Fortes

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 <code>category/</code> before the name), this plugin works around that restriction.
<h3>Known Issues / Bugs</h3>
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<li>This plugin will not work if you have a permalink structure like <code>%postname</code> or <code>%category%/%postname%</code> — there is currently no workaround</li>
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<h3>Uninstall</h3>
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<li>Deactivate the plugin</li>
<li>That’s it! 🙂</li>
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Top Level Categories

This plugin allows you to remove the prefix before the URL to your category page (e.g. example.com/dogs instead of example.com/category/dogs)

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Remove Taxonomy URL strips the base slug (<code>/genre/</code>, <code>/topic/</code>, etc.) from your custom taxonomy term URLs so visitors and search engines see clean, short permalinks.
What 3.0 adds:
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<li>301 redirect old URLs — old <code>/taxonomy/term/</code> URLs redirect permanently to the new <code>/term/</code> URL so SEO equity is preserved when you turn the plugin on.</li>
<li>Hierarchical term URLs — nested taxonomies resolve correctly. <code>/parent/child/</code> reaches the child term instead of returning 404.</li>
<li>Pagination support — <code>/term/page/2/</code> works after the base slug is removed, no more pagination 404s.</li>
<li>Slug-collision detection — warns you (without blocking the save) when a term slug clashes with a page, post, or another taxonomy’s term, so you don’t accidentally break a URL.</li>
<li>Health Check tab — run a full audit of all selected taxonomies on demand.</li>
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All 3.0 features default to OFF on upgrade so your existing site behavior is preserved until you opt in.

Remove Taxonomy URL

Strip custom taxonomy slugs from URLs. Optional 301 redirects, hierarchical terms, pagination support, and slug-collision detection.

Top Level Categories vs Remove Taxonomy URL