How to Remove the Category Base from URLs in WordPress

Are you looking for how to remove /category from your URLs in WordPress? I was also searching for how to remove taxonomy slugs (categories, post tags), and finally, I found the solution which will share with you.

How to Remove Category from Post

First, let us learn how to remove taxonomy slugs from a WordPress Post.

Take the below Post URL as an example:

https://example.com/category/sample-post

You can see /category/ is present in the URL.

So that I need to make URL as

https://example.com/sample-post

To change Remove Category slug from Post URL

1. Go to Settings> Permalinks
2. Select Post Name [https://example.com/sample-post/]
3. or Select Custom Structure and Add /%postname%/ after the root domain name.
4. Save Changes

To change or Remove Categories Prefix

Method: Using Yoast SEO Plugin

Category URLs in WordPress contain a prefix, usually /category/, using Yoast SEO plugin you can remove that prefix, for categories only.

1. Login to your WordPress website Dashboard
2. Click on ‘SEO’ >Search Appearance
3. Click on the ‘Taxonomies’ tab.
4. Toggle the ‘Category URLs’ switch.
   • To Include Category prefix, Switch to ‘Keep’.
   • To Exclude, Switch to ‘Remove’.
5. Save Changes

Conclusion

There are many other methods to remove category base from URLs in WordPress, it may be using htaccess or using some other third-party plugin. Let me know your thoughts via comments.