WP Force Lowercase URLs
by joshbuchea · Uncategorized
Perform a 301 redirect from an uppercase URL to the lowercase version for all non-admin URLs
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Health
A 86/100
Few reviews
Active installs
6K+
≈6.5K estimated
Momentum
+10%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “urls”, “uppercase” and “bug tracker” to your wp.org tags. You rank #4, #8 and #12 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
86 health vs 58 average across 25,755 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →20%
of downloads still active
At least 6K of 30.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,772 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.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 10 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.18★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
42
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 10d
25%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 10d
+0.7
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| lowercase your tag | #1 | #3 | 0 |
| urls | #4 | #15 | 0 |
| uppercase | #8 | #19 | down 1 |
| force | #13 | #21 | down 1 |
| url rewrite | #9 | #18 | 0 |
| issue tracker | #9 | #11 | 0 |
| url your tag | #17 | #18 | up 1 |
| bug tracker | #12 | #17 | up 1 |
| force redirect | #8 | #21 | 0 |
| filename | #18 | #23 | down 2 |
| bug reporting | #21 | #24 | up 2 |
| admin url | #18 | #21 | down 2 |
| redirect your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
23 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 12 listed. 11 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Add “urls”, “uppercase” and “bug tracker” to your wp.org tags. You rank #4, #8 and #12 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.8K · 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.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
10d ago
latest release · v2.1.1 · 22 Oct 2026
4
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “6K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 7 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 1 Jan 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Maakuruuku6.7y ago
This is what I’m looking for! thanks for this
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ drew7.7y ago
I was looking for alternative solutions to editing an .htcaccess file or adding code to a server. Just a light weight, quick solution! This topic was modified 7 years, 5 months ago by drew.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ rdevelop20178.5y ago
Super easy redirect to lowercase url
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Kondor with a K10.8y ago
I recommended using WP Force Lowercase URLs on all of my employer’s websites hosted at WPEngine. We ended up mass-installing the plugin on more than 150 websites using WordPress 4.3 and WordPress 4.4. It’s truly an excellent plugin and does exactly what the name says. I really appreciate the work that went into creating this easy fix for a big problem. Thanks Josh!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ tylerbuchea11.0y ago
This plugin is awesome, it does one thing very well (that should be built into WordPress anyway!) and isn’t bloated with a million features. Highly recommended.
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 2.0 Ground up rewrite URLs with params are now converted & redirected to lowercase as expected 2.0
- — Version 1.0 Initial commit 1.0
- — Version 2.1.1 Security: prevent redirects to other hosts from crafted URLs (open redirect hardening) Fix: no longer redirects WordPress REST API URLs (/wp-json/), which broke case-sensitive routes Fix: undefined index notice for REQUE 2.1.1
- — Version 2.1.0 Fix: undefined index notice for QUERY_STRING (props jamesryanbell) 2.1.0
- — Version 2.0.1 Version bump 2.0.1
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.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. 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 "Perform a 301 redirect from an uppercase URL to the lowercase version for all non-admin URLs"
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 2 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 280 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 4 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-09 7K+ → 6K+ down after 126 days in tier
- 2025-12-04 6K+ → 7K+ up after 10 days in tier
- 2025-11-24 7K+ → 6K+ down after 14 days in tier
- 2025-11-10 6K+ → 7K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-09 7K+ → 6K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-08 6K+ → 7K+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2025-10-31 7K+ → 6K+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2025-10-28 6K+ → 7K+ up after 2 days in tier
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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LH Force Lowercase URLs 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 4 shared tags D -
Simple Page Redirect 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A - S Speedy Page Redirect 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags D
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Change Permalink Helper 800+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags D - F Force Domain Redirect 200+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags D
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Redirection 2M+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
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