How to Remove Category Prefix From WordPress URL

Hi obito

Thanks for reaching out.

Try heading over to Settings > Permalinks, the category base should be there as one of the available settings.

Instead, I tried this code,

function fix_slash( $string, $type )
{
global $wp_rewrite;
if ( $wp_rewrite->use_trailing_slashes == false )
{
    if ( $type != 'single' && $type != 'category' )
        return trailingslashit( $string );

    if ( $type == 'single' && ( strpos( $string, '.html/' ) !== false ) )
        return trailingslashit( $string );

    if ( $type == 'category' && ( 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 );

It works for me, found this guide on this site

I found out the solution myself.

To remove / item / or / category /, you can go to permalink and insert a dot (.) in the category base field you would like to remove.

See possibly this guide, it explains it a little better: https://www.mediumtalk.net/remove-category-wordpress-url/

If you don’t want to change any settings you guys can use a plugin instead: https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/remove-category-url/

Super, glad to hear you’ve made progress. Thanks for posting the solution. All the best with your site.

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