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Filters the categories of posts shown on your front page.
<h4>How to Use</h4>
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<li>After Installation, activate the plugin. Don’t worry, it does nothing when activated for the first time.</li>
<li>Go to Settings > Home Categories to setup.</li>
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* Select the working mode from Show selected categories only or Hide selected categories 
* Check the target categories. 
* Press Save Changes .

Home Categories

Allows you to choose categories on an exclusive OR inclusive basis, unlike other plugins. This makes it easy to include only one category instead of excluding all but one category.
Well-designed plugin, and still working great.



Works great for showing one category

Filters the categories of posts shown on your front page.

Marios Alexandrou

DigitalME

As the name suggests this plugin will completely remove the mandatory ‘Category Base’ from your category permalinks ( e.g. ‘mysite.com/category/my-category/’ to ‘mysite.com/my-category/’ ).
The plugin requires no setup or modifying core wordpress files and will not break any links. It will also take care of redirecting your old category links to the new ones.
<h4>Features</h4>
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<li>Better and logical permalinks like ‘mysite.com/my-category/’ and ‘mysite.com/my-category/my-post/’.</li>
<li>Simple plugin – barely adds any overhead.</li>
<li>Works out of the box – no setup needed.</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>
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No Category Base (WPML)

This plugin removes the mandatory 'Category Base' from your category permalinks. It's compatible with WPML.

Home Categories vs No Category Base (WPML)