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Cyr to Lat Enhanced

Name: Cyr to Lat Enhanced
Rating: 4.6 (51 reviews)
Author: Ivijan-Stefan Stipic

⤓ Download v3.7.4 on WordPress.org ↗

by Ivijan-Stefan Stipicupdated 2026-05-21🌟The Rising Star

Simple Latin slugs for Slavic sites without any extra bloat.

HealthyGrowing

86/100

Users appreciate the lightweight transliteration despite lingering concerns about past security vulnerabilities.

Loved28/40

Trustworthy13/15

Fair & Honest15/15

Maintained18/18

Momentum12/12

✂️

You might not need this plugin. Its core job is small enough to live in your theme's functions.php.

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$cyr_to_lat = [
    // Russian / Bulgarian
    'а'=>'a','б'=>'b','в'=>'v','г'=>'g','д'=>'d','е'=>'e','ё'=>'yo',
    'ж'=>'zh','з'=>'z','и'=>'i','й'=>'j','к'=>'k','л'=>'l','м'=>'m',
    'н'=>'n','о'=>'o','п'=>'p','р'=>'r','с'=>'s','т'=>'t','у'=>'u',
    'ф'=>'f','х'=>'kh','ц'=>'ts','ч'=>'ch','ш'=>'sh','щ'=>'shch',
    'ъ'=>'','ы'=>'y','ь'=>'','э'=>'e','ю'=>'yu','я'=>'ya',
    'А'=>'A','Б'=>'B','В'=>'V','Г'=>'G','Д'=>'D','Е'=>'E','Ё'=>'Yo',
    'Ж'=>'Zh','З'=>'Z','И'=>'I','Й'=>'J','К'=>'K','Л'=>'L','М'=>'M',
    'Н'=>'N','О'=>'O','П'=>'P','Р'=>'R','С'=>'S','Т'=>'T','У'=>'U',
    'Ф'=>'F','Х'=>'Kh','Ц'=>'Ts','Ч'=>'Ch','Ш'=>'Sh','Щ'=>'Shch',
    'Ъ'=>'','Ы'=>'Y','Ь'=>'','Э'=>'E','Ю'=>'Yu','Я'=>'Ya',
    // Ukrainian extras
    'і'=>'i','ї'=>'yi','є'=>'ye','ґ'=>'g',
    'І'=>'I','Ї'=>'Yi','Є'=>'Ye','Ґ'=>'G',
];

$transliterate = function( $title ) use ( $cyr_to_lat ) {
    return strtr( $title, $cyr_to_lat );
};

add_filter( 'sanitize_title',     $transliterate, 9 );
add_filter( 'sanitize_file_name', $transliterate, 9 );

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Active installs

~85,000

our estimate · wp.org shows 80k+

→ on track for 90k+in ~4 weeks

Rating

4.6★

51 ratings

Trend · vs a year ago

+121%

Growing fast

51 → 113 installs/day

Downloads over time

real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend

2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03

organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median

Growing fast · +121% in the last year

51/day a year ago→113/day today

Reviews

what people actually say

Cyr to Lat Enhanced is a well-regarded, lightweight transliteration plugin that most users find reliable and unobtrusive, but it carries a notable security concern raised by multiple reviewers who warn of vulnerabilities in older versions.

What people like

+Reliable, set-and-forget operation with no reported glitches across WordPress versions, themes, or plugins×10
+Works correctly for its core purpose: converting Cyrillic characters to Latin in slugs and media filenames×3
+Long-term stability reported by users over multiple years of use×3

Common complaints

−Security vulnerabilities reported in older versions, with one user attributing a prolonged malware infection to the plugin×2
−No built-in redirect from old Cyrillic URLs to new Latin ones, which can be a significant issue for existing sites with many Cyrillic pages
−Conflict with the original Cyr to Lat plugin causes a fatal error if both are active simultaneously

Review trustMostly organic

4.57★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.60★
4%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
past spikeReview timing — up to 100% of all reviews landed in a single month

Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower

2026-03-062026-05-052026-06-04

5★ reviews1–4★ reviews

All-time ratings · 51 total

5★

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1★

Latest reviews · 51 analyzed

2026-02-10★★★★★Plugin was overtaken, switching to alternatives Dmitrii
2026-02-10★★★★★Работает fedor77
2019-09-05★★★★★Работает kotyarashop
2018-12-30★★★★★Простой и рабочий плагин The Cab
2018-11-29★★★★★Great plugin!Nick Krastev
2018-06-02★★★★★Работает korchevoy
2018-02-01★★★★★Проблема с редиректом poganini
2018-01-19★★★★★Не устанавливать shipiloff69
2017-11-08★★★★★Всё отлично работает.Ihor Vusyk
2017-10-22★★★★★Воркс лайк э чарм!Oleg Komarovskyi

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2026-05-21v3.7.4
2026-02-10v3.7.3
2026-02-05v3.7.2
2026-02-01v3.7.1
2022-12-29v3.7
2022-12-25v3.6
2022-11-28v3.5
2013-09-10v3.4

For developers & the curious

the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary above

Download 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.

102

Baseline · median of last 7 organic days

110

Prior 7-day baseline

302

Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days

4,170

Mean release-day peak (30d)

276

Latest day · 2026-06-03(spike)

-7.3%

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.

100%

Max month share · biggest single 30-day window

1.73

Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty

84%

5★ share in analyzed sample

Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity

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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

4.59 → 4.57★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered