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no-category-base-wpml

No Category Base (WPML)

This plugin removes the mandatory 'Category Base' from your category permalinks. It's compatible with WPML.

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Download Momentum

180 days
36.5K 15.5K 134.4% 202.6K

Related Opportunities

4 markets

Source Evidence

Open evidence explorer
complaint review · high severity · relevance 0.91
Breaks permalinks

Breaks permalinks: users show bugs, support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category base publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
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Ever since I installed this plugin and network-activated it on my WPMU site, our permalinks have been turning up broken REPEATEDLY.
complaint review · high severity · relevance 0.85
Hacklenmiş

Hacklenmiş: users show security, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Hacklenmiş This plugins hacker or hacked (terrout1.biz and traficsend hack) not load and not active This plugins hacker or hacked (terrout1.biz and traficsend hack) not load and not active I just compared the files on WordPress.org with my files and they are identical.
mixed support · high severity · relevance 0.77
Archive pagination broken in WP v6.3 (and 6.4)

Archive pagination broken in WP v6.3 (and 6.4): users show bugs, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Archive pagination broken in WP v6.3 (and 6.4) We have been using the plugin without issue until an update to WP v6.3 (and 6.4) stopped category archive pagination from working.
neutral support · high severity · relevance 0.7
when deactivated, page crashed

when deactivated, page crashed: users show bugs, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

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when deactivated, page crashed Hello, I have categories under the same name as pages.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.88
Purely hierarchical URL scheme for blog on level below root with Core or Plugin

Purely hierarchical URL scheme for blog on level below root with Core or Plugin: users show compatibility, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

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/blog/ # The Blog Index Page /blog/ux/ # A Blog Category Index Page /blog/ux/feature-proposal/ # A Blog Sub Category Index Page /blog/hints/ # Another Blog Category Index Page /blog/categories/ # Optional: The Categories Page.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.87
Not compatible with Nginx

Not compatible with Nginx: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Not compatible with Nginx Hello Thanks.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.86
No category base — What about “no tag base” ?

No category base — What about “no tag base” ?: users show compatibility, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Your FAQ also list Won’t this conflict with pages?
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.84
Page not found after disable plugin

Page not found after disable plugin: users show bugs, performance, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Page not found after disable plugin First of all, this plugin works exactly what it supposes to do, and I have been using it for a long time.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.81
No Category Base plugin supports latest version of PHP?

No Category Base plugin supports latest version of PHP?: users show compatibility, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

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No Category Base plugin supports latest version of PHP?
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.81
Same category / sub category slug for regional multilingual site compatibility

Same category / sub category slug for regional multilingual site compatibility: users show bugs, missing feature, pricing pain that may indicate a product gap.

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For example: Before : https://example.com/en-US/chair-1 https://example.com/en-GB/chair-2 https://example.com/en-CA/chair-3 We need to have the slug “chair-XX” to make wpml work without any bug After : https://example.com/en-US/chair https://example.com/en-GB/chair https://example.com/en-CA/chair With your No Category Base update, it’s smart and recognize th

Competitor Context

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No category parents praise owner · intel 74.9 · weakness 65.6
praise owner
stale update history 11 collected complaint signal(s) bugs support 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check categories publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
WP Remove Category prefix praise owner · intel 47.1 · weakness 36.1
praise owner
stale update history 1 collected complaint signal(s) support migration 2 source links Investigate Pain Evidence linked to opportunity
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WP Remove Category Base praise owner · intel 44.8 · weakness 37.8
praise owner
stale update history 1 source link Investigate Pain Evidence linked to opportunity
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Decategorizer watchlist · intel 27.2 · weakness 34.3
watchlist
stale update history 8 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
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Collected Signals

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complaint Data Collection Opt-In Questions support · 2026-04-21T13:57:49+00:00 · medium severity · category base

The user cannot verify that all data sharing is disabled because the opt-in dialog choices and skip behavior are unclear.

Evidence: Bottom line, I choose not to share any data, at all, ever, for any reason. How can I verify that this is what is happening?
setup security data sharing opt-in content publishing operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
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complaint NCBW plugin opens unknown popup in admin support · 2026-04-13T11:22:39+00:00 · low severity · category base

The plugin showed an unclear opt-in popup across all installed sites, prompting a complaint about poor transparency in admin messaging.

Evidence: The opt-in / pop-up does not even say it is your plugin
support admin opt-in popup content publishing operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
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complaint 1.5.2 admin css should not be used when not logged in support · 2026-04-13T05:09:46+00:00 · low severity · category base

The plugin loads admin consent CSS for logged-out visitors, adding unnecessary frontend weight even after a claimed fix.

Evidence: adds a css that is only needed for logged in users to provide their consent for data collection
performance bugs frontend asset loading content publishing operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
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complaint Adware (1 star) review · 2026-04-12T09:44:31+00:00 · medium severity · category base

The reviewer complained that an update added an unwanted dashboard modal asking for marketing data collection opt-in.

Evidence: a modal popup is shown in the dashboard
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complaint Unexpected \n\n characters support · 2026-04-07T01:45:19+00:00 · low severity · category base

No Category Base injected unwanted newline characters at the start of the body after a test update, and the vendor says a corrective update was released.

Evidence: two newline characters ( \n\n ) are injected at the very beginning of the <body> tag
bugs page body output content publishing operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
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complaint /category/ still appears in ‘View’ links on Categories admin page support · 2025-12-30T22:03:29+00:00 · medium severity · category base

The plugin still adds /category/ to admin View links, sending users to 404 pages even after a release that claimed to fix it.

Evidence: unfortunately this bug still exists even with the latest update
bugs compatibility support quality content publishing operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
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neutral Removing category base with custom structure support · 2025-04-02T15:57:06+00:00 · low severity · category base

Removing category base with custom structure: neutral conversation with limited structured signal.

Evidence: Removing category base with custom structure Hi there, Does this plugin work to remove the ‘/category/’ base from the urls when using custom structure eg: /hub/postname (where hub is the blog name) Thanks Hi there, Does this plugin work to remove the ‘/category/’ base from the urls when using custom structure eg: /hub/postname (where hub is the blog name) Th
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mixed Attempt to read property “ID” on null in support · 2025-03-31T11:26:19+00:00 · medium severity · category base

Attempt to read property “ID” on null in: users show bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Attempt to read property “ID” on null in Dear sirs, I’ve been reviewing errors in my php log recently and I found this error that I don’t know how to solve.
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question Can I use already translated pages w/ WPML support · 2025-03-07T15:25:46+00:00 · medium severity · category base

Can I use already translated pages w/ WPML: question conversation with limited structured signal.

Evidence: My plugin doesn’t do translations.
translation content publishing operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
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praise Perfect ! (5 stars) review · 2024-11-06T21:47:31+00:00 · medium severity · category base

Perfect !: users praise quality, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: Perfect !
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complaint Remove all terms filters support · 2024-06-13T21:02:36+00:00 · medium severity · category base

Remove all terms filters: users show bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Remove all terms filters I was having an issue.
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neutral Exclude widgets WPML support · 2024-02-14T20:51:32+00:00 · low severity · category base

Exclude widgets WPML: neutral conversation with limited structured signal.

Evidence: This plugin doesn’t affect translations.
translation content publishing operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
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complaint Purely hierarchical URL scheme for blog on level below root with Core or Plugin support · 2024-02-12T21:24:54+00:00 · medium severity · category base

Purely hierarchical URL scheme for blog on level below root with Core or Plugin: users show compatibility, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: /blog/ # The Blog Index Page /blog/ux/ # A Blog Category Index Page /blog/ux/feature-proposal/ # A Blog Sub Category Index Page /blog/hints/ # Another Blog Category Index Page /blog/categories/ # Optional: The Categories Page.
compatibility missing feature support migration content publishing operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
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complaint No category base — What about “no tag base” ? support · 2024-02-12T15:45:49+00:00 · medium severity · category base

No category base — What about “no tag base” ?: users show compatibility, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Your FAQ also list Won’t this conflict with pages?
compatibility missing feature support easy content publishing operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
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praise Life saving plugin (5 stars) review · 2023-12-07T07:08:18+00:00 · medium severity · category base

Life saving plugin: users praise reliable, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: Life saving plugin This plugin works well.
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mixed Archive pagination broken in WP v6.3 (and 6.4) support · 2023-11-13T13:47:37+00:00 · high severity · category base

Archive pagination broken in WP v6.3 (and 6.4): users show bugs, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Archive pagination broken in WP v6.3 (and 6.4) We have been using the plugin without issue until an update to WP v6.3 (and 6.4) stopped category archive pagination from working.
bugs missing feature reliable value content publishing operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
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mixed Skip one or two categories support · 2023-07-10T14:04:23+00:00 · low severity · category base

Skip one or two categories: users show missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Skip one or two categories Hello, the plugin is excellent, but I would like to add one or two categories to the skip the plugin.
missing feature quality content publishing operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
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praise Good! (5 stars) review · 2023-06-03T07:41:29+00:00 · medium severity · category base

Good!: praise conversation with limited structured signal.

Evidence: Good! Thanks for this plugin! Thanks for this plugin!
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praise Working (5 stars) review · 2023-01-24T11:47:27+00:00 · medium severity · category base

Working: praise conversation with limited structured signal.

Evidence: Working Working! Working!
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complaint Same category / sub category slug for regional multilingual site compatibility support · 2022-08-28T15:38:20+00:00 · medium severity · category base

Same category / sub category slug for regional multilingual site compatibility: users show bugs, missing feature, pricing pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: For example: Before : https://example.com/en-US/chair-1 https://example.com/en-GB/chair-2 https://example.com/en-CA/chair-3 We need to have the slug “chair-XX” to make wpml work without any bug After : https://example.com/en-US/chair https://example.com/en-GB/chair https://example.com/en-CA/chair With your No Category Base update, it’s smart and recognize th
bugs missing feature pricing reliable content publishing operations Investigate Pain card needs detail Evidence linked to opportunity
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