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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4 marketsSource Evidence
Open evidence explorerBreaks 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 liveHacklenmiş: users show security, 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 liveArchive pagination broken in WP v6.3 (and 6.4): users show bugs, missing feature 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 livewhen deactivated, page crashed: users show bugs, missing feature, support 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 livePurely 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.
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category base publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes liveNot compatible with Nginx: users show bugs, compatibility, support 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 liveNo category base — What about “no tag base” ?: users show compatibility, missing feature, support 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 livePage not found after disable plugin: users show bugs, performance, missing feature 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 liveNo Category Base plugin supports latest version of PHP?: users show compatibility, missing feature, support 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 liveSame category / sub category slug for regional multilingual site compatibility: users show bugs, missing feature, pricing 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 liveCompetitor Context
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Collected Signals
20 shown from 60 collectedThe 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?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 pluginThe 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 collectionThe 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 dashboardNo 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> tagThe 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 updateRemoving 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) ThAttempt 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.Can I use already translated pages w/ WPML: question conversation with limited structured signal.
Evidence: My plugin doesn’t do translations.Perfect !: users praise quality, which suggests what competitors already do well.
Evidence: Perfect !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.Exclude widgets WPML: neutral conversation with limited structured signal.
Evidence: This plugin doesn’t affect translations.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.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?Life saving plugin: users praise reliable, which suggests what competitors already do well.
Evidence: Life saving plugin This plugin works well.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.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.Good!: praise conversation with limited structured signal.
Evidence: Good! Thanks for this plugin! Thanks for this plugin!Working: praise conversation with limited structured signal.
Evidence: Working Working! Working!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