Title: Top Level Categories Author: Fortes Published: 2007-03-01 Last modified: 2008-03-31 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/top-level-cats.svg) # Top Level Categories By [Fortes](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fil/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/top-level-cats.release-1.0.1.zip) * [Details](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/top-level-cats/#description) * [Reviews](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/top-level-cats/#reviews) * [Installation](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/top-level-cats/#installation) * [Development](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/top-level-cats/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/top-level-cats/) ## Description 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 `category/` before the name), this plugin works around that restriction. ### Known Issues / Bugs 1. This plugin **will not work** if you have a permalink structure like `%postname` or `%category%/%postname%` — there is currently no workaround ### Uninstall 1. Deactivate the plugin 2. That’s it! 🙂 ## Installation 1. Copy the `top-level-cats.php` file into your `wp-content/plugins` directory 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress 3. That’s it! 🙂 ## FAQ Installation Instructions 1. Copy the `top-level-cats.php` file into your `wp-content/plugins` directory 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress 3. That’s it! 🙂 My links are broken when using `%postname` or `%category%/%postname%` as my permalink structure This is a known issue, for which there is unfortunately no good workaround. If you add a suffix to your permalink structure (such as `.html`) you can fix this issue. For example, try `%category%/%postname%.html` — I realize this is not ideal, but there is no good solution for this issue. How do I automatically redirect people from the old category permalink? Use the [Permalink Redirect Plugin](http://fucoder.com/code/permalink-redirect/) I’m getting 404 errors when I click on my category link First, make sure that you’ve followed the installation instructions — you must manually update your permalink structure (in the ‘Options’ -> ‘Permalinks’ section of your admin). If that doesn’t work, then let me know! I’ve found a bug, how can I tell you about it so you’ll fix it for me? Go to http://fortes.com/contact and fill out the contact form. Make sure you let me know the following: * What version of WordPress you’re using * What other plugins you’re running * What your permalink structure is * Exactly what problem you’re seeing Unfortunately, I do have a life outside of this plugin, so don’t be sad if I don’t fix the bug within 5 minutes. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Top Level Categories” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Fortes ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fil/) [Translate “Top Level Categories” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/top-level-cats) ### Interested in development? 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