Pinyin Slugs

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 74% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ Tibow

   2.1y ago

   Works simple and fine. Thank you very much!

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2. ★★★★★ 田小蓉

   3.2y ago

   這實在是太棒了，再也不用自己修改網址及代稱了 This topic was modified 3 years, 1 month ago by 田小蓉.

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3. ★★★★★ variousfire

   5.6y ago

   This plugin is useful! Thank you!

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4. ★★★★★ Dsjack

   8.0y ago

   it’s small but very useful, this is really a must-have plugin for every wordpress site.

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5. ★★★★★ yikai

   8.1y ago

   Works well,Fantastic!

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6. ★★★★★ suncrimson

   10.7y ago

   I am setting up my Chinese blog and this plugin is so handy, it handles the pinyin slugs perfectly, I would like to thank the author for the great efforts. Thanks Alex

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7. ★★★★★ qiujumper

   11.6y ago

   This solves all my problems, appreciate!

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8. ★★★★★ kedah

   11.9y ago

   Thanks to Claude’s help and plugin (WordPress Special Characters in Usernames), I can now have people register a Chinese username. Your plugin makes it possible to have simplified, most of all, working urls. Great!!! Thank you!

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 2.3.7 date: January 23, 2026 fix PHP 8+ warning by aligning pinyin dictionary global variable name issue 31 2.3.7
2. — Version 2.3.6 date: January 12, 2026 add escaping functions to output tested up to WP 6.9 2.3.6
3. — Version 2.3.5 date: April 27, 2025 removed redundant load_plugin_textdomain() function and increased min required WP version tested up to WP 6.8 2.3.5
4. — Version 2.3.4 date: March 11, 2025 fix issue27 thanks for the PR @yabwee tested up to WP 6.7 2.3.4
5. — Version 2.3.3 date: July 9, 2024 add new $autoload parameter (WP 6.6) tested up to WP 6.6 removed logo from Settings page 2.3.3
6. — Version 2.3.2 date: November 27, 2023 last security fix introduced problem where spaces in Title where no longer replaced by hyphens, this version brings back those hyphens ( issue 23 thanks for pointing it out @nhimthaoan) 2.3.2

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 4.4 Pinyin Slugs <= 2.3.0 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2023-11-07 CVE-2023-47511 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.3.0 Patched in 2.3.1

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 128 languages, 7 at 90% or more

Plus 104 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

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

1. 2023-11-19 4K+ → 3K+ down after 5 days in tier
2. 2023-11-14 3K+ → 4K+ up after 2 days in tier
3. 2023-11-12 4K+ → 3K+ down after 386 days in tier
4. 2022-10-22 5K+ → 4K+ 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).

• P Pinyin Tones 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags D
• AutoConvert Greeklish Permalinks 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B
• Longer Permalinks 8K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B
• Greeklish Slugs 3K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
• Cyrillic Permalinks 400+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
• P Plugin Name: RO Slugs 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D

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Pinyin Slugs: 3K+ active installs, 5.0★ (8 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/so-pinyin-slugs