Title: category base url
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# category base url

 *  [najmul002](https://wordpress.org/support/users/najmul002/)
 * (@najmul002)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-base-url/)
 * category base url like [http://www.wpsite.com/category/](http://www.wpsite.com/category/)
   is broken
    it displays ———–>
 * This is somewhat embarrassing, isn’t it?
 * It seems we can’t find what you’re looking for. Perhaps searching, or one of 
   the links below, can help.
 * <———————–
 * i want to display list of parent and sub-categories here, what should i do?
 * url like [http://www.wpsite.com/category/some-category](http://www.wpsite.com/category/some-category)
   is alright, just facing problem with [http://www.wpsite.com/category/](http://www.wpsite.com/category/)
 * please help me

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 *  [Chip Bennett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chipbennett/)
 * (@chipbennett)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-base-url/#post-2777572)
 * > category base url like [http://www.wpsite.com/category/](http://www.wpsite.com/category/)
   > is broken
 * No, it’s not; that is expected behavior. The `/category/` base is _virtual_. 
   It doesn’t actually exist.
 * You actually need to include a category slug in the URL in order for WordPress
   to know what to do with it.
 *  Thread Starter [najmul002](https://wordpress.org/support/users/najmul002/)
 * (@najmul002)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-base-url/#post-2777618)
 * thanks for your reply, now i understand this fact, but
    how i can display list
   of parent and sub-categories to this url [http://www.wpsite.com/category/](http://www.wpsite.com/category/)
 * do you have any suggestions?

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 * Last reply from: [najmul002](https://wordpress.org/support/users/najmul002/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-base-url/#post-2777618)
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