remove category word from wordpress

If you want to remove the /category/ word from your URL you need to use the following code.

If you are not wordpress developer and you are not having knowledge of apache server then dont use this code.

first take backup of your .htaccess file which you can find in your root folder of wordpress installation.

Put following code in that file.

RewriteRule ^category/(.+)$ http://www.yourblog.com/$1 [R=301,L]

After putting this code your URL will will be changed as follows:

http://yourblog.com/category/wordpressapi
to
http://yourblog.com/wordpressapi

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John on April 20, 2011 at 4:38 pm said:

I did so much R&D about removing the category from wordpress permalink. You really saved my lot of time. Thanks.

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Jennifer Himmelwright on June 1, 2011 at 2:37 pm said:

Hello, this is my first time i visit here. I found so many interesting in your blog especially on how to determine the topic. keep up the good work.

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Audria Wamble on August 15, 2011 at 9:33 pm said:

I REALLY liked your post and blog! It took me a minute bit to find your site…but I bookmarked it. Would you mind if I posted a link back to your post?

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Corliss Orsak on August 20, 2011 at 3:54 am said:

Of course, what a great site and informative posts, I will add backlink – bookmark this site? Regards, Reader

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Isis Biehl on August 31, 2011 at 10:52 pm said:

Thanks for posting. Good to see that not everyone is using RSS feeds to build their blogs

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