Remove Category URL

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This plugin removes '/category' from your category permalinks. (e.g. `/category/my-category/` to `/my-category/`)

Author:Themeisle (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:3.1
WordPress version tested:6.9.1
Plugin version:1.2.1
Added to WordPress repository:02-07-2014
Last updated:12-01-2026
Rating, %:84
Rated by:58
Plugin URI:https://wordpress.org/plugins/remove-category...
Total downloads:483 287
Active installs:60 000+
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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. When you remove /category/ from URLs, you get cleaner paths like mydomain.com/news/ instead of mydomain.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.

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