Dev – Updated “Force unique custom permalinks” function to respect language codes
Fix – Resolved the “seems_utf8()” deprecation warning introduced in version 6.9.0.
Fix – Addressed a PHP fatal error occurring when exporting via WP All Export in the Lite version
2.5.3 (February 10, 2026)
Dev – New “Select by language” filter in Tools, allowing custom permalinks to be regenerated for specific languages
Dev – Partially refactored codebase to align with WordPress Coding Standards.
Fix – The non-Latin characters are now correctly lowercased when the custom permalinks are sanitized
Fix – The “Force unique custom permalinks” function is now triggered at the proper time
Fix – Fixed a “Broken Access Control” security issue and added a “Debug Mode” toggle in the plugin settings
2.5.2.3/2.5.2.4 (January 7, 2026)
Fix – Hotfix for “Admin Columns Pro” – the custom permalinks are no longer overwritten
Dev – Minor code improvements
2.5.2.2 (November 25, 2025)
Fix – Hotfix for “View Page” link in Block (Gutenberg) Editor
Fix – PHP 8.4 warnings fixed (deprecated methods)
Dev – Minor code improvements
2.5.2.1 (November 7, 2025)
Fix – Hotfix for Rankmath sitemap support (broken URLs)
2.5.2 (November 3, 2025)
Dev – New setting field – “Force unique custom permalinks”
Dev – Minor code improvements
Dev – Pro version code refactoring
Fix – Hotfix for “Quick Edit” form
Fix – Custom slugs function refactored
2.5.1.4 (September 3, 2025)
Fix – Restricted debug data access for custom fields in the admin dashboard
2.5.1.3 (July 22, 2025)
Fix – The url_to_postid() function works also when the language code is provided with URL
Fix – Improvements for WPML’s Advanced Translation Editor integration
Dev – New setting field – “Edit permalinks in WPML’s Translation Editor”
Dev – Minor code improvements
2.5.1.2 (May 26, 2025)
Dev – WPML’s Translation Editor compatibility code refactored
Dev – The slashes in titles are now changed to dashes when custom permalinks are sanitized, just like they are in default WordPress slugs
Fix – Improvements for WooCommerce REST API integration
2.5.1/2.5.1.1 (March 31, 2025)
Fix – Fixed fatal error for Bulk URI Editor with TranslatePress activated
Dev – Minor code improvements
Dev – Improved support for ACF’s Relationship field
Dev – Improved support for Polylang if multiple domains configured for different languages
2.5.0 (February 5, 2025)
Dev – Permastructure settings UI improvements
Dev – Improved support for WP All Import
Dev – Language filter added for URI Editor (WPML/Polylang)
Fix – Improvements for MyListing theme integration
2.4.4.3 (December 16, 2024)
Dev – Code refactoring for “Bulk URI Editor”
Dev – Code adjustments for MyListing support
Dev – Minor code improvements
Fix – Fallback for get_primary_term() function in older versions of The SEO Framework plugin
2.4.4.2 (October 16, 2024)
Dev – Improved support for REGEX formulas in “Find & Replace”
Dev – Code adjustments to improve WPCS compliance
Fix – Fixed search functionality bug in Bulk URI Editor
2.4.4.1 (August 28, 2024)
Fix – Fixed the deprecated warning for The SEO Framework plugin
Fix – Fixed taxonomies’ custom permalink import feature for WP All Import in Permalink Manager Lite
Dev – Code adjustments for WPForo integration
Dev – Minor code improvements
2.4.4 (July 24, 2024)
Fix – The native slug is updated when changed from permalink editor via Gutenberg/Block Editor
Fix – The URLs with empty “attachment” endpoint returns 404 error
Dev – The translated taxonomies’ slugs are used when %taxonomy% tag is used in Permastructures
Dev – Code refactoring & further improvements
2.4.3.4/2.4.3.5 (June 6, 2024)
Fix – Security fix for Permalink_Manager_UI_Elements->get_the_form() function
Dev – The breadcrumbs support can only be enabled for content items that have custom permalinks
2.4.3.3 (May 16, 2024)
Dev – Optimization of “Permalink_Manager_Core_Functions::fix_pagination_pages”
Dev – The canonical redirect function has been improved to fully handle the “/page/1” and “/1/” endpoints as well as the “p”, “page_id”, and “name” query parameters in URLs
Fix – The plugin may save the native slug for “draft” posts and pages even if WordPress has not generated it yet
Fix – “Customize URL” in the admin toolbar works now correctly also for categories, and custom taxonomies
Fix – “Auto-update mode” is now respected in Advanced Translation Editor (WPML)
2.4.3.2 (March 18, 2024)
Fix – Further security improvements for AJAX functions and “Bulk Tools”
Dev – Minor code improvements
2.4.3.1 (February 12, 2024)
Fix – Security fix for Permalink_Manager_Actions->ajax_detect_duplicates() function
Dev – Minor code improvements
2.4.3 (February 6, 2024)
Fix – Code refactoring and optimization
Fix – Minor improvements for RankMath redirection hooks
Enhancement – Improvements for “Force 404 on non-existing pagination pages” functionality
Enhancement – The “Regenerate/reset” & “Find/replace” now can be used in preview mode without saving the changes
Dev – New filter hooks – “permalink_manager_pre_update_post_uri” & “permalink_manager_pre_update_term_uri”
Dev – Support for translated “page” endpoint in Polylang Pro
Dev – Support for primary terms controlled by All In One SEO Pro
2.4.2 (January 9, 2024)
Fix – The Permalink_Manager_Helper_Functions::replace_empty_placeholder_tags() no longer decodes invalid ASCII characters
Fix – The old slug (“_wp_old_slug”) is now saved correctly in Block Editor (Gutenberg)
Dev – New ‘permalink_manager_sanitize_title’ filter is added
Dev – Duplicated dashes are now removed from default permalinks unless “Strip special characters” is disabled in the plugin settings
Dev – Minor fixes and improvements
2.4.1.6 (November 6, 2023)
Dev – Refactoring & minor code improvements
2.4.1.4/2.4.1.5 (September 25, 2023)
Enhancement – Support for “Primary category” set with SmartCrawler plugin
Enhancement – Partial support for Site Kit by Google plugin
Dev – Minor code improvements
2.4.1.3 (August 7, 2023)
Dev – Code refactoring
Fix – Fixed /feed/ endpoint support
2.4.1.2 (June 28, 2023)
Dev – Draft posts no longer automatically generate custom permalinks, but users may set them manually if necessary, or they will be generated when the post is published
Fix – Duplicated REST API calls from Gutenberg JS functions are now ignored when custom permalinks are generated
Fix – The ‘High-Performance order storage (COT)’ declaration for the WooCommerce has been fixed
2.4.1 (May 22, 2023)
Dev – The function that adds the “Permalink Manager” button via ‘get_sample_permalink_html’ filter has been updated
Dev – The function that controls permalink trailing slashes has been refactored and improved
Dev – When WPML is enabled, Permalink Manager uses “term_taxonomy_id” instead of “term_id” for language mismatch functions to avoid compatibility issues
Dev – To avoid problems with other 3rd party plugins, the function that places the “Permalink Manager” button below the title editor field in Classic Editor mode no longer overwrites the whole HTML
Enhancement – The plugin interface’s text descriptions and label names have been simplified for readability
Enhancement – Added new section “Exclusion settings” with a field to manually enter IDs of posts/terms to be ignored by Permalink Manager
Fix – The compatability problem that caused “fatal error” for some RankMath users has been resolved
2.4.0 (April 12, 2023)
Dev – Improved custom permalink detection function
Dev – Minor code improvements for the breadcrumbs filter function
Dev – Minor CSS changes
Dev – New filter added – ‘permalink_manager_excluded_element_id’
Dev – New filter added – ‘permalink_manager_duplicate_uri_policy’
Dev – Now users may select in “WPML/Polylang fix language mismatch” settings field between loading translation or triggering the canonical redirect to the detected item
Dev – Support for WooCommerce ‘High-Performance order storage (COT)’ declared
Fix – The RankMath redirection function is disabled if custom permalink is detected to prevent redirect loop
Fix – The “Exclude drafts & pending posts” setting field has been changed to allow for greater control in generating and editing custom permalinks for draft and pending posts
2.3.1.1 (February 16, 2023)
Dev – Hotfix for “Quick Edit” URI editor
2.3.1 (February 13, 2023)
Dev – Bulk tools (“Regenerate/Reset” and “Find & replace”) and “Quick Edit” code was refactored
Dev – Minor code improvements
Dev – New filter field – ‘permalink_manager_ate_uri_editor’
Dev – Improved compatibility with WPML’s Advanced Translation Editor
Fix – The /feed/ endpoint returns 404 error if ‘feeds’ in rewrite property of requested post type object is set to false
Fix – The canonical redirect is no longer forced for LearnPress front-end pages
2.3.0 (December 14, 2022)
Dev – For improved readability, the plugin’s code has been reformatted and more comments have been added to match WordPress PHP Coding Standards
Dev – To simplify the codebase, redundant functions and variables were removed
Fix – The post/term titles in Bulk URI Editor are protected from XSS (Cross-site scripting) attacks by sanitizing the displayed titles
Fix – Improved compatibility with Groundhogg plugin
Fix – Improved compatibility with BasePress plugin
Fix – Minor improvements for WPML compatibility
Fix – The bug that caused the message “You are not allowed to remove Permalink Manager data!” to show up randomly in the admin dashboard has been fixed
2.2.20.4 (November 23, 2022)
Fix – The “URI Editor” for individual term pages is now called later to ensure that all custom taxonomies are registered
Dev – The “nonce” field has been renamed for clarity
Dev – New filter added – ‘permalink_manager_get_language_code’
2.2.20.2/2.2.20.3 (November 15, 2022)
Fix – A nonce field has been added to debug tools code for increased security
Fix – The “Fix language mismatch” function now functions exactly the same way in Polylang as it does in WPML
2.2.20.1 (October 31, 2022)
Fix – Security fix for BAC vulnerability found in the debug function that allowed unauthorized removal of single URIs
2.2.20 (October 10, 2022)
Fix – The URLs with duplicated slashes (eg. example.com/sample-page////) are now handled correctly and forwarded to the canonical URL
Fix – The redirect problem was resolved with WPForo versions after 2.0.1
Dev – Improved compatibility with the WP All Import plugin functions
Dev – Improved compatibility with Polylang plugin
Dev – Better support for ACF Relationship fields
Dev – The plugin no longer (by default) supports custom post types & taxonomies that do not have the “query_var” and “rewrite” properties
Enhancement – In “Exclude drafts” mode, the URI Editor field in the “Quick Edit” section becomes “read-only” for the “Draft” posts
2.2.19.3 (August 11, 2022)
Dev – New filter added – ‘permalink_manager_pre_sanitize_title’
Fix – The old slugs are saved in the ‘_wp_old_slug’ meta key even if the native slugs are changed in the URI Editor in the Gutenberg mode.
Fix – Extra security check in the “Debug” section to prevent unauthorized users (CSRF) from removing the plugin’s data.
Fix – The term custom permalink is now returned in the correct language
Fix – In Gutenberg mode, the custom permalinks are saved correctly and are not changed back to the default format (“URI Editor” is now only reloaded once the post has been saved and the metaboxes have been refreshed)
Enhancement – Old URIs are saved as “extra redirects” if content is updated with WP All Import
Dev – Additional minor improvements in code (including changes to make it work with PHP 8.1)
2.2.18 (May 18, 2022)
Fix – The “permalink_manager_filter_permastructure” filter can now also be used before the “Permastructure” settings are saved in the database
Enhancement – Improved support for RankMath breadcrumbs
Dev – License notification function has been improved (Permalink Manager Pro)
Dev – Additional minor improvements in code
2.2.17 (March 22, 2022)
Fix – Permalink Manager supports WPML’s “Post Types & Taxonomy Translation” settings and returns the permalink of the fallback post/term with the correct language code
Fix – When the auto-update mode for categories is disabled, the manually adjusted permalinks are no longer overwritten by the default ones
Enhancement – Permalink Manager now allows you to rewrite just chosen articles and terms while leaving the rest untouched (See ‘”Auto-update” permalinks’ settings field)
Enhancement – Improved support for SEOPress breadcrumbs
Enhancement – “Auto-update permalinks” setting is now replaced with “URI update mode” to give users better control on how Permalink Manager generates and saves the custom permalinks
Dev – Additional minor improvements in code
2.2.16 (January 23, 2022)
Enhancement – Improved support for “Primary category” feature included in Yoast SEO
Enhancement – Added support for Avia/Enfold breadcrumbs filter
Enhancement – Further optimisation and improvements for Permalink_Manager_Core_Functions->new_uri_redirect_and_404() function
Fix – Permalink Manager now recognises the “Explore” listing page in MyListing theme properly
2.2.15.1 (January 14, 2022)
Fix – “Regenerate/reset” tool works correctly again in Permalink Manager Lite
2.2.15 (January 12, 2022)
Enhancement – UI Improvements for Regenerate/reset tool
Dev – WPML_URL_Filters->permalink_filter() hook is also used by Permalink Manager to filter custom permalinks
Enhancement – wp_make_link_relative() function is used to prevent redirect loops in new_uri_redirect_and_404() (suggested by mgussekloo)
Fix – Adjustments to the debug function’s security to prevent XSS injection
2.2.14 (October 20, 2021)
Enhancement – Improvements for Gutenberg Editor
Dev – Tippy.js (by atomiks) updated to version 6.3.2
Fix – From now on, the user role selected in “URI Editor role capability” is respected in “Quick Edit” box hooks (reported by @lozeone)
Dev – Further security improvements inside WP-Admin dashboard (reported by Vlad Vector)
2.2.13.1 (September 20, 2021)
Dev – Minor security improvements inside WP-Admin dashboard
Fix – Allow canonical redirect for default language if “Hide URL language information for default language” is turned on in Polylang settings
Enhancement – New settings field – “Primary category support”
Enhancement – “Force 404 on non-existing pagination pages” works now with archive pages
2.2.12 (August 17, 2021)
Dev – New filters added – ‘permalink_manager_excluded_post_ids’ & ‘permalink_manager_excluded_term_ids’
Dev – Additional minor changes in the codebase
Fix – Canonical permalinks for blog pagination is now correctly filtered (if Yoast SEO is used)
Fix – Better support for ‘private’ posts & pages
2.2.11 (June 24, 2021)
Fix – The function that automatically removes the broken URIs is no longer triggered when WP Rocket is turned on and non-logged-in user tries to access the broken URL.
2.2.10 (June 7, 2021)
Enhancement – New settings field – “Copy query parameters to redirect target URL” & “Extra redirects (aliases)”
Enhancement – UI improvements in settings section
Dev – Improved support for WPML’s Classic Translation Editor
Dev – Additional minor changes in the codebase
2.2.9.9 (April 26, 2021)
Fix – Hotfix for AMP WP integration
2.2.9.8 (April 26, 2021)
Fix – The old native slug is now correctly saved after it is changed in URI Editor.
Enhancement – The post type archives are now also added to the filtered breadcrumbs trail
Enhancement – Basic support added for WP All Export plugin
Enhancement – Basic support added for AMP for WP
Dev – (Permalink Manager Pro only) “Plugin Update Checker” by YahnisElsts library updated to 4.11 version
2.2.9.7 (March 11, 2021)
Enhancement – Support for WooCommerce CSV Product Importer/Exporter added
Enhancement – Better support for relationship field (ACF)
Fix – The custom redirects are now case-insensitive
2.2.9.6 (February 8, 2021)
Fix – Hotfix for WooCommerce coupon related functions
2.2.9.5 (February 8, 2021)
Fix – The custom permalink is generated properly if the product is duplicated in WooCommerce dashboard
Enhancement – New settings field – “Exclude drafts”
