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WP PlugIndex currently records Remove Category URL – Remove ‘category’ base from category permalinks version 1.2.5 as active, updated 14d ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.
Overview
About this plugin
Remove Category URL strips the /category/ base from your category URLs, turning something like /category/my-category/ into simply /my-category/.
Just activate, and you’re done. No configuration needed.
Features
Creates cleaner URLs like mydomain.com/my-category/ and mydomain.com/my-category/my-post/
Works out of the box with no settings to configure
Supports multiple sub-categories
Automatically 301 redirects old category URLs to the new structure (SEO-friendly)
Sitemaps are automatically updated with the new URLs after activation
Compatible with WordPress Multisite, WPML, and popular sitemap plugins
Why remove /category/ from URLs?
The /category/ base in WordPress URLs is there by default, but it doesn’t help your visitors or search engines understand your content any better. com/category/news/. They’re shorter, easier to remember and share, and more consistent with how your pages are already structured.
Shorter URLs also tend to look better in search results and make your site feel more polished overall. Removing the category base is a small change that makes your whole URL structure cleaner.
Support
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WordPress.org metadata
Plugin tags
Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.
category base
permalinks
seo
slug
taxonomy
Compatibility & maintenance
Compatibility & maintenance
Tested with WP 7.1
Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.
Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 3.1 · PHP not listed
Update activity19 Oct 202614d ago
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Changes recorded by WP PlugIndex
Recent tracked changes
Version1.2.4→1.2.5
WordPress compatibility7.1→7.1.3
Tracking & source
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