Gary Jones

<p>If bots are attacking your site by appending <code>/search/a-random-string-or-word</code>, then those pages may be getting indexed by search engines, or populating search logs.</p>
<p>This plugin disables that permalink structure.</p>
<p>Search forms will still work, and the search results page will use the less index-friendly <code>?s=search-term</code> format.</p>


Disable Search Slug

Stops /search/... URLs from working, resulting in a WordPress 404 page not found.

Themeisle

Valerio Souza

<p>This plugin will completely remove the ‘/category/’ from your permalinks ( e.g. <code>mydomain.com/category/my-category/</code> to <code>mydomain.com/my-category/</code> ).</p>
<p>No configuration is required</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ol>
<li>Better and logical permalinks like <code>mydomain.com/my-category/</code> and <code>mydomain.com/my-category/my-post/</code>.</li>
<li>Simple plugin – No configuration is required.</li>
<li>No need to modify wordpress files.</li>
<li>Doesn’t require other plugins to work.</li>
<li>Compatible with sitemap plugins.</li>
<li>Compatible with WPML.</li>
<li>Works with multiple sub-categories.</li>
<li>Works with WordPress Multisite.</li>
<li>Redirects old category permalinks to the new ones (301 redirect, good for SEO).</li>
</ol>
<h4>Heads up:</h4>
<p>Read the <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/remove-category-url/faq/" rel="ugc">FAQ</a> before use.</p>
<p>Want to help? Use the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/remove-category-url" rel="ugc">support</a></p>


Remove Category URL

This plugin removes '/category' from your category permalinks. (e.g. /category/my-category/ to /my-category/)

Disable Search Slug vs Remove Category URL