Cyrlitera – Transliteration of Links and File Names

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

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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