Title: No Category Parents Author: Sergio Milardovich Published: 9 Unbir 2009 Last modified: 1 Ctember 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/no-category-parents/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3675231) ![](https://ps.w.org/no-category-parents/assets/icon.svg?rev=3675231) # No Category Parents By [Sergio Milardovich](https://profiles.wordpress.org/milardovich/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/no-category-parents.0.3.1.zip) * [Details](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/no-category-parents/#description) * [Reviews](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/no-category-parents/#reviews) * [Installation](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/no-category-parents/#installation) * [Development](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/no-category-parents/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/no-category-parents/) ## Description This plugin completely removes the mandatory ‘Category Base’ and all the parents from your category permalinks (e.g. `/category/parent-category/my-category/` becomes`/ my-category/`). It also shortens post permalinks when you use the `/%category%/` permastruct, so a post filed under a deeply nested category still gets a short URL. If a post or page already uses the same slug as a category, the post keeps the clean URL and the category is served from `/my-category-cat/` instead. ## Installation 1. Install and activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress. 2. That’s it. Your categories are now reachable at http://mysite.com/my-category/ Deactivating the plugin restores the stock WordPress permalinks. ## FAQ ### My category URLs did not change Go to Settings > Permalinks and press Save once. That rebuilds the rewrite rules. ### Do old links with the parent path still work? Yes. `/parent-category/my-category/` keeps resolving to the same archive. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/effb5f17d15b4c227fb54a38904724d1b3f606268f4d9a5f81b6c01c9058bdb2? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works flawlessly](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-flawlessly-89/)󠁿 [jakubd](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jakubd/) 28 Γuct 2017 Simple plugin, that really works! ;o) ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3d63bdf133f0410a6fd0cf12ac474dd65bad6e0b0d2fbd6e3f3a1743eb72d6a4? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-3696/)󠁿 [Vercio](https://profiles.wordpress.org/vercio/) 3 Ctember 2016 everything you need [ Read all 3 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/no-category-parents/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “No Category Parents” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Sergio Milardovich ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/milardovich/) [Translate “No Category Parents” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/no-category-parents) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/no-category-parents/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/no-category-parents/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/no-category-parents/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/no-category-parents/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 0.3.1 * Update the plugin URI to point at the plugin landing page. #### 0.3.0 * Compatible with WordPress 7.0 and PHP 8. * Fixed: parent categories were only removed one level deep. A category nested two or more levels down (parent > child > grandchild) kept its immediate parent in the URL. Links are now rebuilt from the term instead of being regex-patched, so any depth works. * Fixed: PHP 8 warnings (« Undefined array key 0 », « Attempt to read property ID on null ») when building permalinks. * Fixed: the rewrite rules were flushed on _every_ page load, rebuilding and re- saving the whole rule set on each request. Flushing now happens once, only after a category changes. Measured on a local WordPress 7.0 install: ~197 ms/request before, ~114 ms/request after. * Added: category feeds (`/my-category/feed/`) now resolve. * Changed: all functions are prefixed with `ncp_`. Earlier versions declared generic names such as `filter_category()` and `my_flush_rules()` in the global namespace, which could collide with a theme or another plugin. * Changed: the category base is now forced empty through a filter instead of being written to the database on every request. * Added: `ncp_collision_suffix` and `ncp_post_link_category` filters. * Removed: leftover debug code and an unused `id` query var. #### 0.2.4.1 * Quickfix: fixed pagination bug #### 0.2.4 * Tested up to WP 4.1 * Fixed pagination problem (special thanks to Lukáš Wojnar). #### 0.2.3 * Changed some links. * Fixed « empty category » problem (special thanks to absolutex). #### 0.2.2 * In 0.2.1 when the « Category Base » field wasn’t empty the plugin didn’t work. Now the « Category Base » field will automatically be empty when you activate the plugin. #### 0.2.1 * Minor changes in the comments. #### 0.2 * The plugin now works with the permastruct /%category%/ and also replaces the post permalinks. * Other minor fixes. ## Meta * Version **0.3.1** * Last updated **1 n waggur ago** * Active installations **6,000+** * WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.0.7** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/no-category-parents/) * Tags * [categories](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/categories/)[category base](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/category-base/) [permalinks](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/permalinks/)[seo](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/seo/) * [Advanced View](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/no-category-parents/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 3 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/no-category-parents/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/no-category-parents/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/no-category-parents/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/no-category-parents/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/no-category-parents/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/no-category-parents/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/no-category-parents/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Sergio Milardovich ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/milardovich/) ## Support Got something to say? 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