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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.
Ratings
5
Version
1.2.0
Active installations
10
Last updated
Jun 11, 2026
SlugMaster – Author Slug & Post Slug Customizer

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

Freeon paid plans
Tested up to
WordPress 7.0
This plugin is available for download for your site.