Category Base Removal Plugin
The Category Base Killer Plugin does exactly what it says. It removes the “category/” text from your WordPress URL string.
In other words, it turns your URL string from this:
http://www.myblog.com/category/category_name/post_title.htm
into this:
http://www.myblog.com/category_name/post_title.htm
Download
Installation Instructions
- Unzip category-base-killer.zip to your “wp-content/plugins” directory
- Log in to your WordPress admin account
- Click the “Plugins” tabs
- Click “activate” next to “Category Base Killer”
- Click the “Options” tab
- Click the “Permalinks” sub-tab
- Make sure that “%category%” (without quotes) appears somewhere in your permalink structure. Otherwise when you click on your category archive links, you’ll encounter a 404 error.
Version
1.0 - Public Release
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July 20th, 2007 at 10:25 am
good find!
July 20th, 2007 at 10:43 am
Good find? I wrote it.
It’s not going to win me any awards or anything, it’s 80% comments and 20% code, but I thought it was time somebody wrote the damn thing.
July 20th, 2007 at 6:37 pm
I like the thought of this. The problem I am running into, though, is that pages of previous posts within the category bring up a 404 error. For example, when the address changes to something like this it no longer works… www.mysite.com/mycat/page/2/
Do you know of a workaround to that?
July 21st, 2007 at 3:30 am
Thanks for the plugin! Just when I was beginning to think I would have to write it myself…
August 31st, 2007 at 6:14 pm
I’m having the same problem as Nick (#3). Subcategories root are not shown properly.
Take a look:
http://www.superdicas.de/seriados - This works
http://www.superdicas.de/seriados/heroes/segunda-temporada-trailers - This works too
http://www.superdicas.de/seriados/heroes - Error 404 Not Found
If anyone got a solution please share here or drop me an e-mail: mateus (at) superdicas.de
August 31st, 2007 at 6:38 pm
A quick solution to the subcats problem (not the best at all but it works):
- change the Permalink to /%category%/%postname%.html/
August 31st, 2007 at 8:14 pm
Hey Mateus! Thanks for the comment. I haven’t tried your solution, but thanks (I plan to), but thanks in advance!
October 31st, 2007 at 5:50 pm
[…] Then last night Dan asked about this same issue. I informed him of my inability to figure out a way to remove it. Then a little later he sends me a link to a Google search he did when I see this page: Category Base Removal Plugin I am glad to report that this plugin does exactly what I wanted. Thanks to both Dan (for the link) and especially the plugin author Brian! […]
November 24th, 2007 at 5:48 am
Hi Brian, thank you for your release….
I’ve a little problem, I’ve installed the plugin and it works good, but when I try to go in the second page of a category to see some posts early, I obtain a 404 error.. Could you help me to fix it?
I’ve 2.3.1 wordpress version….
Thank’s a lot
November 24th, 2007 at 10:57 am
Have you tried Mateus’s suggestion (above #6)?
November 25th, 2007 at 5:14 am
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January 24th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
You have no idea how much better my life (and website) is now. Thanks a ton!
January 24th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Wow. Thanks! Glad it worked out!
January 25th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
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February 5th, 2008 at 11:27 am
Have you been able to fix the bug so subcategories will work without an html extension on the pretty permalinks? Many don’t want the extensions any more but they want to be rid of the category label.
Thanks!
February 7th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
[…] Category Base Killer - removes the “category/” base text from the URL string. […]
February 12th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
Anyone found a fix for the problem reported by Nick#3 above - i.e. for the 404 error for /page/2/ ?
February 16th, 2008 at 2:02 am
Hey Brian (and everyone else)
I’m the guy who found the plugin that Ben Partch was referring to in his trackback link a few months back.
For those of you who are having problems with category pages (such as /page/2/) throwing 404 errors, the ONLY way I can see without neutering WordPress would be to use a file extension (such as .htm .html or .php).
If you still think the issue is with the plugin, it’s not. I went into WordPress itself (WordPress 2.3.1 on my end) and modified the wp-includes/rewrite.php file on Lines 389 and 390 to remove
$this->category_structure = $this->front . ‘category/’; else
And got the EXACT SAME RESULTS as the plugin - a 404 being thrown on the subcategory pages (including category/subcategory and /category/page/2 if you’re wondering).
I’d have to say that short of using the file extension, there’s nothing we can do other than to bug the WordPress developers to actually sit down and FIX THIS once and for all.
Just figured I’d let you all know.
February 17th, 2008 at 7:52 am
I wonder if a “fix” of sorts could be hacked together in .htaccess?
February 17th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
To the best of my knowledge, others have tried, but to no avail.
March 1st, 2008 at 2:02 pm
[…] This plugin is simple, but has a massive effect on your categories. What it does it when you activate this plugin, it removes the /category/ directory from your links. It can solve a few URL problems you may be having as your pages have the same link structure. Download Category Base Removal Plugin. […]
March 4th, 2008 at 12:39 am
I’m new to WP. This is the single biggest problem I’ve run into with WP - I do not want to use the .htm hack since Google does not seem to like it - these pages don’t get indexed well. but the pages without the hack (with broken subcat or page/2) work great and were indexed fine. Arrrgh.
I don’t want to give up and use a base category, because once I do that, I’ll pollute my indexing on google with the stupid base category and even once the WP gods fix it, i’ll be in a permalink redirect mess forever. Similarly, I don’t want to use a .html / .htm hack. This really sucks.
March 12th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
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March 16th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
iN Regards to November 24th, 2007 at 5:48 am
I’ve a little problem, I’ve installed the plugin and it works good, but when I try to go in the second page of a category to see some posts early, I obtain a 404 error.. Could you help me to fix it?
I’ve 2.3.1 wordpress version….
I wonder if it is worth the headache can someone reply to the recent update??/ is this problem fixed yet the Category Base Killer I mean.
http://www.sleekbuisness.com
March 31st, 2008 at 10:00 am
[…] The next thing I do is use Category Base Killer to remove the /category/ directory from many of the links - that way I don’t have as many duplicate content issues since all the pages will have the same link structure. […]
March 31st, 2008 at 6:50 pm
In regards to comments #22 and #24, the problem isn’t with the Category Base Killer plugin - it’s with WordPress itself. So there’s nothing that Brian can do until the WordPress developers fix the problem themselves.
Please refer to my comment here for more information:
https://brianshoff.com/wordpress/category-base-removal-plugin.htm#comment-1544
April 25th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
Now that WordPress 2.5.1 is out, I figured I’d upgrade and see how well the 2.5 branch works. I had been told that the plugin’s features had finally been incorporated into the publishing system.
Whoever told me that was wrong.
Not only is the problem STILL not resolved, but the plugin appears to be incomaptible with WordPress 2.5.x
WHAT GIVES? Do I have to personally start a site to make WordPress aware of the duplicate content problems their system is causing, not to mention the usability issues (such as confusing visitors with multiple links to the same Posts) and the fact that hacking the rewrite.php file (which now requires removing “%category%” - without quotes of course - from line 439 in WordPress 2.5.1) still causes 404 errors to be thrown faster than fine china in a domestic arguement between spouses unless you use a file extension?
(And no Brian, this is not your fault - I lay the blame for this SNAFU squarely at Automattic’s feet.)
April 25th, 2008 at 8:21 pm
:: hold hands in the air hopping around the room ::
TESTIFY!
It’s such a nuisance. I like WP, but like anything, it has its problems. I haven’t upgraded my sites yet… need to put that on my “next actions” list I guess…?
April 25th, 2008 at 9:51 pm
I would. I’m just wishing that they would have taken care of the category base problem by now. I’m also noticing some other issues that aren’t related to CBK, but ironically none of them have much to do with the dashboard’s new arrangement (it’s the features).
Oh well, I’ll learn.
April 29th, 2008 at 2:09 am
Thank You Thank you Thank You…
May 1st, 2008 at 4:33 am
Is this version 1.0 plugin adviseable on a new 2.5 or 2.5.1 installation? I would like to fix this category oddity early in my install.
May 1st, 2008 at 7:58 am
I haven’t heard of any issues with this plugin in regards to v 2.5 or 2.5.1
The good news is… it doesn’t do much.
It’s just a filter. So if it breaks, you can safely turn it off w/o negatively effecting your install.
May 5th, 2008 at 12:55 am
Uhm Brian, I mentioned a few comments up (#27, in fact) that it DOES break in WordPress 2.5.1, remember?
May 19th, 2008 at 9:04 am
[…] In meinen Blogs nutze ich seit ich sie aufgesetzt habe das Category-Base-Killer Plugin von Brian Shoff. Dies hat wunderbare Dienste geleistet, bis ich die Migration der besagten Seite angegangen bin und mit Unterkategorien an die Grenzen des Plugins gestoßen bin. Diese schneidet das Plugin nämlich auch einfach ab und erzeugt so schöne 404er beim Klick auf die Kategorie. […]
June 5th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
This is bad news so I guess we have only 2 options:
1. Have the /category/ inside the URL
2. Have a file exstension e.g .htm
Both of the options suck! What was the point in implementing /category/ in the first place.
I’m not sure if anybody else is having this problem but the CATEGORY feeds cannot be accessed unless /category/ is added to the URL, e.g http://yoursite.com/category-name/feed/ will not work.
Any workarounds anybody!!
June 27th, 2008 at 5:57 am
What I’ve done to get around the /category/ problem is to make it a virtue. I put a “title” Page for each category, then link to the /category/%category%/ page for archives and RSS feed. The permalinks work, and the paging works — just not in the same place. Won’t work for everybody (depends on how you use your categories), but it did end up working out well for me.
July 8th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
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July 8th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
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July 15th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
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July 16th, 2008 at 6:13 am
Life saver, just downloaded after fruitless days of searching with no success and it works even on the latest version of Wordpress which is currently 2.6
July 16th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
Just to add to my post 40
I have tested this plugin on a couple of designs, and on some designs it works, but with some it does not work properly and comes up with 404 errors.
Sadly not a 100% solution, but this would be dependent upon the design of the Wordpress theme that you are useing.
Shame it does not work 100% did have high hopes for this.
Regards
Mark
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August 31st, 2008 at 2:52 pm
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September 18th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
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September 19th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
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September 22nd, 2008 at 2:54 am
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September 24th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
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