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
%postname
or%category%/%postname%
— there is currently no workaround
Uninstall
- Deactivate the plugin
- That’s it! 🙂
Installation Instructions
- Copy the
top-level-cats.php
file into yourwp-content/plugins
directory - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- That’s it! 🙂
My links are broken when using `%postname` or `%category%/%postname%` as my permalink structure
This is a known issue, for which there is unfortunately no good workaround. If you add a suffix to your permalink structure (such as .html
) you can fix this issue. For example, try %category%/%postname%.html
— I realize this is not ideal, but there is no good solution for this issue.
How do I automatically redirect people from the old category permalink?
Use the Permalink Redirect Plugin
I’m getting 404 errors when I click on my category link
First, make sure that you’ve followed the installation instructions — you must manually update your permalink structure (in the ‘Options’ -> ‘Permalinks’ section of your admin). If that doesn’t work, then let me know!
I’ve found a bug, how can I tell you about it so you’ll fix it for me?
Go to http://fortes.com/contact and fill out the contact form. Make sure you let me know the following:
- What version of WordPress you’re using
- What other plugins you’re running
- What your permalink structure is
- Exactly what problem you’re seeing
Unfortunately, I do have a life outside of this plugin, so don’t be sad if I don’t fix the bug within 5 minutes.
- Copy the
top-level-cats.php
file into yourwp-content/plugins
directory - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- That’s it! 🙂
Reviews
5 out of 5 stars
- Version: 1.0.1
- Last updated: 16 years ago
- Active installations: 3K
- WordPress version: 2.0.9
- Tested up to: 2.5
- PHP version: false