Cyr-To-Lat Plugin

Convert Non-Latin characters in post, page and term slugs to Latin characters.

Converts Cyrillic characters in post, page and term slugs to Latin characters. Useful for creating human-readable URLs.

Features

  • The only plugin with fully editable transliteration table. Allows to add/remove and edit pairs like ‘Я’ => ‘Ya’, or even ‘Пиво’ => ‘Beer’
  • Converts any number of existing post, page and term slugs in background processes
  • Saves existing post and page permalinks integrity
  • Performs transliteration of attachment file names
  • The plugin supports Russian, Belorussian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian, Greek, Armenian, Georgian, Kazakh, Hebrew, and Chinese characters
  • Has many advantages over similar plugins
  • Officially compatible with WPML

Based on the original Rus-To-Lat plugin by Anton Skorobogatov.

Sponsored by Blackfire.

Plugin Support

Installation

  1. Upload cyr2lat folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.

Screenshots

  1. Tables settings page

    Tables settings page

  2. Converter settings page

    Converter settings page

  3. Block editor with transliterated slug

    Block editor with transliterated slug

  4. WPML Certificate

    WPML Certificate

FAQ

How can I define my own substitutions?

Add this code to your theme’s functions.php file:

/** * Modify conversion table. * * @param array $table Conversion table. * * @return array */ function my_ctl_table( $table ) { $table['Ъ'] = 'U'; $table['ъ'] = 'u'; return $table; } add_filter( 'ctl_table', 'my_ctl_table' ); 

How can I redefine non-standard locale?

For instance, if your non-standard locale is uk_UA, you can redefine it to uk by adding the following code to your theme’s function.php file:

/** * Use non-standard locale. * * @param string $locale Current locale. * * @return string */ function my_ctl_locale( $locale ) { if ( 'uk_UA' === $locale ) { return 'uk'; } return $locale; } add_filter( 'ctl_locale', 'my_ctl_locale' ); 

How can I define my own transliteration of titles?

Add similar code to your theme’s functions.php file:

/** * Filter title before sanitizing. * * @param string|false $result Sanitized title. * @param string $title Title. * * @return string|false */ function my_ctl_pre_sanitize_title( $result, $title ) { if ( 'пиво' === $title ) { return 'beer'; } return $result; } add_filter( 'ctl_pre_sanitize_title', 10, 2 ); 

How can I define my own transliteration of filenames?

Add similar code to your theme’s functions.php file:

/** * Filter filename before sanitizing. * * @param string|false $result Sanitized filename. * @param string $filename Title. * * @return string|false */ function my_ctl_pre_sanitize_filename( $result, $filename ) { if ( 'пиво' === $filename ) { return 'beer'; } return $result; } add_filter( 'ctl_pre_sanitize_filename', 10, 2 ); 

How can I allow the plugin to work on the frontend?

Add the following code to your plugin’s (or mu-plugin’s) main file. This code won’t work being added to a theme’s functions.php file.

/** * Filter status allowed Cyr To Lat plugin to work. * * @param bool $allowed * * @return bool */ function my_ctl_allow( bool $allowed ): bool { $uri = isset( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] ) ? sanitize_url( wp_unslash( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] ) ) : ''; if ( 0 === strpos( $uri, '/divi-comments' ) ) { return true; } return $allowed; } add_filter( 'ctl_allow', 'my_ctl_allow' ); 

How can I limit post types for background conversion?

Add similar code to your theme’s functions.php file:

/** * Filter post types allowed for background conversion. * * @param array $post_types Allowed post types. * * @return array */ function my_ctl_post_types( $post_types ) { return [ 'post' => 'post', 'page' => 'page', 'attachment' => 'attachment', 'product' => 'product', 'nav_menu_item' => 'nav_menu_item', ]; } add_filter( 'ctl_post_types', 'my_ctl_post_types' ); 

How can I convert many posts/terms using wp-cli?

Use the following command in the console:

wp cyr2lat regenerate [--post_type=<post_type>] [--post_status=<post_status>] 

Where
-post_type is a list of post types,
-post_status is a list of post statuses.

How can I regenerate thumbnails safely?

Regeneration of thumbnails with the command wp media regenerate can break links in old posts as file names become transliterated.

To avoid it, deactivate cyr2lat plugin during regeneration:

wp media regenerate --skip-plugins=cyr2lat 

Can I contribute?

Yes, you can!

Changelog

6.1.0 (09.03.2024)

  • Tested with WordPress 6.5.
  • Tested with WooCommerce 8.6.
  • Fixed error on System Info tab when post types or post statuses are not set.

6.0.8 (14.02.2024)

  • Improved detection of the Gutenberg editor.
  • Fixed processing of product attributes.

6.0.7 (11.02.2024)

  • Tested with WooCommerce 8.5.
  • Added redirect from the cyrillic post title when creating a new post.
  • Added description of post types and post statuses on the Converter page.
  • Fixed displaying all file descriptions in the Theme Editor in the current locale.
  • Fixed PHP warning in SettingsBase.
  • Fixed output of variable product attributes.

6.0.6 (14.01.2024)

  • Tested with WordPress 6.4.
  • Tested with WooCommerce 8.4.
  • Tested with PHP 8.3.
  • Fixed documentation on ctl_allow filter.
  • Fixed improper display of the “rate plugin” message on options.php.

6.0.5 (09.10.2023)

  • Fixed displaying file descriptions in the Theme Editor; now in the current locale.

6.0.4 (23.09.2023)

  • Fixed disappeared file descriptions on the Theme File Editor page.

6.0.3 (29.07.2023)

  • Fixed the fatal error with Jetpack sync.

6.0.2 (26.07.2023)

  • Fixed fatal error in admin_footer_text().

6.0.1 (26.07.2023)

  • Fixed the fatal error on the System Info page with empty options.

6.0.0 (26.07.2023)

  • Dropped support of PHP 5.6. The Minimum required PHP version is 7.0 now.
  • Tested with WordPress 6.3.
  • Tested with WooCommerce 7.9.
  • Added System Info tab.
  • Added filter ‘ctl_allow’
  • Fixed console error when saving table data.
  • Fixed the current table setting on the Tables page with WPML.

See changelog for all versions.

Details

  • Version: 6.1.0
  • Active installations: 200,000
  • WordPress Version: 5.1
  • Tested up to: 6.5.5
  • PHP Version: 7.0.0

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