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WP Change Custom Posts Slugs

by ThemeHeap · Uncategorized

Also makes 1 other plugin · 710+ installs across the portfolio →

The plugin allows to can easily change slug of custom post types from WordPress admin panel.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned
How scoring works →
47 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 82/100
Support 70/100

47 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins

Removal-risk signals

53/100

Maintenance 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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.5.20.

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.

41 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 2/100
WP compatibility 22/100
Rating quality 65/100
Listing tuning 84/100

To rank higher: Last updated 2143 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 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+30% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

133

now · peak 202

13930d 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

WP Change Custom Pos · #8109 you Custom Post Type UI · #50 Meta Box · #126 Pods · #420

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.6Stars · Aug 26

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.

199per 1k installs · Aug 26

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v1.2 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “700+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
700–800 ≈760

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

Install history · since 2019-03-28 · 1,420 observations

700Installs · 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.

Details

Version
1.2
Last updated
5.9y ago
Added
2016-03-28 · 10 yrs old
Requires WP
Tested up to
5.5.20
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. kelvinramirez
    6.9y ago

    hours struggling to get what this plugin did with a click This topic was modified 6 years, 10 months ago by kelvinramirez.

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  2. radasleeked
    7.9y ago

    I’ve been battling for hours trying to get into achieving what this plugin just did in a single click. Awesome. Keep the great job going

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  3. vale2302
    7.9y ago

    Just what I was looking for! Dear author: @themeheap you have an excellent plugin just keep it updated to the latest wordpress versions

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  4. juanjoalario
    8.3y ago

    A great plugin !!!

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  5. kubiq
    8.6y ago

    Notice: Undefined property: stdClass::$name in ../wp-content/plugins/wp-change-custom-post-slug/wp-change-custom-post-slugs.php on line 140 Notice: register_post_type was called incorrectly. Post type names must be between 1 and 20 characters in length. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 4.2.0.) in ../wp-includes/functions.php on line 4146

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  6. Das
    8.7y ago

    Thank You, for this wonderful plugin. I can now change any CPT Slugs of my WP site.

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  7. cocool
    9.2y ago

    one of the most useful plugins i have ever used!

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  8. agbutt
    9.4y ago

    Made my day, very easy to use. Good Job. Thanks

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

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. 2026-01-10 800+ → 700+ down after 31 days in tier
  2. 2025-12-10 700+ → 800+ up after 3 days in tier
  3. 2025-12-07 800+ → 700+ down after 234 days in tier
  4. 2025-04-17 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in tier
  5. 2025-04-16 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in tier
  6. 2025-04-15 900+ → 800+ down after 151 days in tier
  7. 2024-11-15 1K+ → 900+ down

Competes with

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