Title: Category element
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Category element

 *  [ndayakar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ndayakar/)
 * (@ndayakar)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-element/)
 * Hello,
 * Is there a way to have Category name as only element in the permalink just like%
   postname% for post urls. Currently, I am using %postname% as custom structure
   in the permalinks.
 * I want to create a custom structure for any category (parent category, sub-category,
   sub-sub-category…) as follows,
 * [http://example.com/category-name](http://example.com/category-name)
    [http://example.com/sub-category-name](http://example.com/sub-category-name)
 * Could anybody please help me in this matter. Thanks in advance.
 * Regards,
    Dayakar

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-element/#post-1201512)
 * > Is there a way to have Category name as only element in the permalink just 
   > like %postname% for post urls.
 * No. One alternative might to set up a single word category base – via Admin/General/
   Permalinks- that encompassed all of your blog categories.
 *  [kperrone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kperrone/)
 * (@kperrone)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-element/#post-1201579)
 * I agree with esmi. Go with [Permalinks.](http://www.kperrone.com/2009/08/understanding-permalinks/)

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