8 Best Admin Slug Column Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Admin Slug Column has 5,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 8 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 8 closest alternatives to Admin Slug Column
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Remove CPT base
Closest match5.0 (33) 10,000+ active installsRemove custom post type base slug from url
Shares the permalink, slug tags on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated December 1, 2025.
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Adminify – White Label, Admin Menu Editor, Login Customizer
4.3 (109) 6,000+ active installsWhite label WordPress admin, admin menu editor, login page customizer, admin dark mode, media library folders, admin columns.
Shares the admin columns tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 18 days ago.
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4.8 (23) 5,000+ active installsThis plugin can remove specific taxonomy base slug from your permalinks (e.g. "/genre/fiction/" to "/fiction/").
Shares the slug tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since November 28, 2017.
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Remove Category URL – Remove 'category' base from category permalinks
4.2 (59) 40,000+ active installsRemove Category URL strips the /category/ base from your category URLs, turning something like /category/my-category/ into simply /my-category/.
Shares the slug tag on WordPress.org. About 8 times the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
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4.7 (33) 800+ active installsIt checks the Permalink and redirects to the new URL, if it doesn't exist. It sends the header message "moved permanently 301"
Shares the permalink tag on WordPress.org. 800+ installs against 5,000+, no update since April 24, 2020.
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4.4 (23) 20,000+ active installsThis is a fix of Top Level Categories plugin for Wordpress 3.1. and above.
Shares the permalink tag on WordPress.org. About 4 times the installs, no update since September 3, 2025.
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4.8 (31) 2,000+ active installsAllows manual selection of a 'main' category for each post for nicer permalinks and better SEO.
Shares the permalink tag on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, no update since December 6, 2018.
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Admin Columns
Paid version available4.9 (1,651) 100,000+ active installsTake control of your WordPress admin list tables. Add, remove, and reorder columns for posts, users, media, and more - no coding needed.
Shares the admin columns tag on WordPress.org. About 20 times the installs, last updated 6 days ago.
Switching from Admin Slug Column: common questions
What is the best alternative to Admin Slug Column?
Remove CPT base is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 10,000+ active installs with a 5.0 out of 5 rating.
Which Admin Slug Column alternative has the most users?
Admin Columns, with 100,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Admin Slug Column alternative is rated highest?
Admin Columns, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 1,651 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Admin Slug Column alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Admin Slug Column score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Admin Slug Column on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Remove CPT base is the closest match to Admin Slug Column by the data we track, and Admin Columns has the widest reach with 100,000+ active installs. Admin Columns shipped the most recent release, on September 1, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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