Permalinks to Category/Permalinks

by Svetoslav Marinov

Description

If you have an existing website and you want to add category to your blog posts links (e.g. by using: /%category%/%postname%/ in Settings > Permalinks) then your visitors
will most likely run into page not found errors. This plugin checks for such post links and redirects the visitor using permanent (301) redirect to the correct /Category/Permalink link IF the permalinks are setup.

This plugin assumes that you have previously used /%postname%/ in your Settings > Permalinks.

Demo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L124jV5joTk

Bugs? Suggestions? If you want a faster reponse contact us through our website’s contact form [ orbisius.com ] and not through the support tab of this plugin or WordPress forums.
We don’t get notified when such requests get posted in the forums.

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Author

Svetoslav Marinov (Slavi) | Custom Web and Mobile Programming by Orbisius.com

Installation

Unzip the package, and upload permalinks-to-categorypermalinks to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

Faq

How to use this plugin?

Just install the plugin and activate it. There is no need to configure anything.

Reviews

Works without a Hassle

By supportnirmal on November 16, 2021

I was searching for this all over the internet 😀

Works as expected, thanks!

By Mario Peshev (nofearinc) on March 18, 2018

While it may seem trivial, switching from permalinks to a prefix using a category is tough. Slavi's plugin works just as expected and works out of the box. Definitely recommended.

Awesome! Works just like it should!

By greenhostit on September 3, 2016

Your plugin just saved me HOURS of work. I changed permalink from /%postname%/
to /%category%/%postname%/ and afterwards, I had many 404's.

So, I installed your plug-in and bam! It's all worked perfectly. No more 404's. Thank you!!

AWESOME PLUGIN

By refrain on September 3, 2016

I just let you know I registered to thank you! Awesome plugin, thank you very much.

Changelog

1.0.2

Tested with WP 4.0.1
Fixed some weird notices when adding to the settings page.
Improved the UI of the settings page
Added a link to the settings page (from Plugins)

1.0.1

fixed the check for expected permalink structure & added contact email for support requests.

1.0.0

Initial release