Getting Started with Cyrlitera

Cyrlitera converts Cyrillic and Georgian URLs and file names to Latin characters. This helps keep WordPress permalinks and uploaded media file names readable and compatible across browsers, plugins, and external services.

Cyrlitera requires WordPress 5.6 or newer, is tested up to WordPress 7.0, and requires PHP 7.4 or newer.

What Cyrlitera Does

Cyrlitera can automatically transliterate new slugs for posts, pages, categories, tags, custom post types, and taxonomies. It can also transliterate attachment file names during upload.

The plugin includes options for custom character mappings, automatic redirects from old URLs to new transliterated URLs, converting existing slugs, preserving original permalinks, and rolling back converted URLs when needed.

Install and Activate Cyrlitera

1. Log in to your WordPress dashboard.
2. Go to Plugins > Add New.
3. Search for Cyrlitera.
4. Click Install Now on the Cyrlitera plugin by Themeisle.
5. Click Activate.
6. Open the Cyrlitera settings page in your dashboard to configure the plugin.

Basic Setup

After activation, review the Cyrlitera settings before converting existing content:

1. Enable transliteration for new URLs and uploaded file names if you want Cyrlitera to handle new content automatically.
2. Add custom character mappings if any characters need a site-specific Latin replacement.
3. Enable redirects if you want old slugs to redirect to the newly transliterated URLs.
4. Use the existing slug conversion tool only after confirming the settings match the output you want.

Important Notes

Cyrlitera changes URLs and file names, not the text inside posts or pages. The rollback tool applies only to URLs converted by Cyrlitera and does not roll back file name changes.