Title: Remove extra slug Last modified: December 21, 2019 --- # Remove extra slug * Resolved [mipqim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yoencaz/) * (@yoencaz) * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-extra-slug/) * Hi. * Down below you see the archive pages where I want to remove the first slug (since the second slug is the actual category). * /new_products_categories/new-products/ * Problem: When I am using standard WordPress posts it seems like there is only one slug for the particular category (when at the archive page for that particular category) –> /category. This is the way I want it to be for my custom post types archive as well. * So, I guess what I am trying to say: I want to create a custom-post-type-category and an archive page for that category. On this archive page I want the slug to be –> /category. And when going to one particular post within this category the slug should be /category/post-name. Is there like a quick fix in the WordPress dashboard to solve this, or do I need to add some PHP code in the functions.php? * Merry christmas and thanks in advance 😀 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fremove-extra-slug%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total) * Plugin Contributor [Michael Beckwith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tw2113/) * (@tw2113) * The BenchPresser * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-extra-slug/#post-12261539) * I have to believe this is going to be a php code solution overall, however I’m not quite following what you’re aiming for either. You have a mix of post type references, custom taxonomy references, and the default category taxonomy reference. * mysite.com/category/some-cat/ would be a term archive for the “some-cat” term from the category list. * your provided link at the very end looks like a “stories” custom taxonomy with a term named “stories” as well. * One of the biggest things you’re going to run into if you’re trying to have a custom taxonomy that points to mysite.com/category/ is that you’re going to conflict with the out-of-box categories. It’s also not going to be a post type archive. * Perhaps some concrete examples of url’s you’re wanting will help me provide at least some guidance on how to achieve that. * Thread Starter [mipqim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yoencaz/) * (@yoencaz) * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-extra-slug/#post-12262053) * Concrete example: * My aim: I want an archive page for all my posts that belongs to the category“ stories”. I want this page to have this URL –> [https://yoenca.com/stories](https://yoenca.com/stories) When clicking on any post at this archive page I want to be directed to the URL– > [https://yoenca.com/stories/nameofpost](https://yoenca.com/stories/nameofpost) * Today it looks like this: [https://yoenca.com/stories/stories/](https://yoenca.com/stories/stories/) When clicking on the first post, the one having a featured image on a women ( named: Viktoria Widengren), you get directed to this URL –> [https://yoenca.com/storiespost/viktoria-widengren/](https://yoenca.com/storiespost/viktoria-widengren/) * Am I explaining myself better now? * Thank you so much for the quick reply and pushing my problem towards a possible solution!! * //Yoenca * Plugin Contributor [Michael Beckwith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tw2113/) * (@tw2113) * The BenchPresser * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-extra-slug/#post-12263350) * Observations: * [https://yoenca.com/stories](https://yoenca.com/stories) * Feels more like a custom post type of “stories” as opposed to a category. Treating“ stories” as a post type would still allow for the desired archive as well. * [https://yoenca.com/stories/stories](https://yoenca.com/stories/stories) feels like it could be inching towards /post-type-slug/taxonomy-slug/ or based on the` ` tag, more of a taxonomy of stories and a term of stories, which also makes sense based on the url. * Based on the last url provided, you have a post type of “storiespost” and Viktoria has her own permalink. * So, at least if I’m following things correctly, the quickest way to get to the desired [https://yoenca.com/stories/nameofpost](https://yoenca.com/stories/nameofpost) url would be make “stories” the post type slug, and not worry about “stories” being a taxonomy/category. * All a matter of juggling content and content types 😀 * Thread Starter [mipqim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yoencaz/) * (@yoencaz) * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-extra-slug/#post-12277695) * Just wanted to say thanks for your help. I have not had time to look into this but I will. We can close this matter now. * Again super thanks!! Hannes - This reply was modified 6 years, 5 months ago by [mipqim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yoencaz/). * Plugin Contributor [Michael Beckwith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tw2113/) * (@tw2113) * The BenchPresser * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-extra-slug/#post-12278257) * Welcome. 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