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The Permalinker

by Andy Stratton · Backup

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Use short codes to dynamically link to your WordPress pages and posts. All you need is the ID. This can come in handy when developing content for Word …

⚠ Stale⚠ Few reviews
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58 Health · C
Maintenance 34/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

58 health vs 71 average across 258 Backup plugins

100+

Active installs

≈170 estimated

12.9K

Total downloads

since 2009

4.06★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 2 reviews

+67%

72

Downloads · 30d

category median +19%

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.

64 / 100

Room to improve

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 42/100
WP compatibility 68/100
Rating quality 52/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 626 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+67% vs prior 30d
2Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

72

now · peak 176

7230d downloads · Aug 26

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

The Permalinker · #14361 you Backup Migration · #519 BlogVault Backup & S · #534 Backup and Staging b · #1445

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.

720per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

0

releases in the last 12 months

1.7y ago

latest release · v1.9.0

2

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.9.0 · 1.7y ago1.8.0 · 5.7y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 61% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.9 61%
v1.8 24%
v1.7 15%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
100–200 ≈170

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

Install history · since 2021-05-08 · 1,377 observations

100Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 2 reviews

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5★
2 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.9.0
Last updated
1.7y ago
Added
2009-06-30 · 17 yrs old
Requires WP
2.6
Tested up to
6.4.10
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ Rose Mckeon
    13.2y ago

    simple and does just what it says.

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  2. ★★★★★ oinume
    13.6y ago

    I was looking for such a plugin! Easy to link my past blog entry.

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Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

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

  1. Medium · 6.4 The Permalinker <= 1.8.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
    2024-12-13 CVE-2024-11894 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.8.1 Patched in 1.9.0

Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.

CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7.2

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2025-12-02 200+ → 100+ down after 517 days in tier
  2. 2024-07-03 300+ → 200+ down after 8 days in tier
  3. 2024-06-25 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
  4. 2024-06-24 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in tier
  5. 2024-06-22 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
  6. 2024-06-21 300+ → 200+ down after 267 days in tier
  7. 2023-09-28 400+ → 300+ down after 152 days in tier
  8. 2023-04-29 500+ → 400+ down after 189 days in tier

Competes with

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