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WP Remove Category Base

by ezraverheijen · Uncategorized

Removes the category base slug from the category archive permalinks (URL's).

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned
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49 Health · D
Maintenance 3
Rating quality 86
Support 70

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,379 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-9%
Oct 22
Jul 26

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 “8K+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
8K–9K ≈8.4K

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install trend · reconstructed from 1378 daily snapshots

Details

Version
1.0
Last updated
8.6y ago
Added
2014-06-23
Requires WP
3.5
Tested up to
4.2.39
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow

  1. 2026-05-06 9K+ → 8K+ down after 26 days in band
  2. 2026-04-10 10K+ → 9K+ down after 199 days in band
  3. 2025-09-23 20K+ → 10K+ down after 439 days in band
  4. 2024-07-11 30K+ → 20K+ down after 484 days in band
  5. 2023-03-15 20K+ → 30K+ up

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WP Remove Category Base: 8K+ active installs, 5.0★ (10 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-14. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-remove-category-base