Title: No category parents Author: Sergio Milardovich Published: November 9, 2009 Last modified: March 9, 2015 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/no-category-parents/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1108532) # No category parents By [Sergio Milardovich](https://profiles.wordpress.org/milardovich/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/no-category-parents.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/no-category-parents/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/no-category-parents/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/no-category-parents/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/no-category-parents/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/no-category-parents/) ## Description This plugin will completely remove the mandatory ‘Category Base’ and all the parents from your category permalinks (e.g. `/category/parent-category/my-category/` to `/ my-category/`). ## Installation 1. Upload `no-category-parents.php` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress 3. That’s it! You sould now be able to access your categories via http://mysite.com/ my-category/ See http://www.milardovich.com.ar/no-category-parents/ for troubleshooting. ## FAQ Installation Instructions 1. Upload `no-category-parents.php` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress 3. That’s it! You sould now be able to access your categories via http://mysite.com/ my-category/ See http://www.milardovich.com.ar/no-category-parents/ for troubleshooting. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/effb5f17d15b4c227fb54a38904724d1b3f606268f4d9a5f81b6c01c9058bdb2? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works flawlessly](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-flawlessly-89/)󠁿 [jakubd](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jakubd/) August 28, 2017 Simple plugin, that really works! ;o) ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3d63bdf133f0410a6fd0cf12ac474dd65bad6e0b0d2fbd6e3f3a1743eb72d6a4? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-3696/)󠁿 [Vercio](https://profiles.wordpress.org/vercio/) September 3, 2016 everything you need [ Read all 3 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/no-category-parents/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “No category parents” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Sergio Milardovich ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/milardovich/) [Translate “No category parents” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/no-category-parents) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/no-category-parents/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/no-category-parents/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/no-category-parents/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/no-category-parents/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 0.2.4.1 * Quickfix: fixed pagination bug #### 0.2.4 * Tested up to WP 4.1 * Fixed pagination problem (special thanks to Lukáš Wojnar). #### 0.2.3 * Changed some links. * Fixed “empty category” problem (special thanks to absolutex). #### 0.2.2 * In 0.2.1 when the “Category Base” field wasn’t empty the plugin didn’t work. Now the “Category Base” field will automatically be empty when you activate the plugin. #### 0.2.1 * Minor changes in the comments. #### 0.2 * The plugin now works with the permastruct /%category%/ and also replaces the post permalinks. * Other minor fixes. ## Meta * Version **0.2.4.1** * Last updated **9 years ago** * Active installations **6,000+** * WordPress version ** 2.3 or higher ** * Tested up to **4.1.42** * Tags * [categories](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/categories/)[category](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/category/) [category base](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/category-base/)[permalinks](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/permalinks/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/no-category-parents/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 3 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/no-category-parents/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/no-category-parents/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/no-category-parents/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/no-category-parents/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/no-category-parents/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/no-category-parents/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/no-category-parents/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Sergio Milardovich ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/milardovich/) ## Support Got something to say? 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