Scott Reilly

Reduce permalinks (category or post) that include entire hierarchy of categories to just having the lowest category in the hierarchy.
By default, WordPress replaces the %category% permalink tag in a custom permalink structure with the entire hierarchy of categories for the post’s first matching category. For example, assuming your site has a hierarchical category structure like so:
<pre><code>Applications
 |_ Desktop
 |_ Web
 |_ WordPress
</code></pre>
By default, if you have a permalink structure defined as <code>%category%/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%</code>, your post titled “Best Plugins” assigned to the “WordPress” category would have a permalink of:
<pre><code>https://www.example.com/applications/web/wordpress/2008/01/15/best-plugins
</code></pre>
If you activate the Single Category Permalink plugin, this would be the permalink generated for the post (and recognized by the blog):
<pre><code>https://www.example.com/wordpress/2008/01/15/best-plugins
</code></pre>
In order for a category to be used as part of a post’s permalink structure, <code>%category%</code> must be explicitly defined in the Settings -> Permalinks admin page as part of a custom structure, i.e. <code>/%category%/%postname%</code>.
For category links, <code>%category%</code> is implied to follow the value set as the “Category base” (or the default category base if none is specified). So if your category base is ‘category’, the above example would list posts in the ‘WordPress’ category on this category listing page:
<pre><code>https://www.example.com/category/applications/web/wordpress/
</code></pre>
With this plugin activated, that link would become:
<pre><code>https://www.example.com/category/wordpress/
</code></pre>
NOTE: The fully hierarchical category and post permalinks will continue to work. The plugin issues a 302 redirect to browsers and search engines pointing them to the shorter URL.
Links: <a href="https://coffee2code.com/wp-plugins/single-category-permalink/" rel="nofollow ugc">Plugin Homepage</a> | <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/single-category-permalink/" rel="ugc">Plugin Directory Page</a> | <a href="https://github.com/coffee2code/single-category-permalink/" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub</a> | <a href="https://coffee2code.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Author Homepage</a>
<h3>Hooks</h3>
The plugin exposes one filter for hooking. Code using this filter should ideally be put into a mu-plugin or site-specific plugin (which is beyond the scope of this readme to explain). Less ideally, you could put them in your active theme’s functions.php file.
c2c_single_category_redirect_status (filter)
The ‘c2c_single_category_redirect_status’ hook allows you to specify an HTTP status code used for the redirect. By default this is 302.
Arguments:
<ul>
<li>$status (integer) : The default HTTP status code</li>
</ul>
Example:
<pre><code>/**
 * Change the redirection HTTP status to a 302.
 *
 * @param int $code The HTTP status code. By default 301.
 * @return int
 */
function scp_change_redirect_status( $code ) {
 return 302;
}
add_filter( 'c2c_single_category_redirect_status', 'scp_change_redirect_status' );
</code></pre>

Single Category Permalink

Reduce permalinks (category or post) that include entire hierarchy of categories to just having the lowest level category.

Gaelan Lloyd

E20 Page Tree gives you a clear, interactive view of your WordPress page hierarchy. Explore your entire site structure in one place, complete with detailed page information, status indicators, and quick actions for editing and viewing pages.
You can export the tree in several formats, which is perfect for site admins or teams doing content audits, SEO reviews, page migrations, team task assignment, and a variety of other analysis and project management needs.
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>
🌳 Interactive Page Tree
<ul>
<li>Browse your full page hierarchy in a clean, expandable tree view</li>
<li>Expand/collapse all pages instantly</li>
<li>Visual indicators for parent/child relationships</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
📊 Spreadsheet-Ready Table View
<ul>
<li>Copy and paste directly into Excel, Google Sheets, LibreOffice Calc, or Numbers</li>
<li>Includes page metadata for powerful analysis</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
📄 CSV & TSV Export
<ul>
<li>Comma-separated and Tab-separated output formats for maximum compatibility</li>
<li>Ideal for audits, migrations, and bulk data processing</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
🏠 Homepage Highlighting
<ul>
<li>Automatically surfaces your site’s homepage at the top of the structure</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
🧾 Detailed Page Data
<ul>
<li>Page title</li>
<li>ID</li>
<li>Slug</li>
<li>Template</li>
<li>Created date</li>
<li>Last modified date</li>
<li>Status (Published, Draft, Pending, Scheduled)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
⚡ Quick Actions
<ul>
<li>Edit page in one click</li>
<li>View page on the frontend instantly</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
🔍 Status Indicators
<ul>
<li>Clear visual markers for page status:</li>
<li>P = Published</li>
<li>D = Draft</li>
<li>R = Pending Review</li>
<li>F = Scheduled (Future)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
🧠 Built for Real Workflows
<ul>
<li>Content audits</li>
<li>SEO reviews</li>
<li>Site migrations</li>
<li>Information architecture planning</li>
<li>Editorial cleanup</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
🧼 Lightweight & Focused
<ul>
<li>No external dependencies</li>
<li>Loads assets only on its admin page</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Use Cases</h3>
Page Tree is useful for:
<ul>
<li>Viewing your WordPress page tree and hierarchy</li>
<li>Exporting pages to spreadsheets for analysis</li>
<li>Performing content audits and SEO reviews</li>
<li>Planning site migrations and restructures</li>
<li>Creating a clear overview of your page structure</li>
</ul>

E20 Page Tree

Visualize your site's page hierarchy in a powerful, interactive tree view, and export it to spreadsheets in seconds.

Single Category Permalink vs E20 Page Tree