Remove category tag base from WordPress url - without a plugin

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I would like to remove the category  amp  tag base from WordPress URL  I have come across other posts and solutions which used plugins  I would like to stay away from plugins and have a solution from within functions php  This would prevent any future plugin updates or WordPress default files from being changed    Any help would be appreciated  Thanks   I have tried these solutions so far    This htaccess solution did not work  http   mikepayne co 2011 remove-category-base-from-url  These methods also failed  http   www askapache com wordpress remove-category-wordpress-urls html

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updated answer   other solution  In  wp-includes rewrite php file  you ll see the code   this- gt category structure    this- gt front    category    just copy whole function  put in your functions php and hook it  just change the above line with   this- gt category structure    this- gt front

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Whilst you dismiss it as a solution  the plugin is by far the easiest and most consistent method and they don t change any WordPress default files    http   wordpress org plugins wp-no-category-base   It hasn t needed to be updated for a year  so it is not exactly creating any problems with updates   There is no simple hand rolled solution that will do all of this that does not just replicate what the plugin does from within your own functions php   Better and logical permalinks like myblog com my-category  and myblog com my-category my-post    Simple plugin - barely adds any overhead   Works out of the box - no setup needed  No need to modify WordPress files   Doesn t require other plugins to work   Compatible with sitemap plugins   Works with multiple sub-categories   Works with WordPress Multisite   Redirects old category permalinks to the new ones  301 redirect  good for SEO     Plus you get the benefit that if WordPress does change  then the plugin will be updated to work whilst you would then have to figure out how to fix your own code on your own

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The dot trick will likely ruin your rss feeds and or pagination  These work  though   add filter  category rewrite rules    no category base rewrite rules    function no category base rewrite rules  category rewrite         category rewrite array         categories get categories array  hide empty   gt false        foreach  categories as  category             category nicename    category- gt slug          if    category- gt parent     category- gt cat ID                category- gt parent   0          elseif   category- gt parent    0                category nicename   get category parents   category- gt parent  false       true      category nicename           category rewrite      category nicename       feed    feed rdf rss rss2 atom          index php category name  matches 1  amp feed  matches 2             category rewrite      category nicename    page    0-9  1            index php category name  matches 1  amp paged  matches 2             category rewrite      category nicename            index php category name  matches 1              global  wp rewrite       old base    wp rewrite- gt get category permastruct         old base   str replace    category             old base         old base   trim  old base             category rewrite  old base         index php category redirect  matches 1        return  category rewrite        remove tag base add filter  tag rewrite rules    no tag base rewrite rules    function no tag base rewrite rules  tag rewrite         tag rewrite array         tags get tags array  hide empty   gt false        foreach  tags as  tag             tag nicename    tag- gt slug          if    tag- gt parent     tag- gt tag ID                tag- gt parent   0          elseif   tag- gt parent    0                tag nicename   get tag parents   tag- gt parent  false       true      tag nicename           tag rewrite      tag nicename       feed    feed rdf rss rss2 atom          index php tag  matches 1  amp feed  matches 2             tag rewrite      tag nicename    page    0-9  1            index php tag  matches 1  amp paged  matches 2             tag rewrite      tag nicename            index php tag  matches 1              global  wp rewrite       old base    wp rewrite- gt get tag permastruct         old base   str replace    tag             old base         old base   trim  old base             tag rewrite  old base         index php tag redirect  matches 1        return  tag rewrite        remove author base add filter  author rewrite rules    no author base rewrite rules    function no author base rewrite rules  author rewrite         global  wpdb           author rewrite   array             authors    wpdb- gt get results  SELECT user nicename AS nicename from  wpdb- gt users            foreach  authors as  author             author rewrite     author- gt nicename      feed    feed rdf rss rss2 atom          index php author name  matches 1  amp feed  matches 2             author rewrite     author- gt nicename   page    0-9            index php author name  matches 1  amp paged  matches 2             author rewrite     author- gt nicename           index php author name  matches 1                    return  author rewrite   add filter  author link    no author base   1000  2   function no author base  link   author id         link base   trailingslashit get option  home          link   preg replace      link base author          link       return  link base    link

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https   wordpress org plugins remove-category-url  Use this plugin it does the job perfectly of hiding the category-base It does not require any setting just install and activate

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Select Custom Structure in permalinks and add   category   postname   after your domain  Adding     to the category base doesn t work  you have to add a period dot  I wrote a tutorial for this here  remove category from URL tutorial

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I don  t know how to do it using code  but for those who don t mind using a plugin  This is a great one that works for me   https   es wordpress org plugins permalink-manager

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WordPress 5 0 2   To remove category slug from existing posts  do this     Navigate to Settings   Permalinks and change Custom Structure from   category   postname   to    postname    Keep Category and Tag bases empty  which is the default also  Save   All posts can now be directly accessed via domain com  postname   and all categories can be accessed via domain com category xyz   WordPress will automatically add all the 301 redirects for the old urls  So  if someone accesses domain com  category   postname    they will automatically get redirected to domain com  postname

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If you re still searching for the combination  tags  categories and pages on the url-base   you can do it like I did    Open the settings for permalinks and set a dot     for the category- and tag-base  https   premium wpmudev org blog removing-category-base-urls-wordpress   Install the plugin wp-no-tag-base   Tested using Wordpress 3 9 1  If you have pages  categories or tags having the same name  the system will take    tag page category

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Adding     or     won t work if you want a consolidated blog view   Also  I have know idea what that solutions would do for the RSS or XML feeds   I feel better sticking with the WP convention   However  I did come up with a more elegant approach   First  I name the base category url  blog   Then I created a category called  all    Finally  I but all my subcategories under  all    So I get a url structure like this    blog - 404 - recommend 301 redirect to  blog all       blog all  -  all posts combined   blog all category1  - posts filtered by category1  blog all category2  - posts filterer by category2   I put a custom label on the menu item called  Blog   but it goes to blog all   It would be a good idea to 301 redirect  blog to  blog all in the  htaccess file to avoid the 404 on  blog

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The non-category plugin did not work for me   For Multisite WordPress the following works    Go to network admin sites  Open site under    Go to settings  Under permalinks structure type   category   postname    This will display your url as www domainname com categoryname postname  Now go to your site dashboard  not network dashboard   Open settings  Open permalink  Do not save  the permalink will show uneditable field as yourdoamainname blog   Ignore it  If you save now  the work you did in step 4 will be overwritten  This step of opening permalink page but not saving in needed to update the database

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instead put this in your functions php works fine  no redirect problems   function fix slash   string   type     global  wp rewrite  if    wp rewrite- gt use trailing slashes    false         if    type     single   amp  amp   type     category            return trailingslashit   string         if    type     single   amp  amp    strpos   string    html         false             return trailingslashit   string         if    type     category   amp  amp    strpos   string   category        false                    aa g   str replace    category          string            return trailingslashit   aa g              if    type     category            return trailingslashit   string      return  string     add filter   user trailingslashit    fix slash   55  2

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If you want to remove  category  from the url  follow these two steps    Go to Settings    Permalinks and select Custom and enter    category   postname   Next set your Category Base to     Save it and you   ll see your URL changed to this format  http   yourblog com quotes    Source  http   premium wpmudev org blog daily-tip-quick-trick-to-remove-category-from-wordpress-url

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If you use Yoast SEO plugin just go to   Search Appearance  gt  Taxonomies  gt  Category URLs    And select remove from Strip the category base  usually  category   from the category URL   Regarding the tag removal I did not found any solution yet

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Set Custom Structure    postname   Set Category base     dot not    Save  100  work correctly

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add action   init    remove category perma     function remove category perma         unset  GLOBALS  wp rewrite  - gt extra permastructs  category

[wordpress] Remove category & tag base from WordPress url - without a plugin

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