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WP Category Permalink

Allows manual selection of a 'main' category for each post for nicer permalinks and better SEO.

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Tested up to WordPress 5.0
Current version3.4.0
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 5.0
Minimum stackWP 3.5 · PHP 5.3
Directory statusactive
Last directory update6 Dec 20187y ago
Active installations2K+Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating4.8 / 5 from 31 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records WP Category Permalink version 3.4.0 as active, updated 7y ago and tested up to WordPress 5.0.

Overview

About this plugin

This plugin allows you to select a main category (or taxonomy) for your posts for nicer permalinks and SEO.

What it does?

A custom structure such as /%category%/%postname%/ should be usually chosen for your permalinks. By default, this %category% is selected automatically (using the lowest ID) in the case your post is assigned to more than one category. This plugin will let you pick the category of your choice from the ‘Post Edit’ page.

The chosen category is shown in bold on the ‘Posts List’ page and the ‘Post Edit’ page.

Posts List

Below the title, you will see the permalink currently set-up for this entry. If a heart is present, it means that the category (or taxonomy) has been picked up.

Breadcrumbs

They have their own way of working and can’t be supported automatically by default because they are created by specific themes or plugins. If you encounter issues with breadcrumbs, please say so in the Support Threads and let’s see how we can make it work.

Compatibility

It works with any theme or plugin that creates post types and taxonomies but it looks like it doesn’t work with the plugin called “Types”. You can use “Custom Post Type UI” instead.

Please contribute

It works for standard setups, but the plugin might be modified depending on the case. Don’t hesitate to participate in making this plugin better. com/jordymeow/wp-category-permalink.

Thanks to those contributors:

  • David Remer (https://github.com/websupporter)

Languages: English.

WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • category
  • permalink
  • woocommerce
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 5.0

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 5.0.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to5.0
Minimum requirementsWordPress 3.5 · PHP 5.3
Update activity6 Dec 20187y ago

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