Do you want to remove the category from the URL in WordPress? Do you want to change the URL from example.com/category/hello-world to example.com/hello-world?
It is very very simple to remove word “category“ from the URL. Let’s do together.
Simplest steps to remove the category base from the URL
- Go to the Settings > Permalinks.
- Select the “Custom Structure” option from the Permalink Settings.
- Enter the
/%category%/%postname%/in “Custom Structure”. - Then, set . (dot or period) into the Category Base from the Optional Settings.
Great. You have done nice job so far.
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This has been tested on many themes by our team. We hope this post helped you to remove the category from URL in WordPress.
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