This plugin adds a new permalink tag %hashed_id% which represents the encrypted
As of April 2026, WP Hashed IDs is a WordPress encryption plugin with 100 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 4.2K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Last updated 9 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Email Address Encoder.
This plugin adds a new permalink tag %hashed_id% which represents the encrypted
version of your post ID.
Uses hashids library (see http://www.hashids.org/php/).
With this plugin you can change your permalink structure into something like
/%hashed_id%/
to obtain links like
http://www.example.com/B7j1rPk8
or into something like
/%year%/%monthnum%/%hashed_id%/
to obtain URLs like
http://www.example.com/2012/10/B7j1rPk8
or
/%hashed_id%/%postname%/
to obtain
http://www.example.com/B7j1rPk8/my-slug
This plugin is useful when you want to obfuscate the number of posts or simply
if you want an unusual and concise url schema. This is also useful if you want to have
short URLs without using a third-party service.
| WordPress | 3.0+ requiredTested up to 4.5.33 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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