Top Level Categories
This plugin allows you to remove the prefix before the URL to your category page (e.g. example.com/dogs instead of example.com/category/dogs)
The facts
- Rating
- 5★ from 4
- Active installs
- 2k+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 28 Nov 2017
- Added
- Mar 2007
- Requires WP
- 2.0.9
- Tested up to
- WP 2.5
- Downloads
- 92,718
Our analysis
AI-assistedTop Level Categories is a WordPress plugin that enables you to remove the prefix from your category URLs. This allows you to create cleaner and more direct URLs for your category pages, such as changing 'http://fortes.com/category/work' to 'http://fortes.com/work'. The plugin addresses a limitation in WordPress that automatically adds 'category/' before category names.
This plugin is suitable for users who want to simplify their category URLs for better readability or SEO purposes. However, it has specific limitations regarding permalink structures, which you should consider before use.
Best for: This plugin is best for WordPress users looking to simplify their category URLs.
What it does well
- ✓Removes the 'category/' prefix from URLs
- ✓Creates cleaner category links
- ✓Easy to deactivate
Where it falls short
- •Does not work with certain permalink structures
- •Limited information on support and updates
Verdict
Top Level Categories offers a straightforward solution for modifying category URLs, but its limitations may affect users with specific permalink settings.
From the developer
Fortes's own description of Top Level Categories, lightly tidied.
The Top Level Categories plugin allows you to remove the prefix before the URL to your category page. For example, instead of http://fortes.com/category/work, I use http://fortes.com/work for the address my “work” category. WordPress doesn’t allow you to have a blank prefix for categories (they insert category/ before the name), this plugin works around that restriction.
Known Issues / Bugs
- This plugin will not work if you have a permalink structure like
%postnameor%category%/%postname%— there is currently no workaround
Uninstall
- Deactivate the plugin
- That’s it! 🙂