Best umlaut plugins for WordPress
The most popular umlaut plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. wp-cleanumlauts2 leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of de_DE (1K+) and German Slugs (700+). All 3 plugins tagged “umlaut” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 umlaut plugins
- 1.
wp-cleanumlauts2The most installed umlaut plugin, with 1K+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
- 2.
de_DE1K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 3.
German Slugs700+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
All 3 plugins tagged “umlaut”
wp-cleanumlauts2
Down in the last 7 days:16#6,290by Juergen Schulze9 years ago
Converts German umlauts for permalinks, post, comments, feeds automatically. Wandelt Umlaute automatisch für Permalinks, Posting, Kommentare, Feeds.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 13/day
de_DE
Down in the last 7 days:11#6,665by Frank Bueltge9 months ago
Replace non-ASCII characters for installs that set the German language as a primary language.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 22/day
German Slugs
Up in the last 7 days:5#8,031by texttheater4 years ago
German Slugs properly transliterates umlauts and the letter ß appearing in titles for slugs (i.e. for pretty permalinks).
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day