9 Best URL Params Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
URL Params has 8,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 9 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 9 closest alternatives to URL Params
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WP Performance Score Booster
Closest matchWP Performance Score Booster – Optimize Speed, Enable Cache & Page Preload
4.6 (339) 10,000+ active installsMake website faster, speed up page load time and improve performance scores in tools like Google PageSpeed Insights, GTmetrix, Pingdom, and more.
Shares the query string tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 17 days ago.
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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. About a quarter of the installs, last updated March 10, 2026.
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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 url tag on WordPress.org. 800+ installs against 8,000+, no update since April 24, 2020.
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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. A similar number of 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 a third of the installs, no update since April 17, 2024.
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Featured Image from URL (FIFU)
4.6 (264) 60,000+ active installsUse remote media as the featured image and beyond.
Shares the url tag on WordPress.org. About 7.5 times the installs, last updated 6 days ago.
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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. A similar number of installs, last updated 13 days ago.
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4.1 (116) 100,000+ active installsA powerful WordPress plugin for full URL control. Set custom permalinks, auto-redirects, and use dynamic tags for ideal site structure and SEO.
Shares the url tag on WordPress.org. About 13 times the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
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4.8 (71) 200,000+ active installsEdit the permalink of custom post type.
Shares the url tag on WordPress.org. About 25 times the installs, last updated May 20, 2026.
Switching from URL Params: common questions
What is the best alternative to URL Params?
WP Performance Score Booster is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 10,000+ active installs with a 4.6 out of 5 rating.
Which URL Params alternative has the most users?
Custom Post Type Permalinks, with 200,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which URL Params 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 URL Params 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 URL Params 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 URL Params 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 Performance Score Booster is the closest match to URL Params by the data we track, and Custom Post Type Permalinks has the widest reach with 200,000+ active installs. Featured Image from URL 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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