Hikari Category Permalink
For each post, author can choose which category is used in permalink.
5(5 reviews)
·300 active installs·Updated 15 years agoAs of April 2026, Hikari Category Permalink is a WordPress seo plugin with 300 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 5 reviews. It has been downloaded 16K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2010. Last updated 15 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time….
5/55 reviews
300active installs
16K+total downloads
16 yearssince 2010
Overview
WordPress 3.0 comes with a new filter that lets us customize what is used for each permalink structure tag, other than WordPress default.
One of these permalink structure tags is %category%. By default, WordPress always use the category with lowest ID, making %category% impractical for SEO optimization.
Hikari Category Permalink allows post authors to choose among each post’s categories, which of them is used in that post permalink, giving much more flexibility and power to permalinks.
This plugin is a fork of Dmytro’s sCategory Permalink. It has all original features and is compatible with original options, while being more stable and simple, and also fixes 2 recurring bugs.
Features
- You can choose for each post separately, which category is used in its
%category%permalink. …
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.0+ requiredTested up to 3.0.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.00.08
- It seems WordPress is executing an action in unexpected places, that’s making the plugin delete Category Permalinks from some posts.
- This version is just a temporary measure to assure Category Permalink postmeta isn’t delete, at least not by the plugin.
- It’s recommended to update it ASAP, to avoid this bug from happening and deleting your postmeta. A new version will be released soon with an UI to better handle it. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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