WordPress – How to remove category name from URL

By default you will see the URL of your wordpress blogs with category name after base URL

E.g.

http://blog.swamiwebdesign.com/category/wordpress

http://blog.swamiwebdesign.com/category/wordpress/how-to-export-links-in-wordpress.html

Obviously you wouldn’t like to have category in the URL.

To remove category appearing in URL there are various ways, if you are php expert then you can modify the rewrite rules and play with permalinks.

Here is the simplest solution

Install this plugin http://fortes.com/projects/wordpress/top-level-cats/

Follow the instructions in the readme

If it doesn’t work then save yourself from reading all the comments and do followings

Options -> Permalinks

Change the Custom structure: to followings

/%category%/%postname%.html

Click on update and enjoy

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