Make Paths Relative
Convert Absolute URLs to be relative in your fingertip.
4.1(15 reviews)
·2.0K+ active installs·Updated 8 months agoAs of April 2026, Make Paths Relative is a WordPress migration plugin with 2.0K+ active installations and a 4.1/5 rating from 15 reviews. It has been downloaded 71K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.6+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Downloads are up 23% this week. Top alternative: UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration….
4.1/515 reviews
2.0K+active installs
71K+total downloads
10 yearssince 2016
Overview
This powerful plugin simplifies website maintenance by automatically converting absolute paths (URLs) for resources like links, scripts, stylesheets, and images to relative paths. This ensures your website functions flawlessly regardless of its location on a server or domain.
Enhanced Efficiency and Flexibility
- Seamless Relocation: Move your website with confidence, knowing all paths will adjust accordingly, preventing broken links and preserving a seamless user – experience.
- Centralized Control: Update paths once in a central location, eliminating the need for tedious, site-wide modifications.
- Potential Performance Boost: Relative paths can, in some cases, improve website loading times.
Whitelist Your Domains (Optional)
For extra control, you can specify a list of domains that wi…
Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Does the trick, many thanks!
by tudorilisoi·8 months ago
it makes local dev to deploy frictionless
- This topic was modified 8 months ago by tudorilisoi.
Breaks Database Connection
by KJ·3 years ago·1 reply
I have a clean WordPress install using the Twenty Twenty-Two Version: 1.2 theme.
The only plugin installed is yours, ‘Make Paths Relative’.
In settings I checked the box for ‘Image Paths’.
Then changed the WordPress > Settings > General > Timezone from ‘London’ to ‘Los Angeles’
Then BOOM! the following error appears:
One or more database tables are unavailable. The database may need to be repaired.
Upon investigation in myPHPAdmin we discovered that the _options table field ‘option_name’ > ‘siteurl’ and ‘home’ were blank where the websites url should be.
Once, we manually put in the URL into these fields, went back to the site, and refreshed; it worked again until we changed the timezone back again.
We also tested this on different web hosts, servers, and with different themes and were able to reproduce the behaviour.
Not working
by tsf999·4 years ago·1 reply
Not working with WP 5.8, broke site completely while links are still absolute.
Excellente.
by Mauricio Lopez Coria·5 years ago
Lightweight, easy to use, and it works. One of my must-have plugins.
simple, straightforward, works perfectly
by vor23·5 years ago
This is just the perfect plugin: I installed it, easily set it the way I want it, then refreshed my site and immediately saw the results. If only all plugins were this straightforward, quick, and effective!
Download Trends
Today: 20Yesterday: 21This week: 149Period total: 8K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 2.6+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
Version Adoption
v2.1
72.0%
v1.3
15.1%
v1.1
8.7%
Other
4.2%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
2.1.0 – July 11, 2024
- Bugs:
- Fixed an issue where replacements using \n or $n weren’t working correctly.
- Feature Additions:
- You can now include slashes in hostnames, giving you more flexibility.
- For improved security, plugin can no longer be used on the admin dashboard.
…and 2 more changes
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