Permalink Manager Lite

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182 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 154 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).

Directory rank vs rivals

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 17 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ mcdeth

   10mo ago

   extra: great support and works well with rank math/polylang and other plugins.

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2. ★★★★★ The Moss Report

   1.2y ago

   If you need to make global changes to the permalinks and url structure of your website, this is one serious tool. The support is outstanding, and you can just feel how well the code is written. This isn’t one of these fly-by-night AI written pieces of junk software. This is serious code, with heavy duty capabilities, but not for the faint of heart. Read the documentation, proceed with caution, but get the job done! I know this sounds like an ad, but I’m just a user who is impressed by good code that helps me save s&%tloads of time when I’m working on projects. Thank you!

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3. ★★★★★ mediambev

   1.2y ago

   Permalink Manager Pro is simply the best plugin for URL optimization. I use it with JReviews and initially had a conflict, but Maciej’s support went far beyond expectations to fix it. Now everything works perfectly. Highly recommended! This topic was modified 11 months, 1 week ago by mediambev. This topic was modified 11 months, 1 week ago by mediambev. This topic was modified 11 months, 1 week ago by mediambev.

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4. ★★★★★ TraceMyIP

   1.4y ago

   Permalink Manager Lite by Maciej Bis is absolutely fantastic! With 100k+ installs and a perfect 5-star rating from 173 reviews, it’s clearly the gold standard for URL management. Unlike WordPress’s limited slug editing, this lets you customize entire URLs however you want. The automatic redirects from old URLs are a lifesaver for SEO. Works flawlessly with WooCommerce, Yoast, and WPML too. Bulk editing saves hours of work, and the ability to remove parent slugs creates cleaner URLs. Maciej keeps it updated regularly – this plugin is essential!

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5. ★★★★★ helloterris

   1.6y ago

   Not sure about the lite version, I got the pro version without trying it as on their website it seemed like it fix my needs, and it did. I ran into an issue regarding dynamic permalink settings that I couldn’t grasp, and asked their support at [email protected], and their support didn’t just get back to me almost instantly (less than 5 mins), but also requested for access to the site to debug the issue, which was solved in a matter of minutes. Highly recommended just for their service alone! The plugin works splendidly too.

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6. ★★★★★ royvs

   1.6y ago

   Very fast en great support! I wanted to be able to update all my products to auto update. he gave me a sql query to do this:DELETE pm FROM postmeta pmJOIN posts p ON pm.post_id = p.IDWHERE pm.meta_key = ‘auto_update_uri’AND p.post_type = ‘product’; Adding it to the plugin would be the best solution OfCourse This topic was modified 1 year, 4 months ago by royvs.

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7. ★★★★★ geraldbiggs

   1.7y ago

   I was tasked with a large site url migration to cleanly recategorize a poorly structured ecommerce site (thousands of products). At every interval of my speculative testing, to production this plugin has automated or clarified many of the challenges in this activity. It has worked seamlessly with both custom code to automate much of the url structure based off custom product data, and nuanced structures. The most essential aspect of a plugin is its adaptability and extensibility to perform these tasks – and here I found many daunting tasks to be quite easy. It has worked with Yoast, SEO Press, and as stated – custom code. Redirecting large volumes of urls has the potential to be draining on the server, and the plugin states these challenges. I can say it works very well, and where I needed to optimize – the task was achievable. Finally, in terms of lost urls to 404s my issues in this area were surprisingly low. As a developer setting up a toolkit for my team it has been a great service. Support has been consistent, kind and informative.

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8. ★★★★★ Hilary Caws-Elwitt

   1.8y ago

   Migrating from a Drupal 7 site is made much easier by this great plugin. We can keep all our existing paths, and make redirects with special characters. Plus it keeps the ability to manage redirects from each post. Support responds almost immediately. Highly recommend!

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 2.5.4 Dev – Added “quick setup” wizard for first-time configuration 2.5.4
2. — Version 2.5.3.6 Fix – “Coupon Link” metabox is now hidden if “Coupons” post type is disabled in the plugin settings Fix – Fixed ‘Warning: Undefined array key “show” in permalink-manager-admin-functions.php’ file Dev – Sanitized and unsl 2.5.3.6
3. — Version 2.5.3.5 Fix – Fixed ‘Warning: Undefined array key “ID”‘ PHP warning in URI Editor for taxonomies Dev – “URI Editor” UI changes 2.5.3.5
4. — Version 2.5.3.4 Security – Patched a XSS vulnerability (CVE-2026-8494) in the “URI Editor” admin section Fix – Fixed a CSS bug causing misaligned input fields in WordPress 7.0 2.5.3.4
5. — Version 2.5.3.3 Dev – Tested for WordPress 7.0 2.5.3.3
6. — Version 2.5.3.2 Fix – The progress alert is no longer duplicated in “Regenerate/reset” tool Fix – Addressed a PHP deprecated warning when CLI is used 2.5.3.2

All 14 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (2.6.1). Sites still on an older version should update.

1. Patched Medium · 6.4 Permalink Manager Lite <= 2.5.3.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Post Title ↗
   2026-06-16 CVE-2026-8494 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.5.3.3 Patched in 2.5.3.4
2. Patched Medium · 5.3 Permalink Manager Lite < 2.5.3 - Missing Authorization ↗
   2026-02-25 CVE-2026-32413 Missing Authorization Affects < 2.5.3 Patched in 2.5.3
3. Patched Medium · 5.3 Permalink Manager Lite <= 2.5.1.3 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure ↗
   2025-09-06 CVE-2025-59010 Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data Affects <= 2.5.1.3 Patched in 2.5.1.4
4. Patched Medium · 5.3 Permalink Manager Lite <= 2.4.4 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure ↗
   2024-08-27 CVE-2024-8195 Missing Authorization Affects <= 2.4.4 Patched in 2.4.4.1
5. Patched Medium · 6.1 Permalink Manager Lite <= 2.4.3.3 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2024-06-27 CVE-2024-37257 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.4.3.3 Patched in 2.4.3.4
6. Patched Medium · 6.1 Permalink Manager Lite and Permalink Manager Pro <= 2.4.3.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2024-03-20 CVE-2024-2738 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.4.3.1 Patched in 2.4.3.2
7. Patched Medium · 4.3 Plugin Permalink <= 2.4.3.1 - Missing Authorization via get_uri_editor ↗
   2024-03-20 CVE-2024-2543 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key Affects <= 2.4.3.1 Patched in 2.4.3.2
8. Patched Medium · 5.4 Permalink Manager <= 2.4.3.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated(Author+) Arbitrary Post Slug Modification ↗
   2024-03-18 CVE-2024-2538 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key Affects <= 2.4.3.1 Patched in 2.4.3.2
9. Patched Medium · 6.1 Permalink Manager Lite <= 2.4.3 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2024-03-15 CVE-2024-29092 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.4.3 Patched in 2.4.3.1
10. Patched Medium · 6.4 Permalink Manager Lite <= 2.2.20.3 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
    2022-12-14 CVE-2022-4410 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.2.20.3 Patched in 2.3.0
11. Patched High · 8.8 Permalink Manager Lite <= 2.2.20.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery ↗
    2022-11-16 CVE-2022-4021 Cross-Site Request Forgery Affects <= 2.2.20.1 Patched in 2.2.20.2
12. Patched Medium · 6.5 Permalink Manager Lite <= 2.2.20 - Missing Authorization ↗
    2022-11-01 CVE-2022-41781 Missing Authorization Affects <= 2.2.20 Patched in 2.2.20.1
13. Patched Medium · 6.1 Permalink Manager Lite <= 2.2.14 Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗
    2022-01-17 CVE-2022-0201 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects < 2.2.15 Patched in 2.2.15
14. Patched High · 7.2 Permalink Manager Lite <= 2.2.12 - Admin+ SQL Injection ↗
    2021-09-27 CVE-2021-24769 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command Affects <= 2.2.12 Patched in 2.2.13.1

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

Translated into 25 languages, 2 at 90% or more

Plus 1 more locale with partial translations.

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Growth timeline

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

1. 2025-06-08 90K+ → 100K+ up after 1 days in tier
2. 2025-06-07 100K+ → 90K+ down after 7 days in tier
3. 2025-05-31 90K+ → 100K+ up after 338 days in tier
4. 2024-06-27 80K+ → 90K+ up after 224 days in tier
5. 2023-11-16 70K+ → 80K+ up after 344 days in tier
6. 2022-12-07 60K+ → 70K+ up after 264 days in tier
7. 2022-03-18 50K+ → 60K+ up after 107 days in tier
8. 2021-12-01 60K+ → 50K+ down after 208 days in tier

Competes with

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Permalink Manager Lite: 100K+ active installs, 4.8★ (176 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/permalink-manager