
- 2.
CDN Rewrites10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
- 3.
BB Content TypesFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
All 4 plugins tagged “rewrites”
Flush Permalinks Button
Down in the last 7 days:31#23,024by Ashar Irfan3 years ago
A plugin to add a button to flush permalinks in WordPress admin bar.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
CDN Rewrites
Down in the last 7 days:4,645#43,173by Phoenixheart17 years ago
This plugin rewrites the host(s) of your static files (JavaScripts, CSS, images etc.) (called Origin) into a CDN (Content Delivery Network) host.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
BB Content Types
Down in the last 7 days:11,621#64,900by Chris Anderson7 months ago
Create custom WP post types and taxonomies in minutes, without writing code.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day