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Best slug plugins for WordPress

The most popular slug plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Custom Permalinks leads with 100K+ active installs, ahead of Remove Category URL (40K+) and Remove CPT base (10K+). All 104 plugins tagged “slug” 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 slug plugins

  1. 1.
    Custom Permalinks

    The most installed slug plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 116 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.

  2. 2.
    Remove Category URL

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

  3. 3.
    Remove CPT base

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

  4. 4.
    Admin Slug Column

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

  5. 5.
    Remove Taxonomy Base Slug

    4K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 23 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.

  6. 6.
    Wenprise Pinyin Slug

    4K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.

  7. 7.
    WP Author Slug

    3K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 19 reviews, updated 2 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.

  8. 8.
    Remove Taxonomy URL

    1K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 6 reviews, updated 5 months ago.

  9. 9.
    LONG URL MAKER

    1K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 6 reviews, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.

  10. 10.
    Automatically Update Permalinks

    1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.

All 104 plugins tagged “slug”