Pretty URLs is a URL management package for Simple Machine Forums (SMF).

It is simple, powerful, extensible and free. Most of all, it is pretty! Its main purpose is to rewrite the important SMF URLs, like these:

Works with both Apache and Nginx (Requires rules to be copied to Nginx configuration).

• http://domain.com/board/topic/
• http://domain.com/profile/user/
• http://domain.com/unreadreplies/

Pretty URLs will work with SMF 2.1.x, SMF 2.0x, SMF 1.1.x It requires an Apache webserver with support for mod_rewrite and .htaccess files.

prettyurls-extras-1.0-RC.zip - Provides rewrite filters for mods including seo4smf, Tinyportal Articles, Tagging System, Download System, ezPortal Pages, SMF Gallery, SMF Articles, SMF Classifieds, and SMF Store

Need more SEO and features? Check out Pretty Urls SEO Pro https://www.smfhacks.com/prettyurls-seo-pro.php

Overview and installation info

Need help? Check the trouble shooting page first!

Pretty URLs is released under a new BSD license
Copyright (c) 2006-2025 The Pretty URLs Contributors

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