Title: Custom permalink structures
Last modified: September 7, 2017

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# Custom permalink structures

 *  [emmabsf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emmabsf/)
 * (@emmabsf)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-permalink-structures-2/)
 * Hello! I am seeking help with permalink. I would like the base for category links
   to be blank, ie. instead of [http://beneficialstate.org/category/staff](http://beneficialstate.org/category/staff)
 * I would like:
 * [http://beneficialstate.org/staff](http://beneficialstate.org/staff)
 * If not, I know I could use a redirect from
    [http://beneficialstate.org/staff](http://beneficialstate.org/staff)
   [http://beneficialstate.org/category/staff](http://beneficialstate.org/category/staff),
   but is there a cleaner solution?
 * Thank you!
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fcustom-permalink-structures-2%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [Konstantinos Xenos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xkon/)
 * (@xkon)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-permalink-structures-2/#post-9477331)
 * Hello, instead of getting you through various ways of doing it by code I would
   suggest for the ease of it to experiment with some plugins first in case you 
   are able to achieve what you want effortlessly.
 * If you are using Yoast SEO for example it can remove the /category/ by itself.
   There is an option in Advanced -> Permalinks, and the first option you see is`
   Strip the category base (usually /category/) from the category URL.` you can 
   set that to `Remove`.
 * Another plugin that seems to be updated with `4.8.1` is [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-no-base-permalink/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-no-base-permalink/)
   after a little search on the directory here.
 * Make sure to read carefully the FAQs or other resources that the plugins might
   give before changing your permalink structures to be safe or take a full backup
   if possible.
 *  Thread Starter [emmabsf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emmabsf/)
 * (@emmabsf)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-permalink-structures-2/#post-9477453)
 * Thank you! It looks like the plugin will work. Although, now I am totally confused
   because I can’t actually add a post directly to a page (?). This seems super 
   basic but I again, I’m confused…
 *  [Konstantinos Xenos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xkon/)
 * (@xkon)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-permalink-structures-2/#post-9477600)
 * What are you confused with so maybe I can help out. You lost me there what do
   you mean adding a post to a page?

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 * Last activity: [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-permalink-structures-2/#post-9477600)
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