10 Best WP Category Permalink Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
WP Category Permalink 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 WP Category Permalink
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Change Permalink Helper
Closest match4.7 (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. About a third of the installs, 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 10 times the installs, no update since September 3, 2025.
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4.9 (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 tag on WordPress.org. About 2.5 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 tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated December 1, 2025.
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4.5 (47) 9,000+ active installsMove or remove posts in bulk from one category, tag or custom taxonomy to another.
Shares the category tag on WordPress.org. About 4.5 times the installs, no update since January 28, 2024.
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4.4 (40) 9,000+ active installsAssociate images from your media library to categories, tags and custom taxonomies.
Shares the category tag on WordPress.org. About 4.5 times the installs, no update since February 15, 2024.
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4.9 (76) 10,000+ active installsAllows you to merge terms, move terms between taxonomies, and set term parents, individually or in bulk.
Shares the category tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated December 11, 2025.
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4.7 (21) 9,000+ active installsThe List Custom Taxonomy Widget is a quick and easy way to display custom taxonomies. Simply choose the taxonomy name you want to display from an auto …
Shares the category tag on WordPress.org. About 4.5 times the installs, last updated July 19, 2026.
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4.2 (52) 20,000+ active installsAdds the ability to use categories in the media library.
Shares the category tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 16 days ago.
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4.7 (30) 20,000+ active installsEasily add a Post Categories to Wordpress Pages
Shares the category tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, no update since October 19, 2019.
Switching from WP Category Permalink: common questions
What is the best alternative to WP Category Permalink?
Change Permalink Helper is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 800+ active installs with a 4.7 out of 5 rating.
Which WP Category Permalink alternative has the most users?
FV Top Level Categories, with 20,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which WP Category Permalink alternative is rated highest?
Term Management Tools, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 76 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these WP Category Permalink 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 WP Category Permalink 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 WP Category Permalink 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
Change Permalink Helper is the closest match to WP Category Permalink by the data we track, and FV Top Level Categories has the widest reach with 20,000+ active installs. Media Library Categories shipped the most recent release, on August 22, 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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