by Maciej Bis 4.8 (176 reviews)

Permalink Manager Lite

Name: Permalink Manager Lite
Rating: 4.8 (176 reviews)
Author: Maciej Bis

Permalink Manager extends WordPress’s native permalink functionality, giving you more control over URL structures for custom post types, and taxonomie …

Permalink Manager Lite ranks #396 among WordPress.org plugins with 100,000+ active installations, is #53 of 5,310 in the Utilities & Tools category, a 4.8/5 rating from 176 reviews, and was last updated Oct 13, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1.4

v2.6.1 Current Version v2.6.1

Updated 2 weeks ago Last Update on 13 Oct, 2026

Refreshed 20 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#53 of 5,310 in Utilities & Tools Top 1% by installs Downloads +5.4% this week Actively maintained

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Active Installs

100K+

-28.3%

KW Avg Position

2.6

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Downloads

3.1M

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Support Resolved

100%

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Rating

96%

Review 4.8 out of 5

4.8 (176 reviews)

Next Milestone 200K

Total Progress 37%

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Reviews & Ratings

4.8

176 reviews

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

14 known vulnerabilities on record · 3 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

Jun 16, 2026

Permalink Manager Lite [permalink-manager] < 2.5.3.4

CVE-2026-8494 · Fixed in v2.5.3.4
Feb 25, 2026

Permalink Manager Lite [permalink-manager] < 2.5.3

CVE-2026-32413 · Fixed in v2.5.3
Sep 6, 2025

Permalink Manager Lite [permalink-manager] < 2.5.1.4

CVE-2025-59010 · Fixed in v2.5.1.4
Aug 27, 2024

Permalink Manager Lite [permalink-manager] < 2.4.4.1

CVE-2024-8195 · Fixed in v2.4.4.1
Jun 27, 2024

Permalink Manager Lite [permalink-manager] < 2.4.3.4

CVE-2024-37257 · Fixed in v2.4.3.4
Mar 20, 2024

Permalink Manager Lite [permalink-manager] < 2.4.3.2

CVE-2024-2543 · Fixed in v2.4.3.2
Mar 20, 2024

Permalink Manager Lite [permalink-manager] < 2.4.3.2

CVE-2024-2738 · Fixed in v2.4.3.2
Mar 18, 2024

Permalink Manager Lite [permalink-manager] < 2.4.3.2

CVE-2024-2538 · Fixed in v2.4.3.2
Mar 15, 2024

Permalink Manager Lite [permalink-manager] < 2.4.3.1

CVE-2024-29092 · Fixed in v2.4.3.1
Dec 14, 2022

Permalink Manager Lite [permalink-manager] < 2.3.0

CVE-2022-4410 · Fixed in v2.3.0

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.6.1
Last Updated: Oct 13, 2026
Requires WP: 5.3.0+
Tested Up To: 7.1.4
PHP Version: 5.4 or higher
Author: Maciej Bis

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8
Reviews: 176
Support Threads: 1
Resolved: 100%

Keywords

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

Permalink Manager Lite is for WordPress site owners who want to customize the URLs of their posts, pages, and custom post types. It solves the problem of rigid default permalink structures and broken links by letting users edit URLs directly and automatically redirecting old or duplicate URLs to the correct page.

Change single permalinks
Customize URL formats
Custom post types support
Translate permalinks (WPML, Polylang)
Remove parent slugs
Canonical redirect

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Permalink Manager Lite

Yes. Permalink Manager automatically redirects the native permalinks (the URLs WordPress uses before the plugin is activated or after it is disabled) to the custom permalinks. Read more about the plugin's redirect functions.

Set a new format without the base slug for that post type in Permastructures, then regenerate the existing permalinks. The step-by-step tutorial walks through the process.

This requires Permalink Manager Pro, which supports WooCommerce products, categories, tags and attributes. See how to remove /product/ and /product-category/ from WooCommerce URLs.

Yes, if you use WPML or Polylang. You can translate the slugs and set a separate Permastructure for each language. Full instructions for multilingual permalinks.

Permalink Manager is optimized for standard WordPress websites that typically have fewer than a few thousand URLs. It stores all custom permalinks in a single database row, so the plugin can process URLs with just one database query and keep the impact on page load times to a minimum.

Yes, it is possible if you are using either WPML or Polylang. You can find the full instructions here.

Currently, there is no 100% guarantee that Permalink Manager will work correctly with Buddypress.

Yes, if you used Permalink Manager only to regenerate the slugs (native post names). Please note that if you use custom permalinks (that differ from the native ones), they will no longer be used after the plugin is disabled. It is because Permalink Manager overwrites one of the core WordPress functionalities to bypass the rewrite rules ("regular expressions" to detect the posts/pages/taxonomies/etc. and another parameters from the URL) by using the array of custom permalinks (you can check them in "Debug" tab) that are used only by the plugin.