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Best URL plugins for WordPress

The most popular URL plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Custom Post Type Permalinks leads with 200K+ active installs, ahead of Simple Page Redirect (10K+) and Shortcode Redirect (10K+). All 223 plugins tagged “url” 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 URL plugins

  1. 1.
    Custom Post Type Permalinks

    The most installed URL plugin, with 200K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 71 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.

  2. 2.
    Simple Page Redirect

    10K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 8 reviews, updated 1 month ago.

  3. 3.
    Shortcode Redirect

    10K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 31 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  4. 4.
    Permalink Manager for WooCommerce

    8K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 26 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.

  5. 5.
    URL Params

    8K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 37 reviews, updated 4 months ago.

  6. 6.
    WP Force Lowercase URLs

    6K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.

  7. 7.
    Root Relative URLs

    5K+ active installs. Rated 2.9 from 20 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.

  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.
    Basic URL ShortCodes

    4K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 6 days ago.

  10. 10.
    WP Post Redirect

    3K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 5 reviews, updated 1 month ago.

All 223 plugins tagged “url”