URL Change Lockdown v1.1.2 Released

We just released URL Change Lockdown — a small plugin that blocks programmatic URL changes in WordPress. If an AI, migration, or rogue plugin changes slugs or taxonomies, your indexed URLs can break. This stops that by default, while still allowing manual edits in wp-admin.

What it protects

• Site URLs (home/siteurl) and permalink settings
• Post/page slugs and parent pages
• Categories, tags, and other taxonomy assignments

Why this exists

Programmatic URL changes are silent but expensive: broken links, 404s, and lost rankings. This plugin forces URL changes to be deliberate and manual.

Download & docs

• Plugin page
• GitHub release

Install / update

• Download the zip file.
• Go to Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin.
• Activate the plugin.
• Need temporary programmatic changes? Set URL_LOCKDOWN_ALLOW or URL_LOCKDOWN_ALLOW_CLI in wp-config.php, make the change, then remove it.