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Custom Post Type Permalinks
A lifesaver for custom slugs unless you use WPML.
HealthyGrowing
91/100
This utility simplifies custom post type URLs but can cause compatibility issues with certain plugins.
Active installs
~250,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 200k+
Rating
4.8★
71 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+236%
Growing fast
101 → 339 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +236% in the last year
101/day a year ago→339/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayCustom Post Type Permalinks is a well-liked utility plugin that simplifies CPT permalink configuration, but it carries notable compatibility risks with certain plugins and multilingual setups.
What people like
- +Quick and easy to set up, saving significant development time×4
- +Integrates permalink settings in the familiar WordPress permalinks screen×2
- +Works well with bbPress and custom post types generally×2
- +Compatible with WordPress Multisite
Common complaints
- −Breaks compatibility with The Events Calendar plugin, causing incorrect permalink generation
- −Not compatible with WPML — non-default language pages throw 404 errors
- −Causes 404 errors for all CPT posts in some setups
- −Preview links for unpublished posts redirect to the homepage instead of the preview
- −Hierarchical/nested taxonomy terms in permalink structures do not work (sub-terms return 404)
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.75★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
- 7%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 25% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-09-182025-02-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 71 total
Latest reviews · 73 analyzed
- 2024-06-09★★★★★You guys are the best! So simple..equalityaccessibility1-shot
- 2024-02-29★★★★★Fantasticbarnabas1
- 2023-10-12★★★★★This Plugin is a Lifesaverdaneloctober
- 2023-09-09★★★★★Useless pluginwebsty
- 2023-01-17★★★★★Works perfectly for changing the slug of my custom post type!Toby Cryns (@themightymo)
- 2022-10-27★★★★★Good Pluginashimkumar
- 2022-02-17★★★★★Breaks the Events Calendaranphira
- 2021-12-29★★★★★Absolutely Phenomenalnick1999
- 2021-02-24★★★★★very nice~!!!purityboy83
- 2020-08-16★★★★★It does what it promisesArtneo
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
394
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
555
Prior 7-day baseline
701
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
5,832
Mean release-day peak (30d)
1,132
Latest day · 2026-06-03(tail)
-29.0%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
25%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.74
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
92%
5★ share in analyzed sample
7%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.77 → 4.75★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered