by Pieter Bos 5 (8 reviews)

Pinyin Slugs

Name: Pinyin Slugs
Rating: 5.0 (8 reviews)
Author: Pieter Bos

Transforms Simplified or Traditional Chinese character titles into Pinyin to create a permalink friendly slug.

Pinyin Slugs ranks #4,119 among WordPress.org plugins with 3,000+ active installations, is #432 of 5,310 in the Utilities & Tools category, a 5/5 rating from 8 reviews, and was last updated Aug 18, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v2.3.9 Current Version v2.3.9

Updated 2 months ago Last Update on 18 Aug, 2026

Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on

#432 of 5,310 in Utilities & Tools Top 5% by installs Downloads -17.1% this week

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Review 5 out of 5

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

1 known vulnerability on record · 0 in the last 24 months · checked 3 months ago

Nov 7, 2023

Pinyin Slugs [so-pinyin-slugs] < 2.3.1

CVE-2023-47511 · Fixed in v2.3.1

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.3.9
Last Updated: Aug 18, 2026
Requires WP: 4.6+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: N/A
Author: Pieter Bos

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
Reviews: 8
Support Threads: 0
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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners publishing content with Chinese-language post titles. It converts Simplified or Traditional Chinese characters in titles into Pinyin, producing readable, hyphen-free permalink slugs instead of URL-encoded Chinese characters.

Converts Chinese titles to Pinyin
Simplified and Traditional Chinese support
Configurable slug character limit
Hyphen-free single-string slugs
WPML compatible
GitHub-based support and issue tracking

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Pinyin Slugs

Yes, the plugin transforms Simplified Chinese slugs into pinyin.

Yes, since September 2020 the plugin also can transform Traditional Chinese slugs into pinyin.

Yes, it does, although one caveat is that to be able to see the change of slug, the post/page first needs to be saved. The same applies for edits. Known Issues Pinyin Slugs will not auto-transform existing slugs, you will have to change them manually.

Please open an issue over at Github, as I will not use the support forums here on WordPress.org