No category parents
This plugin will completely remove the mandatory 'Category Base' and all the parents from your category permalinks (e.g.
5(3 reviews)
·6.0K+ active installs·Updated 8 years agoAs of April 2026, No category parents is a WordPress category plugin with 6.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 73K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.3+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2009. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 13% this week. Top alternative: Pages with category and tag.
5/53 reviews
6.0K+active installs
73K+total downloads
17 yearssince 2009
Overview
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/).
Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Works flawlessly
by jakubd·8 years ago
Simple plugin, that really works! ;o)
Great
by Vercio·10 years ago
everything you need
Does what it means to
by SR-Vaa·10 years ago
This plugin does exactly what it means to. Perfect.
Download Trends
Today: 8Yesterday: 22This week: 59Period total: 1K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 2.3+ requiredTested up to 4.1.42 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v0.2
99.6%
v0.1
0.4%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
0.2.4.1
- Quickfix: fixed pagination bug
Contributors
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