Cyr to Lat Enhanced
Converts Cyrillic, European and Georgian characters in post, term slugs and media file names into Latin characters.
4.6(51 reviews)
·90K+ active installs·Updated 1 month agoAs of April 2026, Cyr to Lat Enhanced is a WordPress slugs plugin with 90K+ active installations and a 4.6/5 rating from 51 reviews. It has been downloaded 661K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Downloads are down 6% this week. Support resolution rate: 100%. Top alternative: Cyr-To-Lat.
4.6/551 reviews
90K+active installs
100%resolved
15 yearssince 2011
Overview
Cyr to Lat Enhanced automatically converts Cyrillic, European and Georgian characters in post slugs, term slugs and media file names into Latin characters.
It helps maintain clean, readable and consistent URLs on WordPress sites that use non-Latin scripts.
The plugin integrates directly with WordPress core sanitization (sanitize_title and sanitize_file_name) and performs transliteration at the moment slugs and filenames are generated.
It does not modify post content, titles or front-end text. Its scope is strictly limited to URLs and file names.
On activation, existing post and term slugs are converted in the background using safe, batch-based processing via WP-Cron.
WordPress core APIs are used to preserve permalink integrity and existing redirects.
Transliteration is based on an ISO 9-s…
Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Plugin was overtaken, switching to alternatives
by Dmitrii·1 month ago·1 reply
Strongly recommend to check all further versions from security perspective
Работает
by fedor77·1 month ago·1 reply
Использую примерно семь лет, нареканий нет.
Работает
by kotyarashop·6 years ago·1 reply
Работает без нареканий.
Простой и рабочий плагин
by The Cab·7 years ago
Пользуюсь давно, проблем в работе не замечал, рекомендую.
Great plugin!
by Nick Krastev·7 years ago
Works well on any website I’ve uploaded to – maybe more than 30-40! Never caused me problems. Thank you!
- This topic was modified 7 years, 3 months ago by Nick Krastev.
Download Trends
Today: 133Yesterday: 103This week: 835Period total: 49K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
Version Adoption
v3.7
58.8%
v3.5
41.0%
Other
0.2%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
3.7.3
- Minor improvements to plugin metadata presentation in the WordPress admin.
- Improved robustness and consistency of internal admin-only logic.
- No changes to front-end behavior or existing URLs.
Contributors
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