Maria Daniel Deepak

<p>WP Categories Metabox Extended extends the Category metabox on your WordPress editor. Once installed the Category metabox gets a search bar with which you search Categories. Also, this is only seen on “Add New Post” screen in the WordPress Admin dashboard.</p>
<p>From <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-0/" rel="ugc">WordPress 5.0</a>, the search bar is included with the Categories metabox. In case you choose to use the Classic editor by using plugins like <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-gutenberg/" rel="ugc">Disable Gutenberg</a>, then WP Categories Metabox Extended plugin will continue to extend the Categories metabox for the default “Post” post type.</p>


WP Categories Metabox Extended

WP Categories Metabox Extended plugin allows you to search and assign Categories to your post in your WordPress editor.

Marios Alexandrou

DigitalME

<p>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/’ ).</p>
<p>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.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ol>
<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>
</ol>


No Category Base (WPML)

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

WP Categories Metabox Extended vs No Category Base (WPML)