German Slugs
by texttheater · Uncategorized
Also makes 2 other plugins · 3.7K+ installs across the portfolio →
German Slugs properly transliterates umlauts and the letter ß appearing in titles for slugs (i.e. for pretty permalinks).
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Health
D 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
700+
≈780 estimated
Momentum
n/a
no downloads in the prior 30 days to compare with
Biggest opportunity: “german”, “permalink” and “slug” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Install conversion
How it's measured →5.0%
of downloads still active
At least 700 of 14K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,780 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38, well behind 7.1.
Details
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1751 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.0.38; the current branch is 7.1
5.0★ over 5 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.2★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1751 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| german your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| permalink your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| slug your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| umlaut your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| url your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “german”, “permalink” and “slug” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 233 · 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
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.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% 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 “700+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 25 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 800.
Install history since 19 Mar 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Christian Sabo10.6y ago
one of the standard plugins I use
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Gahapati11.4y ago
Solange dies nicht geschieht, ist German Slugs („Deutsche Adreßabschnitte“) erste Wahl für jene, denen es nicht egal ist, ob ihr Beitragstitel nach der Umwandlung in einen Adreßabschnitt noch zu lesen ist. Das Plugin kann bei Bedarf leicht um weitere Transliterationen ergänzt werden. Der Aufbau des Plugins ist so einfach, daß es schwer ist, dabei Fehler zu machen. Um weitere Buchstaben korrekt zu ersetzen, braucht in der Datei lib.php nur jeweils eine Zeile hinzugefügt zu werden. Weitere von WordPress nicht richtig umgewandelte Buchstaben sind beispielsweise Åå und €. Die einzufügenden Zeilen lauten in diesem Fall: $title = str_replace('Å', 'aa', $title); $title = str_replace('å', 'aa', $title); $title = str_replace('€', 'Eur', $title); German Slugs ought to be pre-installed in German versions of WordPress As long as that isn’t the case, German Slugs is the number one choice for those who care whether their German post titles can still be read after they’ve been converted into slugs. Additional transliterations can easily be added when needed. The plugin’s structure is so simple, it’s hard to go wrong. If you want additional characters to be transliterated correctly, you just have to type one short line each within the plugin’s file lib.php. The letters Åå and € are examples of characters that are still handled incorrectly by WordPress. The above code shows what needs to be added to lib.php to fix that. This topic was modified 9 years, 3 months ago by Gahapati. Reason: Added tags;Updated version/compatibility
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Tim Pritlove11.9y ago
Does what it says on the tin and didn’t break anything. A more general plugin covering more than just german diacriticals would be helpful but for german blogs this is just right.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Stefan12.7y ago
this is the only german umlaut plugin that correctly removes the accents from non-german slugs in addition to correctly converting german umlauts. So this plugin should be used especially for multilanguage sites when german and e.g. french languages are used simultaneously!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ salem8013.7y ago
I have German language sub domain and it work great
Read on wp.org ↗
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
2 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you have"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,060 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "url" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-09 800+ → 700+ down after 180 days in tier
- 2026-04-12 900+ → 800+ down after 71 days in tier
- 2026-01-31 1K+ → 900+ down after 1928 days in tier
- 2020-10-21 2K+ → 1K+ down after 460 days in tier
- 2019-07-19 3K+ → 2K+ down
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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Automatically Update Permalinks 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags D -
de_DE 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B -
Default Permalink 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B - C Change Core Slugs 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags
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Custom Post Type Permalinks 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Custom Permalinks 100K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A
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