Slug Control
Helps you craft amazing post URL slugs, for that hand-crafted URL feel.
5(1 reviews)
·10 active installs·Updated 10 years agoAs of April 2026, Slug Control is a WordPress slug plugin with 10 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 2.6K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 10 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Remove CPT base.
5/51 reviews
10active installs
2.6K+total downloads
11 yearssince 2015
Overview
Isn’t it annoying when you craft a post title, and then the URL slug kind of falls short? Like, if your title is Breaking: Yankees win 3-2 in extra innings. I’m excited & literally can’t even and your post slug turns out like breaking-yankees-win-3-2-in-extra-innings-im-excited-literally-cant-even. “3-2” is ambiguous because all the words are already separated by dashes. “im” is not a word. “cant” means something else. The ampersand meaning “and” just got dropped. The leading “breaking-” will be silly when the date part of the URL is 3 years old. The whole URL is off. Doesn’t this make more sense? yankees-win-3-to-2-in-extra-innings-i-am-excited-and-literally-cannot-even. Sure it’s really long (a…
Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.0+ requiredTested up to 4.2.39 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
0.1
- First release
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