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Change Permalink Helper

by Syde GmbH (formerly Inpsyde) · SEO

It checks the Permalink and redirects to the new URL, if it doesn't exist. It sends the header message "moved permanently 301"

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned
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50 Health · D
Maintenance 3
Rating quality 89
Support 70

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,379 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-48%
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing

Directory rank

Popularity rank over time · lower is better

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

Downloads per 1k installs · 30d

Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base

Estimated active installs

wp.org reports only “900+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
900–1K ≈950

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install trend · reconstructed from 1381 daily snapshots

Details

Version
1.1.1
Last updated
6.2y ago
Added
2010-06-11
Requires WP
2.7
Tested up to
5.4.19
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow

  1. 2026-04-02 1K+ → 900+ down after 1018 days in band
  2. 2023-06-19 2K+ → 1K+ down

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Change Permalink Helper: 900+ active installs, 4.7★ (33 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-15. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/change-permalink-helper