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SlugMaster – Author Slug & Post Slug Customizer

Customize author slug, user nicename, author archive, and custom slug URLs with full WordPress route control.

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Tested up to WordPress 7.0
Current version1.3.0
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.0
Minimum stackWP 6.2 · PHP 7.4
Directory statusactive
Last directory update25 Jun 20264mo ago
Active installations20Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating5.0 / 5 from 3 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records SlugMaster – Author Slug & Post Slug Customizer version 1.3.0 as active, updated 4mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.0.

Overview

About this plugin

Your URL structure is one of the most underused SEO levers on your website.

WordPress gives you basic permalink settings, but if you want clean author URLs, better content organization, custom paths, or more control over how users and search engines see your site, things quickly become complicated.

SlugMaster solves that.

SlugMaster gives you a centralized URL management system for WordPress that lets you control how your pages, posts, categories, and authors appear in your URLs.

Instead of being locked into default structures like:

/author/john

/category/news

/blog/my-post

You can create cleaner structures like:

/members/john

/topics/news

/resources/my-post

Perfect for:

  • Blogs
  • Communities
  • Membership sites
  • Directories
  • Agency websites
  • Business websites
  • SEO-focused content sites
  • Custom WordPress projects

No rewrite rules. No code. No hunting through multiple settings pages.

Just complete URL control.

Features

✓ Easily customize author URL slugs

✓ Create cleaner page and category structures

✓ Replace default WordPress URL patterns

✓ Build SEO-friendly URL paths

✓ Create branded URL structures

✓ Centralized URL management dashboard

✓ Route conflict detection

✓ Canonical URL support

✓ Redirect protection

✓ Simple interface with no coding required

Why SlugMaster?

Most WordPress sites eventually run into one or more of these problems:

  • URLs look inconsistent
  • Author URLs feel generic
  • Site structure becomes difficult to organize
  • SEO paths are difficult to optimize
  • URL changes feel risky
  • Multiple plugins are needed to manage different URL types

SlugMaster puts everything in one place.

Example Use Cases

Change author URLs:

Before:

/author/john-smith

After:

/members/john-smith

Organize content:

Before:

/category/training

After:

/topics/marathon-training

Create branded resource sections:

Before:

/blog/seo-checklist

After:

/resources/seo-checklist

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Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • author slug
  • user nicename
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 7.0

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 7.0.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.0
Minimum requirementsWordPress 6.2 · PHP 7.4
Update activity25 Jun 20264mo ago

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