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Custom Post Type Rewrite

Custom Post Type Rewrite plugin adds default custom post type permalinks.

By thingsym·Permalink·Free
3(2 reviews)
·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 1 year ago
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As of April 2026, Custom Post Type Rewrite is a WordPress permalink plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 3/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 15K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.9+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 53% this week. Top alternative: Custom Post Type Permalinks.

3/52 reviews
1.0K+active installs
15K+total downloads
11 yearssince 2015

Overview

Custom Post Type Rewrite plugin adds default custom post type permalinks.

By default, there are no some permalinks of custom post type.
The Custom Post Type Rewrite plugin adds permalink structure of custom post type.
Following:

  • date-based
  • author-based
  • front

Note: Regarding has_archive and rewrite in $args of Parameters, the priority of the rewrite rule conforms to register_post_type().

Read full description on WordPress.org

Ratings & Reviews

32 reviews
5 ★
1
4 ★
0
3 ★
0
2 ★
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1 ★
1

Recent Reviews

Doesn’t do anything after installing
by chrimbus·8 years ago

I installed this plugin and activated it. There is no indication anything has changed and I have no other menu’s/options for permalinks than I did before I installed it.

  • This topic was modified 8 years, 10 months ago by chrimbus.
Well, it worked.
by jvesmero·9 years ago

What more can you ask? Actually, I had to swap to this plugin because after migrating and updating my site, the update version of the Custom Post Type Permalinks by Toro_Unit stopped working as intended. It kept doubling the custom post type slug in the archive url. For example:

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Download Trends

Today: 10Yesterday: 3This week: 29Period total: 1K

Compatibility

WordPress4.9+ requiredTested up to 6.6.5
PHP5.6+ required

Version Adoption

v1.2
78.6%
v1.0
13.5%
v1.1
7.9%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.2.1

  • tested up to 6.2.0
  • fix composer scripts
  • update github actions
  • add support section and enhance contribution section to README
  • fix license
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

thingsymthingsym
Plugin Info
Version
1.2.1
Last Updated
Aug 22, 2024
WP Requires
4.9+
Tested Up To
6.6.5
PHP Requires
5.6+
Active Installs
1.0K+
Downloads
15K+
Added
Jan 28, 2015
Business
Free

Tags

permalinkpermalinkscustom post typepermalink structure

Developer

T
thingsym
11 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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