Best userid plugins for WordPress
The most popular userid plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Change Author Link Structure leads with 600+ active installs, ahead of Append User ID (10+). All 2 plugins tagged “userid” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 userid plugins
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Change Author Link StructureThe most installed userid plugin, with 600+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
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Append User ID10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
All 2 plugins tagged “userid”
Change Author Link Structure
Down in the last 7 days:114#8,284by wpyb2 months ago
To prevent that usernames are publically visible, the username in the author's permalink is replaced with the author's ID.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Append User ID
Down in the last 7 days:1,043#42,642by mrdl6 years ago
A plugin which adds some shortcode to append the current user ID to a link (href).
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day