CS Remove Category Base
by Codept Solutions · SEO
You can undoubtedly remove /category/ slug from your page WordPress URLs using this plugin.
80 health vs 62 average across 786 SEO plugins
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Excellent listing optimization
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
71
now · peak 189
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-12 20+ → 30+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-07-10 30+ → 20+ down after 289 days in tier
- 2025-09-24 20+ → 30+ up after 37 days in tier
- 2025-08-18 30+ → 20+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2025-08-13 20+ → 30+ up after 29 days in tier
- 2025-07-15 30+ → 20+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2025-07-12 20+ → 30+ up after 75 days in tier
- 2025-04-28 30+ → 20+ down after 5 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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- W WP No Base Permalink 10K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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No category parents 6K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D - W WP Category Permalink 2K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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