AZRULAT

AZRULAT is a lightweight free WordPress plugin that transliterates Azerbaijani and Russian characters into Latin equivalents, ensuring clean, SEO-optimized, and readable slugs and filenames. It also removes unwanted symbols, special punctuation, and excessive whitespace.

This plugin works automatically and is particularly beneficial for websites targeting Azerbaijani and Russian-speaking audiences. It helps improve search engine indexing and user-friendly URLs.

Features

1. Transliteration of Azerbaijani Characters Converts Azerbaijani-specific letters into Latin equivalents:

   • ə → e, ü → u, ı → i, ç → c, ş → s, ğ → g
   • Ə → E, Ü → U, İ → I, Ç → C, Ş → S, Ğ → G

2. Transliteration of Russian Cyrillic Characters Converts Russian Cyrillic letters to Latin equivalents:

   • Examples:
     • А → A, а → a, Б → B, б → b, В → V, в → v
     • Ж → Zh, ж → zh, Ч → Ch, ч → ch, Ш → Sh, ш → sh
     • Щ → Shh, щ → shh, Ю → Yu, ю → yu, Я → Ya, я → ya

3. Special Characters and Symbols Handling

   • Decodes HTML entities to prevent unwanted symbols (8220, 8221, 8222, etc.).
   • Converts spaces to hyphens (-).
   • Removes non-ASCII characters not defined in the transliteration table.
   • Replaces multiple hyphens with a single hyphen.

4. Filename Sanitization

   • Ensures uploaded file names are transliterated and cleaned, following the same rules as post slugs.

5. Automatic Integration

   • Hooks into WordPress filters to automatically apply transliteration to:
     • Post titles (slugs).
     • Term names.
     • Uploaded filenames.

Example

Input Title: Azərbaycan və Русский язык — 2025 Output Slug: azerbaycan-ve-russkiy-yazyk-2025

Input Title: Ağ rəngli kağız — alarsan Output Slug: ag-rengli-kagiz-alarsan

Input Filename: Тестовые_данные_и_символы.JPG Output Filename: testovye-dannye-i-simvoly.jpg