Best category base plugins for WordPress
The most popular category base plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. No Category Base (WPML) leads with 100K+ active installs, ahead of Remove Category URL (40K+) and No Category Parents (6K+). All 7 plugins tagged “category base” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 7 category base plugins
- 1.
No Category Base (WPML)The most installed category base plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 34 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.
Remove Category URL40K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 61 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 3.
No Category Parents6K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 4.
WP Remove Category Base6K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 10 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
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WP Remove Category prefix100+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
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CS Remove Category Base30+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 months ago.
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Decategorizer10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 17 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.8.
All 7 plugins tagged “category base”
No Category Base (WPML)
#381by DigitalME8 days ago
This plugin removes the mandatory 'Category Base' from your category permalinks. It's compatible with WPML.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.5(34)
- Downloads
- 928/day
Remove Category URL
Up in the last 7 days:2#830by Themeisle20 days ago
Remove Category URL strips the /category/ base from your category URLs, turning something like /category/my-category/ into simply /my-category/.
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 4.3(61)
- Downloads
- 330/day
No Category Parents
Up in the last 7 days:18#2,710by Sergio Milardovich2 months ago
Removes the mandatory 'Category Base' and every parent category from your category permalinks.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 22/day
WP Remove Category Base
Down in the last 7 days:2#2,727by ezraverheijen9 years ago
Removes the category base slug from the category archive permalinks (URL's).
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 5.0(10)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP Remove Category prefix
#15,799by Axelnsk11 years ago
Removes the category base slug from the category archive permalinks (URL's).
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
CS Remove Category Base
Down in the last 7 days:19#23,039by Codept Solutions5 months ago
You can undoubtedly remove /category/ slug from your page WordPress URLs using this plugin.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Decategorizer
Down in the last 7 days:11,494#47,613by Aesqe17 years ago
"Decategorizer" removes 'category base' from your permalinks. Quick setup and no editing required. 301 redirections are added aut …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day