Remove Category URL strips the /category/ base from your category URLs, turning something like /category/my-category/ into simply /my-category/.
Alternatives to No Category Base (WPML)
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No Category Parentsv0.3.1
Removes the mandatory 'Category Base' and every parent category from your category permalinks.
CS Remove Category Basev1.1.0
You can undoubtedly remove /category/ slug from your page WordPress URLs using this plugin.
Allows an admin (or capable user) to edit the author slug of a user, and change the author base.
Custom Permalinksv3.3.3
A powerful WordPress plugin for full URL control. Set custom permalinks, auto-redirects, and use dynamic tags for ideal site structure and SEO.
Remove base slugs and create clean SEO-friendly product and category URLs for WooCommerce. Includes 301 redirects, canonical tags and breadcrumbs.
Remove Taxonomy Slugv1.0.3
Remove taxonomy slugs from URLs for cleaner, SEO-friendly permalinks with simple settings and minimal technical setup.
Shorten permalinks automatically. Removes stop words from post and product URLs to give clean, SEO friendly slugs, old URLs included.
Sohaus Clean Emoji Slugsv1.0.0
Removes emoji and special symbols from WordPress slugs while keeping them in post titles.
Premmerce Permalink Manager for WooCommerce allows you to change WooCommerce permalink and remove product and product_category slugs from the URL.