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1. Pierrick
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   Hi All,

   Currently the categories links on my blog include the word 'category' eg .../category/SEO

   Is there anyway to remove the word 'category'?

   Id removed, do I need to set up redirect at all?

   Thanks for your help
   P

2. misterpatrick67
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   Yes, in Settings/Permalinks change the option Category Base to /.

   The period need to be there, it's not just punctuation here. So:

   /.

   That should fix it.

3. Pierrick
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   Brilliant. It did the trick.
   Thanks

4. Pierrick
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   Actually, it does not work!
   Although it does remove the word 'category', I either get the 404 page when for some category pages or when the category page is there, no posts related to that category is listed.

   Help!
   Cheers

   P

5. Pierrick
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   It may be worth to mention that I inserted /. but when I save the changes the / seems to disappear

   Thanks

6. misterpatrick67
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   Yeah, the / does that. Check that your permalink slugs are pointing to the right page, that can often cause the problem.

7. Pierrick
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   Thanks. I am not using slugs for your permalinks... Can you think of anything else?

   Cheers
   P

8. Pierrick
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   I found the plugin called 'wp-no-category-base plugin' and it did the trick. I just had to install it and activate it and the job was done. Brilliant

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