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Permalink Manager Lite
Tame your messy slugs with a developer who actually answers.
HealthyGrowing
91/100
The plugin provides excellent URL control and responsive support even in its free version.
Active installs
~150,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 100k+
Rating
4.8★
176 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+17%
Growing
581 → 681 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 · +17% in the last year
581/day a year ago→681/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayPermalink Manager Lite is a well-regarded URL customization plugin with a strong reputation for responsive, hands-on developer support, though the reviews skew heavily positive with little critical feedback to balance them.
What people like
- +Support is consistently praised as fast, responsive, and personally hands-on — including direct involvement from the developer/founder×9
- +Works well with major third-party plugins including WooCommerce, Yoast, WPML, Rank Math, Polylang, and JReviews×3
- +Bulk URL editing capability saves significant time×2
- +Automatic redirects from old URLs are useful for SEO continuity×2
- +Allows full URL path customization beyond WordPress's default slug editing, including removal of parent slugs×2
- +Easy to use, both at the global settings level and on a per-post basis×3
Common complaints
- −Conflicts with other plugins have been reported, requiring support intervention to resolve×2
- −Auto-update URI reset for products (e.g. WooCommerce) requires a manual SQL query workaround rather than a built-in feature
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.76★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
- 11%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 176 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-01-03★★★★★it does what it has to do and no bloatmcdeth
- 2025-08-21★★★★★Saved me a ton of time! So Powerful, it's almost scary!The Moss Report
- 2025-08-11★★★★★Excellent plugin with outstanding supportmediambev
- 2025-06-09★★★★★The Ultimate WordPress URL Control PluginTraceMyIP
- 2025-03-31★★★★★Support is instant and amazinghelloterris1-shot
- 2025-03-08★★★★★Very Fast response!royvs
- 2025-02-14★★★★★Free is worth your time; Pro is worth the moneygeraldbiggs
- 2025-01-04★★★★★Pro version SO helpful for Drupal migrationHilary Caws-Elwitt
- 2024-12-14★★★★★Love at first siteKyle Van Deusen
- 2024-11-14★★★★★We upgraded to Pro and here's whyforrentspace
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.
1,080
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
553
Prior 7-day baseline
664
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
9,711
Mean release-day peak (30d)
1,130
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+95.3%
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.
19%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.38
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
91%
5★ share in analyzed sample
11%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.70 → 4.76★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered