Title: Cyrlitera – Transliteration of Links and File Names
Author: Themeisle
Published: <strong>mars 16, 2018</strong>
Last modified: januar 12, 2026

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# Cyrlitera – Transliteration of Links and File Names

 By [Themeisle](https://profiles.wordpress.org/themeisle/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/cyrlitera.1.3.2.zip)

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 * [Reviews](https://fao.wordpress.org/plugins/cyrlitera/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://fao.wordpress.org/plugins/cyrlitera/#installation)
 * [Development](https://fao.wordpress.org/plugins/cyrlitera/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/cyrlitera/)

## Description

Cyrlitera converts Cyrillic and Georgian URLs and file names to Latin. It works 
for all post types, pages, and terms. It gives you options to define your own custom
characters and enable automatic redirects.

### How It Works

Transliteration is the process of converting characters from one writing system 
to another, such as converting Cyrillic symbols to Latin. Because most web software
and URLs are designed around Latin characters, using Cyrillic or other non-Latin
symbols in links or file names can lead to unreadable URLs, accessibility issues,
and even broken links. Transliteration ensures your URLs and file names remain clean,
readable, and compatible across all platforms.

Cyrlitera automatically replaces Cyrillic and Georgian characters with Latin equivalents
to create clean and readable URLs for posts, categories, taxonomies, products, and
custom post types. It also fixes incorrect file names by removing unsafe characters
and transliterating them during upload, helping prevent 404 errors and broken media
links.

### Examples

**Cyrillic URL before transliteration:**

    ```
    https://example.com/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82-%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80
    ```

**Same URL transliterated to Latin:**

    ```
    https://example.com/privet-mir
    ```

**Incorrect file names before transliteration:**

    ```
    %D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B5_image_290.jpg
    A+nice+picture.png
    ```

**Readable transliterated file names:**

    ```
    moe_image_290.jpg
    a-nice-picture.png
    ```

By using Latin-based file names and URLs, you avoid issues with encoding, broken
links, and unreadable paths. This plugin performs the transliteration automatically
each time a file is uploaded, ensuring your media library stays clean and consistent.

### Features

 * **Automatically transliterates all new permalinks** for posts, pages, categories,
   tags, and custom post types.
 * **Automatically transliterates all new attachment file names** on upload, with
   an option to convert them to lowercase.
 * **Creates automatic redirects** from old URLs to new transliterated ones to prevent
   broken links.
 * **Supports multiple alphabets**, including Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian,
   and Georgian.
 * **Fully customizable character mapping** – define your own characters and their
   Latin substitutions to support any language.
 * **Preserves original permalinks**, keeping old URLs intact so nothing is lost
   during conversion.
 * **Optional conversion of existing slugs**, allowing you to transliterate existing
   URLs.
 * **Rollback tool** that lets you restore original URLs if needed.

### Support

We’re here to help. Feel free to open a new thread on the [Support Forum] (https://
wordpress.org/support/plugin/cyrlitera/).

### Useful Resources

 * If you like this plugin, you’re sure to love [our other plugins](https://themeisle.com/wordpress-plugins/)
   as well.
 * Our blog is a great place to [learn more about WordPress](https://themeisle.com/blog/).
 * Get the most out of your website with our helpful [WordPress YouTube Tutorials](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmRasCVwuvpSep2MOsIoE0ncO9JE3FcKP).

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Settings page
 * [[
 * Transliteration of posts URLs
 * [[
 * Transliteration of file names

## Installation

 1. In your WordPress admin, go to **Plugins > Add New**
 2. In the Search field, type **“Cyrlitera”**
 3. Under “Cyrlitera” by Themeisle, click the **Install Now** link
 4. Once the process is complete, click the **Activate Plugin** link
 5. Go to **Settings  Cyrlitera** to configure the plugin

## FAQ

### What should I do if a character is transliterated incorrectly?

If a character is not transliterated the way you expect, you can fix it using the
plugin’s **Custom Character Sets** feature. This allows you to redefine any character
and assign your own Latin substitution. Simply add the problematic character and
specify how you want it to be converted, and Cyrlitera will apply your custom rule
to all new URLs and file names.

### How can I roll back changes after converting existing URLs?

If you used the option to convert existing article URLs and want to undo those changes,
Cyrlitera includes a **Rollback Tool**. This will restore all previously converted
slugs back to their original versions.

**Important**: The rollback works only for URLs that Cyrlitera converted. It does
not roll back file names.

### Does Cyrlitera automatically redirect old URLs to the new ones?

Cyrlitera can automatically redirect old slugs to the new transliterated URLs, but
this feature must be **enabled** in the plugin settings. Once redirections are turned
on, the plugin will create redirects for all URLs it converts, helping prevent 404
errors and preserving your SEO after the transliteration process.

### Does Cyrlitera modify the text inside my posts or pages?

No. The plugin only affects slugs (URLs) and file names. Your post content remains
unchanged.

### Can I define my own transliteration rules?

Yes. Cyrlitera allows you to create **custom character mappings**, so you can define
exactly how each character should be transliterated. This is useful for supporting
additional languages or adjusting special cases.

### Will Cyrlitera work with custom post types?

Yes. Any post type that supports slugs (such as products, portfolio items, or custom
taxonomies) can be automatically transliterated.

## Reviews

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### 󠀁[Pushes his advertising](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pushes-his-advertising/)󠁿

 [uxtora](https://profiles.wordpress.org/uxtora/) februar 11, 2026 1 reply

I installed a slug translation plugin, and they’re shoving their ad tab into the
WooCommerce product editing admin panel…Scum.

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### 󠀁[Abandonware.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/abandonware-21/)󠁿

 [nspirov](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nspirov/) juli 31, 2025

Vulnerabilty issue not fixed – plugin is abandoned.

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### 󠀁[Why?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-101/)󠁿

 [svetliomitev](https://profiles.wordpress.org/svetliomitev/) juli 7, 2025

Cyrlitera <= 1.2.0 – Cross-Site Request Forgery As published in Wordfence Vulnerability
List.

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### 󠀁[Damn you](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/damn-you/)󠁿

 [moonzlo](https://profiles.wordpress.org/moonzlo/) januar 21, 2025

After activating the plugin, all my product attributes broke and values disappeared.
I hope there will be a separate boiler in hell for you, you’re just scum!

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### 󠀁[Great work, simple and effective plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-work-simple-and-effective-plugin/)󠁿

 [pps88](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pps88/) juli 20, 2022

A lot of hacker’s bots suck

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### 󠀁[Simply does not work](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simply-does-not-work-39/)󠁿

 [mrtransplant](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mrtransplant/) juni 5, 2022

Claims support, but has none. I enter my non-wp login page and when saved it returns“
You entered an incorrect part of the path to your login page. The path to the login
page can not consist only of digits, at least 3 characters, you must use only the
characters [0-9A-z_-]!” My login page contains no digits, only standard formatting.
No docs to refer to. Plugin is useless.

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## Contributors & Developers

“Cyrlitera – Transliteration of Links and File Names” is open source software. The
following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Themeisle ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/themeisle/)

“Cyrlitera – Transliteration of Links and File Names” has been translated into 1
locale. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/cyrlitera/contributors)
for their contributions.

[Translate “Cyrlitera – Transliteration of Links and File Names” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/cyrlitera)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cyrlitera/), check 
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/cyrlitera/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/cyrlitera/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/cyrlitera/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

Version 1.3.2 (2026-01-12)

 * Improved and simplified settings page layout
 * Updated newsletter
 * Enhanced security and updated dependencies

Version 1.3.1 (2025-12-16)

 * Enhanced security

#### Version 1.3.0 (2025-11-06)

Cyrlitera plugin has been acquired by Themeisle 🎉
 We’re happy to announce that
Themeisle is now the new owner of Cyrlitera. This acquisition will help ensure the
plugin’s continued development, better support, and exciting new updates in the 
future.

Your existing setup will continue to work as usual — no action is required on your
part.

#### 1.2.0 (05.12.2024)

 * Added: Compatibility with WordPress 6.7

#### 1.1.9 (21.03.2024)

 * Added: Compatibility with WordPress 6.5
 * Added: Compatibility with php 8.3

#### 1.1.7 (21.11.2023)

 * Added: Compatibility with WordPress 6.4
 * Added: Compatibility with php 8.2

#### 1.1.7 (22.03.2023)

 * Fixed: Freemius framework conflict
 * Added: Compatibility with WordPress 6.2

#### 1.1.6 (30.05.2022)

 * Added: Compatibility with WordPress 6.0

#### 1.1.5 (24.03.2022)

 * Added: Compatibility with Disable admin notices plugin

#### 1.1.4 (23.03.2022)

 * Added: Compatibility with WordPress 5.9
 * Fixed: Minor bugs

#### 1.1.3 (20.10.2021)

 * Added: Compatibility with WordPress 5.8
 * Fixed: Minor bugs

#### 1.1.2 (15.12.2020)

 * Added: Subscribe form
 * Fixed: Minor bugs

#### 1.1.1

 * Added: Compatibility with WordPress 4.2 – 5.x
 * Added: Gutenberg support
 * Added: Multisite support
 * Fixed: Minor bugs

#### 1.0.5

Fixed: Update core
 Fixed: Bug with bodypress Fixed: Transliteration on the frontend
Fixed: Added option to disable transliteration on frontend

#### 1.0.4

Fixed: Bug with transliteration of file names
 Added: Compatibility with PHP 7.2
Added: Forced transliteration for file names

#### 1.0.3

 * Fixed: Small bugs

#### 1.0.2

 * Added: Function of converting files to lowercase
 * Added: Forced transliteration function
 * Added: The function of redirecting old records to new ones
 * Added: Ability to change the base of symbols of transliteration
 * Added: Button for converting old posts, categories, tags
 * Added: Button to restore old links

#### 1.0.1

 * Fixed small bugs

#### 1.0.0

 * Plugin release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.3.2**
 *  Last updated **3 mánaðar ago**
 *  Active installations **40,000+**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.6 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.9.4**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 *  Languages
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/cyrlitera/) and [Russian](https://ru.wordpress.org/plugins/cyrlitera/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/cyrlitera)
 * Tags
 * [cyr-to-lat](https://fao.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/cyr-to-lat/)[cyrillic](https://fao.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/cyrillic/)
   [cyrillic to latin](https://fao.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/cyrillic-to-latin/)
   [rus-to-lat](https://fao.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/rus-to-lat/)[transliteration](https://fao.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/transliteration/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://fao.wordpress.org/plugins/cyrlitera/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

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## Support

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