Remove Category URL – Remove 'category' base from category permalinks

Name: Remove Category URL – Remove 'category' base from category permalinks
Rating: 4.2
Author: Themeisle

Remove Category URL strips the /category/ base from your category URLs, turning something like /category/my-category/ into simply /my-category/.

v1.2.1

Themeisle

Updated 12.01.2026, 14:02:00

Scanned 12.01.2026, 14:30:26

custom-permalinks permalinks remove-category-base remove-category-prefix remove-category-url

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Security5

Repo4

General1

Performance0

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	Code	Message	Location	Category
ERROR	`WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped`	All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$this'.	`admin-notices.php:396:54`	Security
ERROR	`WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped`	All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$this'.	`admin-notices.php:398:47`	Security
ERROR	`WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedFunctionFound`	Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "add_plugin_review_link".	`remove-category-url.php:140:1`	Plugin Repo
ERROR	`plugin_header_no_license`	Missing "License" in Plugin Header. Please update your Plugin Header with a valid GPLv2 (or later) compatible license.	`remove-category-url.php`	Plugin Repo
WARNING	`WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotSanitized`	Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['nonce']	`admin-notices.php:179:55`	Security
WARNING	`missing_composer_json_file`	The "/vendor" directory using composer exists, but "composer.json" file is missing.	`composer.json`	Plugin Repo
WARNING	`mismatched_plugin_name`	Plugin name "Remove Category URL - Remove 'category' base from category permalinks" is different from the name declared in plugin header "Remove Category URL".	`readme.txt`	—
WARNING	`plugin_header_nonexistent_domain_path`	The "Domain Path" header in the plugin file must point to an existing folder. Found: "languages"	`remove-category-url.php`	Plugin Repo
WARNING	`WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotValidated`	Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']. Use isset() or empty() to check the index exists before using it	`admin-notices.php:117:37`	Security
WARNING	`WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.MissingUnslash`	$_POST['nonce'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar	`admin-notices.php:179:55`	Security

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12.01.2026, 14:30:26	8s	97	4	6
13.11.2025, 01:43:08	10s	96	6	6

Remove Category URL – Remove 'category' base from category permalinks

Security5

Plugin Repository4

General1

admin-notices.php5 issues in this fileTotal: 5Errors: 2Warnings: 3

remove-category-url.php3 issues in this fileTotal: 3Errors: 2Warnings: 1

composer.json1 issue in this fileTotal: 1Warnings: 1

readme.txt1 issue in this fileTotal: 1Warnings: 1