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Longer Permalinks

by antithesisgr · WordPress.org page · Website

v1.32 Tested up to WP 6.8.8

Longer Permalinks has 8,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 70,671 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on September 21, 2025, tested up to WordPress 6.8.8.

Longer Permalinks at a glance

Active installs
8,000+
Total downloads
70,671
Downloads, last 30 days
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available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
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tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Longer Permalinks well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Behind
tested up to WordPress 6.8.8, not yet with the current 7.1
One-star reviews
0%
0 of 18 reviews on WordPress.org

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • Upon activation the available slug length (post title) will become 3000, allowing long permalinks
  • Required functionality is automatically applied without changing WordPress core files
  • Even after core updates, plugin will automatically apply required changes and just keep your long URLs working
  • Plugin requires at least MySQL 5.0.3

Longer Permalinks reviews and ratings

18 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

All reviews
5.0 out of 5

18 reviews

5★
18
4★
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3★
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2★
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1★
0

  • Noice!

    Noice! 👍

    svifi

  • Excellent plugin

    Excellent plugin, simply works!

    takisbig

  • It just works right away!

    I was looking for a solution on Google, and I could not find something to help me increase the 20-character limit on blog post URLs. I found this plugin and I activated it, and it immediately solves my problem. So thank you!

    antritsos

  • Essential for SEO

    I just wonder why WP devs still haven't fixed this.

    shadowlmd

  • Work Great!

    Work Great! with WP All Import & Greek

    liaris

  • Great Plugin!

    Worked Like A Charm! Good Job Giannis!

    toulip

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Details

Allow long permalinks in your WordPress. Useful especially for using non-latin characters in permalinks. Respects future relevant core updates.

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Tags

  • long
  • long title
  • permalinks
  • slugs
  • slugs length
Version
1.32
Last updated
Sep 21, 2025
First published
Mar 6, 2017
Requires WordPress
4.0
Tested up to
6.8.8
Requires PHP
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Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Longer Permalinks FAQ

What does Longer Permalinks do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Longer Permalinks offers Upon activation the available slug length (post title) will become 3000, allowing long permalinks, Required functionality is automatically applied without changing WordPress core files, Even after core updates, plugin will automatically apply required changes and just keep your long URLs working and Plugin requires at least MySQL 5.0.3.

How many active installs does Longer Permalinks have?

WordPress.org reports 8,000+ active installs for Longer Permalinks as of September 7, 2026.

Is Longer Permalinks still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on September 21, 2025 and it is tested up to WordPress 6.8.8.

Is Longer Permalinks free?

Longer Permalinks is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.