Remove Category URL - Remove ‘category’ base from category permalinks
Healthy: Remove Category URL - Remove ‘category’ base from category permalinks is maintained, has no open risk signals and no unpatched vulnerabilities.
| Ownership | 100 |
|---|---|
| Maintenance | 100 |
| Security | 100 |
| Support | 70 |
| Reputation | 85 |
Active signals
Facts we detected, with links to the source.
No open risk signals. Signals appear here when we detect an ownership change, closure, vulnerability or decline.
Ownership timeline
Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.
| valeriosza | 2 Jul 2014 to 5 Aug 2019, 14 commits |
|---|---|
| creativemotion | 27 Jan 2020 to 27 Jan 2020, 1 commits |
| themeisle | 23 Sep 2025 to 19 Oct 2026, 10 commits |
3 committers recorded. No ownership changes recorded since 3 Nov 2026.
Maintenance
- Last release
- 16 days ago
- Releases, 24 months
- 6
- Tested up to
- 7.1 current
- Requires PHP
- not stated supported 8.2+
| Q1 2024 | 0 |
|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | 0 |
| Q3 2024 | 0 |
| Q4 2024 | 0 |
| Q1 2025 | 0 |
| Q2 2025 | 0 |
| Q3 2025 | 0 |
| Q4 2025 | 1 |
| Q1 2026 | 1 |
| Q2 2026 | 2 |
| Q3 2026 | 1 |
| Q4 2026 | 1 |
Last release 19 Oct 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).
Support
Support history appears after our first snapshots of the forum counts.
Security record
No published vulnerabilities on record for this plugin.
Source: Wordfence Intelligence.
Reputation
| Q4 2025 | 1.0 |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 5.0 |
| Q4 2026 | 5.0 |
Average rating rose from 1.0 to 5.0 between Q4 2025 and Q4 2026.
| 5 star | 48 |
|---|---|
| 4 star | 2 |
| 3 star | 0 |
| 2 star | 1 |
| 1 star | 10 |
- Уникайте! · 1 star · 7 Nov 2025
- Warning, blocks Google’s indexing robot! · 1 star · 6 Aug 2023
- Not working with latest WP version · 1 star · 21 Sep 2022
Momentum
40,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.
| 4 May 2026 | 648 |
|---|---|
| 11 May 2026 | 1,254 |
| 18 May 2026 | 1,664 |
| 25 May 2026 | 12,043 |
| 1 Jun 2026 | 2,139 |
| 8 Jun 2026 | 1,583 |
| 15 Jun 2026 | 1,257 |
| 22 Jun 2026 | 1,098 |
| 29 Jun 2026 | 1,046 |
| 6 Jul 2026 | 1,345 |
| 13 Jul 2026 | 932 |
| 20 Jul 2026 | 1,056 |
| 27 Jul 2026 | 10,298 |
| 3 Aug 2026 | 2,908 |
| 10 Aug 2026 | 1,722 |
| 17 Aug 2026 | 1,403 |
| 24 Aug 2026 | 1,413 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 1,064 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 945 |
| 14 Sep 2026 | 1,032 |
| 21 Sep 2026 | 1,028 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 905 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 948 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 849 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 11,613 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 2,807 |
| 2 Nov 2026 | 315 |
Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 61% above the 27-week average.
Healthier alternatives
Same category, higher Canary Score. Never sponsored.
No healthier plugin in the same category yet.
Facts
| Version | 1.2.5 |
|---|---|
| Author | Themeisle |
| Added | 2 Jul 2014 |
| Last updated | 19 Oct 2026 |
| Active installs | 40,000+ |
| Requires WordPress | 3.1 |
| Tested up to | 7.1.4 |
| Requires PHP | not stated |
| Category | Site Administration & Utilities > URL Redirects & 301 Management |
| Tags | seo, slug, taxonomy, permalinks, category base |
Other plugins by this author: LightStart - Maintenance Mode, Coming Soon and Landing Page Builder, Otter Blocks - Gutenberg Blocks, Page Builder for Gutenberg Editor & FSE, Redirection for Contact Form 7, Orbit Fox: Duplicate Page, Menu Icons, SVG Support, Cookie Notice, Custom Fonts & More, Menu Icons by Themeisle - Add Icons to Navigation Menus, Starter Sites & Templates by Neve, Robin Image Optimizer - Unlimited Image Optimization, WebP & AVIF, Disable Admin Notices - Hide Dashboard Notifications, Titan Anti-spam & Security - Brute Force Protection, 2FA & Spam Filter, Woody Code Snippets - Insert PHP, CSS, JS, and Header/Footer Scripts, RSS Aggregator by Feedzy - Feed to Post, Autoblogging, News & YouTube Video Feeds Aggregator, Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail)
Questions
Is Remove Category URL - Remove ‘category’ base from category permalinks still maintained?
Remove Category URL - Remove ‘category’ base from category permalinks was last updated on 19 Oct 2026. Its Canary status is Healthy.
Is Remove Category URL - Remove ‘category’ base from category permalinks safe?
Remove Category URL - Remove ‘category’ base from category permalinks has no open unpatched vulnerabilities on record. 0 vulnerabilities were published in the last 24 months. Its Canary status is Healthy.
Who owns Remove Category URL - Remove ‘category’ base from category permalinks?
The wordpress.org author is Themeisle. Recent committers: themeisle, creativemotion, valeriosza, plugin-master. We have recorded no ownership change.
What can I use instead of Remove Category URL - Remove ‘category’ base from category permalinks?
We have no healthier plugin in the same category on record yet.