Having good Permalink Structure is very important for your Blog with respect to SEO. WordPress does nice by providing a Permalinks Section from the Settings Page in the Admin Panel.
But sometimes some bloggers do not want to have any category base in their Permalinks structure. WordPress does not allows you to do it. Here is how you can get it done.
WP No Category Base Plug-in
If you are using WordPress 2.7, Go to Plug-ins –> Add New –> Search for “WP No Category Base”, install it and activate it.
If you are using previous version of WordPress, Upload the “no-category-base.php” to the “/wp-content/plugins/”, and Activate it from the Plug-ins Menu
This plug-in does not have any Settings Page. Just activate it to use and de-activate when you don’t need it.
Precautions
Remember to have no Post Slug equal to your Category Slug. In case you have same slug for both then the page will get the priority and the category page will never show up.
Links
- WP Plug-in: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-no-category-base/
- Download: http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-no-category-base.zip
- Webpage: http://wordpresssupplies.com/wordpress-plugins/no-category-base/
So which option are you going to choose? Share with other readers.
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hi, how do I make homepage look like yours, I mean showing excerpts ( with image ) instead of normal list of posts ?
In the FAQ for the plugin, it says that the category will have priority over the page, whereas on this page it says that the page has priority over the category. I want the category to have priority for the exact reason mentioned in the FAQ, so that I can have them appear in my navigation. Is there a way to set the category to take precedence?
Hey Thinkjayant thanks for sharing this solution – just installed it & works perfectly! No messing around – You can’t beat one click install on WP2.7
Thanks
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I’m just curious. Why some bloggers don’t want to include the category in their URL? will it affect their keyword ranking?
By URL, I think you mean Permalinks of the post. Fromm SEO Prespective it is a mixed bag.
Including Category in Permalinks, helps in having a broad keyword in your link. While excluding it, help you get long tail keywords more near the start of the URL. So it depends on you. Smart Blog Tips excludes Category in its Post URL or Permalinks.
Regards
TJ
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I strongly recommend that you turn the No Follow off in your comment section. I’ll watch Google Webmaster Tools, and if the links don’t show up after a couple of weeks — I won’t go back to that blog again. Another suggestion: you should have a Top Commentator widget installed. Do Follow and Top Commentator will ensure that you have a successful blog with lots of readers!
@MWD: So tell me, do you write comments for Dofollow links or does the Content also matters to you? I had Do follow ON butgot tired of people commenting for just getting keywords stuff in their Backlinks. Right now, I keep switching Dofollow ON and OFF every now and then.
Regards
TJ
@thinkjayant: Content always matter to me…including this thread ! I found this thread from a backlink from google and thought I would submit a comment as wordpress plugins are of interest to me….especially plugins concentrating on seo. Anyway, thanks and keep up the good work
Hi,
Previously I was using a plugin called “Top Level Cats” for the same purpose. When I tried to upgrade WP to the latest version, that plugin started giving problem.
Thanks to your tip, I have now upgraded to WP 2.7.1 and everything is working perfect. Thank you so much.
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Works like a charm. Using it on my new blog
I like it plugin
Yes, it works! I was trying to use different solutions. First I installed the Top Level Categories. That modified how the category links showed up, but it couldn’t find any posts for the categories. Next I read if you add a period for the category base it would work. Had the same issue as the Top Level Categories plugin. I am maintaining this blog after it was set up so it may have to do with that. Thanks again.
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[...] to have any category base in their Permalinks structure. WordPress does not allows you to do it. Here is how you can get it [...]
[...] to have any category base in their Permalinks structure. WordPress does not allows you to do it. Here is how you can get it [...]