Admin Slug Column
by Chuck Reynolds · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 3 other plugins · 5.4K+ installs across the portfolio →
Adds a URL path column to all admin post type edit screens. Works with posts, pages, and any custom post type including WooCommerce products.
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Health
A 90/100
no flags
Active installs
5K+
≈5.9K estimated
Momentum
+6%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “page titles” and “permalink” for “column” and “admin cleanup”. “page titles” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “column” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “permalink” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “admin cleanup” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
90 health vs 56 average across 5,896 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →6.7%
of downloads still active
At least 5K of 74.3K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,186 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 3 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 12 reviews to 2025-06-19Reviewers keep saying it's simple and does exactly one job well, with the odd ask for sorting and filtering by URL path and one flag about the plugin going a long stretch without an update.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Excellent listing optimization
Well tuned across the board
Updated 72 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.9★ over 31 reviews, smoothed to 4.41★
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
36
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
11%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.0
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| slug column | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| slug your tag | #2 | #2 | down 1 |
| column | #4 | #3 | down 1 |
| admin columns your tag | #5 | #4 | down 1 |
| url path your tag | #6 | #8 | down 1 |
| change wp admin slug | #3 | #4 | down 1 |
| admin menu slug | #3 | #5 | 0 |
| admin column | #5 | #4 | 0 |
| page slug | #4 | #4 | down 1 |
| custom slug | #4 | #6 | 0 |
| admin cleanup | #7 | #6 | down 1 |
| path | #12 | #16 | up 8 |
| jokes | #8 | #3 | 0 |
| joke | #9 | #3 | 0 |
| post slug | #6 | #7 | down 1 |
| admin | #18 | #17 | up 1 |
| post column | #7 | #11 | 0 |
| admin post | #21 | #20 | 0 |
| columns | #15 | #12 | down 4 |
| pending | #17 | #16 | down 1 |
| page titles your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| permalink your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
50 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 24 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “page titles” and “permalink” for “column” and “admin cleanup”. “page titles” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “column” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “permalink” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “admin cleanup” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 6.7K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
3
releases in the last 12 months
2mo ago
latest release · v2.0.2 · 20 Aug 2026
12
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 49% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “5K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 11 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 88% of the way through.
Install history since 12 Jan 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Anita C1.4y ago
Simple and works as expected. Saves a lot of time when troubleshooting.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ redelefant2.4y ago
This plugin is great – but hasn’t been updated in 2 years. Can you please provide an update so it won’t pose a security threat. Thank you.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Slava Abakumov3.0y ago
Thank you for creating this plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Jeriss Cloud Center3.1y ago
I wish this would be by default in WordPress, anyway thanks this is saving me a lot of time!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Manny Rodrigues4.1y ago
Still working as of WP 6.0.2. Makes it easy to see post URL’s.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ robertdx24.6y ago
Great little product – thank you. Somehow I had the same name for a post and a page – and it was causing problems. this solved it. I would use it all the time if it handled multi-byte characters as a url is spread over 9 lines.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ rothschild865.6y ago
Thank you very much!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ florisassies6.9y ago
would be even better if it allowed to sort and filter on URL path
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 2.0.0 Release Date – 2026-03-09 [breaking] PHP requirement bumped to 8.0 [refactor] Full OOP refactor — dynamic hooks based on current screen post type [refactor] Column now inserts after “Title” instead of appending to end [r 2.0.0
- — Version 1.6.1 Release Date – 2024-09-19 tested to 6.6.x https://github.com/chuckreynolds/Admin-Slug-Column/issues/17 1.6.1
- — Version 1.6.0 Release Date – 2022-05-21 tested on 6.0-RC4 [feature] Multibyte characters are now supported [feature] Now on draft, pending, or scheduled posts/pages instead of the ?page_id= showing we display the URL path. [fix] Made 1.6.0
- — Version 0.5.0 Release Date – 2019-06-15 [fix] pages now show the full URL path now after the domain.tld, posts still just the slug tested on 5.2.2 0.5.0
- — Version 0.4.0 Release Date – 2018-10-26 [fix] a sorting issue (sadly doesn’t work with parent slug feature (below)) [feature] pages now have a root slash and will show the /parent/child slug now added plugin banner and icon for WordPr 0.4.0
- — Version 0.3.1 Release Date – 2017-11-14 tested to 4.9 0.3.1
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
2 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Adds a URL path column to all admin post type edit screens. Works with posts, pages, and any custom post ty..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 782 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("admin columns", "page titles", "permalink" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-12-12 4K+ → 5K+ up after 19 days in tier
- 2025-11-23 5K+ → 4K+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2025-11-19 4K+ → 5K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-11-17 5K+ → 4K+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2025-11-11 4K+ → 5K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-10 5K+ → 4K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-09 4K+ → 5K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-08 5K+ → 4K+ down after 1 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Custom Permalinks 100K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A -
Remove CPT base 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags B -
Automatically Update Permalinks 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D -
Remove Taxonomy URL 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
SF Author Url Control 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
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