No category parents
by Sergio Milardovich · Uncategorized
This plugin will completely remove the mandatory 'Category Base' and all the parents from your category permalinks (e.g.
Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,379 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing
Directory rank
Popularity rank over time · lower is better
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 “6K+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install trend · reconstructed from 1379 daily snapshots
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-03-17 7K+ → 6K+ down after 13 days in band
- 2026-03-04 6K+ → 7K+ up after 34 days in band
- 2026-01-29 7K+ → 6K+ down after 10 days in band
- 2026-01-19 6K+ → 7K+ up after 13 days in band
- 2026-01-06 7K+ → 6K+ down after 21 days in band
- 2025-12-16 6K+ → 7K+ up after 290 days in band
- 2025-03-01 5K+ → 6K+ up after 54 days in band
- 2025-01-06 6K+ → 5K+ down after 7 days in band
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/no-category-parents" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="No category parents — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> No category parents: 6K+ active installs, 5.0★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-15. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/no-category-parents