by Mateusz Gbiorczyk 4.9 (26 reviews)

WP Better Permalinks

Name: WP Better Permalinks
Rating: 4.9 (26 reviews)
Author: Mateusz Gbiorczyk

Set custom friendly permalinks structure: Custom Post Type > Taxonomy > Post and Custom Post Type > Taxonomy instead of default WordPress structure.

WP Better Permalinks ranks #5,918 among WordPress.org plugins with 1,000+ active installations, is #552 of 4,954 in the Utilities & Tools category, a 4.9/5 rating from 26 reviews, and was last updated Aug 18, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v4.3.1 Current Version v4.3.1

Updated 1 month ago Last Update on 18 Aug, 2026

Refreshed 6 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#552 of 4,954 in Utilities & Tools Top 10% by installs Downloads +11.5% this week

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Review 4.9 out of 5

4.9 (26 reviews)

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

2 known vulnerabilities on record · 0 in the last 24 months · checked 1 month ago

Jun 27, 2019

WP Better Permalinks [wp-better-permalinks] < 3.0.5

CVE-2019-15835 · Fixed in v3.0.5
Jun 27, 2019

WP Better Permalinks [wp-better-permalinks] < 3.0.5

Fixed in v3.0.5

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Plugin Details

Version: 4.3.1
Last Updated: Aug 18, 2026
Requires WP: 5.0+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: Mateusz Gbiorczyk

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9
Reviews: 26
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners using custom post types and taxonomies who want more control over their site's URLs. It solves the problem of WordPress's default permalink structure not supporting patterns like custom post type combined with term and post together.

Custom permalink structure builder
Custom Post Type + Taxonomy + Post URLs
Custom Post Type + Taxonomy URLs
Single term or term tree support
No additional code required
Automatic structure application

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about WP Better Permalinks

To start with, you should add Custom Post Types and Taxonomies assigned to them. Without this, the plugin will not work because it creates a friendly link structure of Custom Post Type and Taxonomy. Then on the plugin settings page you can choose Taxonomy for each Custom Post Type that will be preferred for building URLs. You can create your own Custom Post Types and Taxonomies using the built-in functions in WordPres or additional plugins. Finally, just save the plugin settings and the new structure for links will work.

You can use the Wordpress features: register_post_type and register_taxonomy or use any plugin for this. It is important to set visibility as public in arguments.

Yes. Minor corrections are made to allow the plugin to work properly. In the case of Custom Post Type, the value of hierarchical is set to false. If set to true, the parent post servant is displayed in the link. The child post may have a different category, which would cause URL mismatch. For Taxonomy, set the hierarchical value in the rewrite section for hierarchical terms. Thanks to this, we keep the tree structure, which is very important.

Unfortunately not. This possibility is not available. You can assign Taxonomy to only one Custom Post Type. Adding one Taxonomy to many Custom Post Types settings will not be saved.

Links are created according to the structure: * Custom Post Type > Single Term (or Term tree) > Post * Custom Post Type > Post (when no term is selected) * Custom Post Type > Single Term (or Term tree) If you choose more than one category for a post, the first one is always taken.

Yes. The plugin is completely free.

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