10 Best Upload Url and Path Enabler Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Upload Url and Path Enabler has 2,000+ 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 Upload Url and Path Enabler
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WP Original Media Path
Closest match4.9 (38) 6,000+ active installsChange the location for the uploads folder for WordPress
Shares the media, path, upload tags on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, last updated 21 days ago.
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4.4 (25) 5,000+ active installsKeeps your uploaded files organized in smart folder structures.
Shares the media, upload tags on WordPress.org. About 2.5 times the installs, no update since July 26, 2022.
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4.9 (34) 10,000+ active installsRestores the ability to upload non-image files in WordPress 4.7.1 and 4.7.2.
Shares the media, upload tags on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, no update since November 28, 2017.
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Plus WebP or AVIF
4.6 (26) 5,000+ active installsGenerate WebP or AVIF.
Shares the media, upload tags on WordPress.org. About 2.5 times the installs, last updated 13 days ago.
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4.6 (21) 30,000+ active installsThis plugin automatically converts language accent characters to non-accent characters in filenames when uploading to the media library.
Shares the media, upload tags on WordPress.org. About 15 times the installs, last updated January 14, 2026.
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Bitly's WordPress Plugin
4.2 (23) 2,000+ active installsCreate short links to your content with Bitly’s WordPress Plugin.
Shares the url tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated March 10, 2026.
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5.0 (37) 8,000+ active installsShort Code to grab any URL parameter from the Query String and display it or display conditional content.
Shares the url tag on WordPress.org. About 4 times the installs, last updated June 29, 2026.
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4.3 (31) 10,000+ active installsRedirect any post or page — with a native block or a classic shortcode. Optional delay. Optional "redirecting" message. Zero configuration.
Shares the url tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated 13 days ago.
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4.9 (55) 3,000+ active installsHide usernames in Author Pages URLs to enhance Security
Shares the url tag on WordPress.org. About 1.5 times the installs, no update since April 17, 2024.
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4.9 (26) 8,000+ active installsPermalink Manager for WooCommerce improves your store permalinks and remove product, product_category and product_tag slugs from the URL.
Shares the url tag on WordPress.org. About 4 times the installs, last updated 13 days ago.
Switching from Upload Url and Path Enabler: common questions
What is the best alternative to Upload Url and Path Enabler?
WP Original Media Path is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 6,000+ active installs with a 4.9 out of 5 rating.
Which Upload Url and Path Enabler alternative has the most users?
Clean Image Filenames, with 30,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Upload Url and Path Enabler alternative is rated highest?
Smart User Slug Hider, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 55 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Upload Url and Path Enabler 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 Upload Url and Path Enabler 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 Upload Url and Path Enabler 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
WP Original Media Path is the closest match to Upload Url and Path Enabler by the data we track, and Clean Image Filenames has the widest reach with 30,000+ active installs. Permalink Manager for WooCommerce shipped the most recent release, on August 25, 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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