AZRULAT

AZRULAT is a lightweight free WordPress plugin that transliterates Azerbaijani and Russian characters into Latin equivalents, ensuring clean, SEO-optimized, and readable slugs and filenames. It also removes unwanted symbols, special punctuation, and excessive whitespace.

This plugin works automatically and is particularly beneficial for websites targeting Azerbaijani and Russian-speaking audiences. It helps improve search engine indexing and user-friendly URLs.

Features

1. Transliteration of Azerbaijani Characters
   Converts Azerbaijani-specific letters into Latin equivalents:

   • ə → e
   • ü → u
   • ı → i
   • ç → c
   • ş → s
   • ğ → g
   • Ə → E, Ü → U, İ → I, Ç → C, Ş → S, Ğ → G

2. Transliteration of Russian Cyrillic Characters
   Converts Russian Cyrillic letters to Latin equivalents:

   • Examples:
     • А → A, а → a
     • Б → B, б → b
     • В → V, в → v
     • Ж → Zh, ж → zh
     • Ч → Ch, ч → ch
     • Ш → Sh, ш → sh
     • Щ → Shh, щ → shh
     • Ю → Yu, ю → yu
     • Я → Ya, я → ya

3. Special Characters and Symbols
   Replaces or removes non-URL-safe characters, ensuring clean slugs:

   • Converts spaces to hyphens (-).
   • Removes non-ASCII characters not defined in the transliteration table.
   • Replaces multiple hyphens with a single hyphen.

4. Filename Sanitization
   Ensures uploaded file names are transliterated and cleaned, following the same rules as post slugs.

5. Automatic Integration
   Hooks into WordPress filters to automatically apply transliteration to:

   • Post titles (slugs).
   • Term names.
   • Uploaded filenames.

Example

Input Title: Azərbaycan və Русский язык — 2024
Output Slug: azerbaycan-ve-russkiy-yazyk-2024

Input Title: Ağ rəngli kağız — alarsan
Output Slug: ag-rengli-kagiz-alarsan

Input Filename: Тестовые_данные_и_символы.JPG
Output Filename: testovye-dannye-i-simvoly.jpg