by Maciej Bis 4.8 (176 reviews)

Permalink Manager Lite

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

Permalink Manager enhances WordPress’s built-in URL system, allowing you to change the URLs of native and custom post types and taxonomies.

Permalink Manager Lite ranks #397 among WordPress.org plugins with 100,000+ active installations, is #53 of 4,924 in the Utilities & Tools category, a 4.8/5 rating from 176 reviews, and was last updated Aug 9, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v2.6.0 Current Version v2.6.0

Updated 1 month ago Last Update on 09 Aug, 2026

Refreshed 10 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#53 of 4,924 in Utilities & Tools Top 1% by installs Downloads -41.2% this week

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#397

+1 this week

Active Installs

100K+

-27.8%

KW Avg Position

2.2

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Downloads

2.7M

+566 today

Support Resolved

100%

— No change

Rating

96%

Review 4.8 out of 5

4.8 (176 reviews)

Next Milestone 200K

Total Progress 38%

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Reviews & Ratings

4.8

176 reviews

Overall 96%

162 (92%)

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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: 2.6.0
Last Updated: Aug 09, 2026
Requires WP: 5.3.0+
Tested Up To: 7.1
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

This feature is available only in Permalink Manager Pro.

When the Permalink Manager was first designed, it was supposed to be used for a typical WordPress website, which usually has less than a few thousand subpages. As a result, all custom permalinks are saved in a single row in the database in order to avoid slowing down the pageload with multiple SQL queries to the database. This is the most effective approach for small and medium-sized websites, without affecting site speed. While this data structure works for the vast majority of WordPress sites, it may not be optimal if you want to use the plugin to rewrite tens of thousands of permalinks. What works well for a smaller website may not scale well for a megasite. When the number of addresses on your site exceeds tens of thousands, the custom permalinks array may become quite huge, and any operations on it can have an effect on pageload time. To summarize, the plugin is suitable for small and medium-sized websites. It will not slow down your pageload time or affect its usability in any way. However, if you want to use it on a much bigger website with thousands of permalinks (more than 60.000), please consider excluding content types that do not require customized permalink format in order to lower the custom permalinks array. For further details on the plugin's performance, please visit this post.

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

Yes, Permalink Manager will automatically redirect the native permalinks (used when the plugin is disabled, or before it was activated) to the actual, custom permalinks.

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.