Title: Slug Control Author: Mark Jaquith Published: April 22, 2015 Last modified: April 22, 2015 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/slug-control/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=1142616) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/slug-control_55b6a2.svg) # Slug Control By [Mark Jaquith](https://profiles.wordpress.org/markjaquith/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/slug-control.0.1.0.zip) * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/slug-control/#description) * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/slug-control/#reviews) * [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/slug-control/#installation) * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/slug-control/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/slug-control/) ## Description 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 (and a future version of the plugin will help with that!), but it reads much better. ### Contribute Contribute to this plugin on GitHub: https://github.com/markjaquith/slug-control/issues ## Installation Search for “Slug Control” and install it. #### Manual Installation 1. Upload the entire `/cws-slug-control` directory to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory. 2. Activate Slug Control through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress. ## FAQ Are there any options? Not yet. This is an initial release to test the idea. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Slug Control” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Mark Jaquith ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/markjaquith/) [Translate “Slug Control” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/slug-control) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/slug-control/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/slug-control/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/slug-control/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/slug-control/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 0.1 * First release ## Meta * Version **0.1.0** * Last updated **11 years ago** * Active installations **10+** * WordPress version ** 4.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **4.2.39** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/slug-control/) * Tags * [post slug](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/post-slug/)[slug](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/slug/) [urls](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/urls/) * [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/slug-control/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/slug-control/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/slug-control/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/slug-control/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/slug-control/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/slug-control/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/slug-control/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/slug-control/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Mark Jaquith ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/markjaquith/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/slug-control/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](http://txfx.net/wordpress-plugins/donate)