10 Best SF Author Url Control Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
SF Author Url Control has 1,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 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 10 closest alternatives to SF Author Url Control
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Admin Slug Column
Closest match4.9 (31) 5,000+ active installsAdds a URL path column to all admin post type edit screens. Works with posts, pages, and any custom post type including WooCommerce products.
Shares the permalink, slug tags on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
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5.0 (33) 10,000+ active installsRemove custom post type base slug from url
Shares the permalink, slug tags on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated December 1, 2025.
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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. About 5 times the installs, no update since November 28, 2017.
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4.7 (33) 900+ active installsCustomize various aspects of WordPress backend. Create a clean and easier admin area for the users.
Shares the customize tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since April 16, 2025.
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4.8 (57) 8,000+ active installsAdds powerful customizer options to modify all aspects of the default WordPress theme Twenty Seventeen.
Shares the customize tag on WordPress.org. About 8 times the installs, last updated 24 days ago.
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4.7 (31) 3,000+ active installsAdds powerful customizer options to modify all aspects of the default WordPress theme Twenty Twenty.
Shares the customize tag on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, last updated 24 days ago.
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4.8 (42) 3,000+ active installsAllow your customers to create configurable products with a live preview of the result. Works using a layer-based system.
Shares the customize tag on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, last updated 27 days ago.
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4.9 (64) 6,000+ active installsAdds powerful customizer options to modify all aspects of the default WordPress theme Twenty Twenty-One.
Shares the customize tag on WordPress.org. About 6 times the installs, last updated 24 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. A similar number of installs, no update since April 24, 2020.
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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 2 times the installs, no update since December 6, 2018.
Switching from SF Author Url Control: common questions
What is the best alternative to SF Author Url Control?
Admin Slug Column is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 5,000+ active installs with a 4.9 out of 5 rating.
Which SF Author Url Control alternative has the most users?
Remove CPT base, with 10,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which SF Author Url Control alternative is rated highest?
Options for Twenty Twenty-One, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 64 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these SF Author Url Control 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 SF Author Url Control 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 SF Author Url Control 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
Admin Slug Column is the closest match to SF Author Url Control by the data we track, and Remove CPT base has the widest reach with 10,000+ active installs. Admin Slug Column shipped the most recent release, on August 20, 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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